Adair Bard, who is part of Bellwether’s Policy and Thought Leadership Team, was in Colorado earlier this month. The Mississippi native decided to try cold water fishing and took a day on the Roaring Fork. Here she is with a nice rainbow trout. There are big browns (really big) and rainbow trout in that water along with other species and while you can wade in some places it’s worth a float to hit some seams and pockets that are only fishable that way. It’s one of my favorite rivers and walking it further up is a great way to spend a day. For more local 411 you can’t go wrong with these guys.

The Roaring Fork starts as a high mountain stream and grows as it flows through its valley, fed by other rivers including the Frying Pan (another world class river) until it joins the Colorado.

It’s OK if you like to kill time looking at pictures of education people with fish. Hundreds via this link and more via this one.