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January 16, 2023December 7, 2022

A Relaxing One-Day Float Trip： Packrafting and Fly Fishing the North Fork of the Gunnison River

Easy to float on a day of floating: Paclaf and Flying Diaoyu Gangnison River North fork — You don’t have to be an outdoor and outdoor or woman to enjoy Packrapting.This is an outdoor sports that is friendly to beginners, and it is interesting to everyone!(Braden Gunem photo)

The north fork of the Gunnison River in southwestern Colorado is an incredible place to visit, providing a moderate (or half -day) buoy for individuals and families.This is the first time I was introduced to the place where Alpacka Raft and Packrafting.

If you have never heard of or packrafting before, this is an interesting and exciting event that allows you to cross the land and water at the same time.A small light raft is called Packract.Due to its size and weight, you can easily bring the bag into your packaging with other gears.It is very suitable for short -distance and long -distance hikes, or when you want to float back to the initial position.

Alpacka raft scout packaging — Alpacka Raft’s scout is a light packaging, which is very suitable for short rivers.(Braden Gunem photo)

The packaging has various shapes, size and durability.The package you should get depends on which type of adventure you intend to use.Alpacka Raft has a variety of fillers, designed for all types of use.Whether you are a hunter or wanting to enter the wilderfunder who is difficult to touch the wilderness watercourse, you have experienced Afters, high -energy white water rapids like paddling, or a novice paddle, looking for a leisurely river floating experience, Alpacka Raft owns PackraptSuitable for this job.

In order to perform easy -to -float travel, such as floating Gunnison Hebei fork, I recommend Alpacka RAFT’s scout Packract.Its weight is only 3.8 pounds, which is very suitable for mountain lakes and short river floats.This is the packaging of the Gannison River that I floated last fall.The scouts are light and durable, and are built with a lightweight 210-Denier sylonic tube fabric (hull) and 420-Denier nylon (floor).

Hiking along the river — Parkv can make you combine your love for hiking and drift.(Braden Gunem photo)

The Gunnison River is through the southwestern part of Colorado and is considered one of the gold medal fishing water in the state. It provides high -quality brown, Cutthroat and Rainbow catfish.It winds through half of Colorado, and in the process of creating an amazing canyon and Class I.

Map of Xiagangnsen River in Colorado — North fork of the River Gogansen River in Colorado.(Google Map)

Although Gunnison River has become the favorite destination of extreme R children due to its fierce and fast -paced white water, it is also popular with easy -to -float and fishing journey.

Gangnison River in Colorado — The Gunnison River is one of the metal waters in Colorado.(Braden Gunem photo)

If you are pursuing a short painless hiking trip and relax on the water, consider the lower part of the drifting Gunnison River from Delta or above.This section is very suitable for family and fishermen, because the rapids flow of Bai Shui are very mild (only composed of level I), and it is just a short walk.In fact, this is the first time I have experienced Packrapting. From then on, I have a itch to return and do it again.

Floating along the river of Packraft — Nothing is easier than floating in the river.(Jessyca Sortillon photo)

In September last year, I met some of the outdoor industry professionals from the Alpacka Raft team and the Gunnison River Pleasure Park. I carried out a brief hiking trip and some leisurely buoys, and had some flying fishing.The Gunnison River Pleasoning Park is located in the place where the Gunnison River in the Gunnison River in the North fork and Colorado.This is a good place for parking and entering the river for rowing and fishing.

Packrapting Gunnison River in Colorado — Packrafraf on the North fork of Gunnison River in Colorado.(Braden Gunem photo)

The co -founder and owner of Alpacka Raft, Thor Tingey, brought two Packract models that day. We can float on the same day and scouts (a ultra -light PackRaft) and Ranger (a single hunting and fishing and fishing).The scout is part of the Alpacka RAFT ultra -light series and will become an excellent beginner of the family.It is an ideal size ship used for solo paddlers. It is durable and can be used daily on lakes and rivers.The larger forest guard is part of the remote area hunter and fishing series. This series is designed for athletes and women who want to enter the Wilderness Waterway.Forests are first -class river hunting and fishing bags.It is large enough to carry all fishing gear and coolers.You can use it for water poultry hunting and have space to bring your bird dog.It also has a large number of mid -to -large games (such as reindeer or deer) load capacity.

