We had some company today as well.  Our good friends Jeff and Matt Haymond from Albuquerque drove up to meet us the night before and join us on the water today.  Neither of them have done much fishing so a day on the swollen Gunnison River was a bit like kamikaze fishing as you can easily get in some dicey situations on this river – especially when you’re debating between taking one more cast or grabbing your oar.

The funniest thing (looking back on it) revolved around a small leak on one of our boats.  We attempted a mid-river patch job but in the end we simply put the foot pump under Matt Haymond’s butt and told him to hop up and down 3-4 times every minute to keep the boat inflated.  It might have distracted him from his fishing – it was entertaining nonetheless.  Thanks Matt for being a good sport!

We had our fair share of scary situations but in the end we navigated the waters and got off unscathed.  Jeff Haymond even landed a beautiful 20” Rainbow Trout – one of the biggest I’ve seen in this river.  Taylor and I guided the two boats in the first run, then said our goodbyes and took our shot at the river by ourselves.  In all we caught 30 brown trout and 1 rainbow today – which set a new single day journey record.  No trophies to speak of today, but some great memories on the water with our friends.