Learn how to inflate Packrat — The co -founder and owner of Alpacka Raft, Thor Tingey, demonstrated how Packrapts was inflated.(Jessyca Sortillon photo)

After reviewing the function of Packrafts, Tingey and his team demonstrated how to use inflation bags to properly expand ships.(Scouts and rangers have inflation bags.) Filling Packrapts is much simpler than I expected.

I paired with the boy Army Parkov.Rolling up, the scouts can easily suitable for most standard size hiking kits to facilitate carriers.I happened to use my small and powerful snowman crossroads of 22 liters, so I used several recommenders to fix the rolled rafts on it.It’s great!Who knows that carrying a boat/raft may be so easy?

Put the rolling Packract in the backpack — The boy’s Army Parker rolled up enough to carry it in the backpack.(Braden Gunem photo)

Once we are all ready to inflatable and store our packaging, each of us is tied to the personal floating device (PFD) and starts on foot on foot along the North fork of the Gunnison River.Soon after, we needed to continue hiking along the other side.For the sake of crossing the river, we used a basic paddle technology called "Ferry Side".We face the upstream bags of the upstream bags from a certain angle, and then quickly draw paddle to avoid downstream promotion.We arrived on the other side of the river one by one, then packed the boat and took the trail.Surprisingly, the canyon was not crowded at all.We saw other flies fishingrs and several kayak athletes, but this was almost the same.

Make sure to bring the camera because the scenery during the walking is amazing!From the glittering river to the canyon wall with ancient rock layers and the swallow nest, there are many opportunities for photos.However, be careful, plants along the river are scattered with poisonous vines. Therefore, if you plan to make this trip, consider wearing trousers and lightweight long -sleeved shirts.(If you are not familiar with poisonous vines and how to identify poison, please do some research in advance. You should know how to identify poison IVY and any other toxic plants, and then perform any type of outdoor adventure.)

Cliff Swallow Nest — The cliff swallows built nests by the cliff.(Jessyca Sortillon photo)

We traveled for a few hours, appreciated the beautiful scenery, and then stopped half of the lunch until we reached the end of the trail.This is the point where we plan to jump into Mrs. Parker and follow the north fork of the Gunnison River, and return to the trail of our start.If you travel with your children, you can jump into the river at any time.You don’t need to hiking for a few hours to make the family interesting.

This is a long and relaxed afternoon floating along the river.We occasionally pull to the side, get rid of the dilemma, and do some flying fishing.We also fish directly from the raft when floating, although the current is difficult.I hooked two fish that day, but unfortunately, they broke before I had the opportunity to get in.

Fishing from packrapt — You can fish from packaging products, you can fish from PACK, and then go out to fly fish.(Braden Gunem photo)

I found that the Tsingtong Army simply opened and inflated, and it was easy to manipulate on the river and river.Like myself and paddle, I installed a backpack comfortably, a small dry bag, and an orvis Helios 3F 5 weight rod with a phantom scroll, still there is still space.For a longer river trip, the ranger will be more ideal, because it provides additional carrying capacity, which means more gear space.

When we finally arrived at the trail, we left the river, packed the suitcase, and enjoyed a well -deserved beer.

Packrafting and Fly, Diaoya, Gonnison River in Colorado — It is planned to be packaged all day or half a day, and provides a flying fishing trip to the family on the Gunnison River.(Braden Gunem photo)

Planning outdoor vacation may be difficult, which will make the entire family please.If you are looking for a family -friendly outdoor event with flying fishing opportunities, I suggest you get some Packrapts and plan to float under the Rakaigansen River in Colorado.My first hit experience was an explosion!I can’t wait to return there, looking forward to re -examining the river with my family.

The story of Alpacka Raft began in 2000. At that time, Sheri Tingey combined his kayak and clothing design knowledge with his son Thor’s idea to create better packaging for remote areas.They jointly created their first packaging "White Ship", which is very popular for the Paclaf community.

The company recently celebrated 20^TH Anniversary and its founder, the movie "Sheri".How Sheri completely changed the story of the outdoor industry and the obstacles she had to overcome to launch Alpacka Raft, which was absolutely fascinating.If you are interested in watching this movie, visit https://alpackaraft.com/sheri to get more information and the upcoming viewing opportunities.

Inflatable sheepstone raft Packrapt — Use inflation bags to inflatter the bag.(Braden Gunem photo)

Poisonous vine on the tree — Poisonous plants contain Uluchitol, which is an oily substance that may cause allergic reactions.(John_p_anderson / Shutterstock photo)

These attractive phrases can help you identify the characteristics of poisonous vines:

December 22, 2022December 7, 2022

Project Healing Waters helps veterans use fly fishing to heal

Bozman, Monte.-Inded the treatment of water fishing on Water Fishing on Thursday to hold an annual national fly casting competition in Bozman.

The top 14 veterans from all over the country won local and regional competitions at 8:00 am to understand who is the best.The competition is held at Kagy Fields at the Montana Campus.

Project Healing Waters is not only their annual competition, but also helps them help disabled people and injured veterans throughout the year, so that they have a sense of community and support, thus recover from their experience.

Many veterans feel lost at home when they return from the war. Project Healing Waters Coo David Folker said that this has helped him and thousands of other retirees recover on their spirit and physical recovery after retirement after retirement.Essence

"It is great to be able to connect with each other to the veterinarians who can make the disabled and carry out these group activities. It is great to establish each other. We don’t promote it as a supporting group," Fox said.

They have more than 200 regional plans, including a plan of Bozeman. They meet throughout the year, tie flies, build rods, learn, practice and hit the river.

Jim Wenger, the person in charge of Bozeman’s plan, said they welcomed anyone who welcomes the VA disabled rating to join their community.

If there are any disabled veterans who want to join the Bozeman project Healing Waters program, you can contact Jim Wenger (Jim.Wenger@projecthealingWaterg), or you can find the link of the website here.

December 9, 2022December 7, 2022

How to learn to love small fish again

For Utah’s WASATCH FRONT & MDASH; excessive developed, drought, and general disregard of traffic law; if you are a catfish fishing man, this is an excellent place for life.River and streams are only a few minutes away from big cities and towns, and catfish are always closer to 20 inches.It is the kind of fishing fish.

It must have spoiled me.

I moved from the front of Wasatic in Wyoming to the bottom of the Bighorn Mountains.I traded a deal, terrible drivers, terrible winter reversal and high -price skiing, to relatively unfinished landscapes in northern Wyoming.The SHOSHONE River, part of the big horn Montana and Kasper’s North Prate within a few hours in my new place.I can ski at a local resort at a price of $ 45 every day. I found a house I can actually afford (the west is rare today).The recent catfish stream has been in less than half an hour.

At first glance, it is the perfect stream.The lower part is all the pocket water, and Lu Re’s falling one of the most beautiful canyons in the West.The upper part is dotted with grass, deep swimming pools and urgent Brook catfish, almost willing to fly.

After the first visit, I should not leave the stream.I hatred I feel this.However, after many years of big catfish spoiled, I turned my nose to the small fish living in the new home.Moving to Wyoming is definitely the right career, but I just felt some accusations in order to leave such an excellent fishing in Utah.

Just like I said & mdash; I was spoiled.Because I often oppose the Instagram culture that seems to only celebrate the big fish, but I did not consciously acknowledge this fact.

However, in the past few months, what I want to re -discover is that the small fish should get the same love as the elder brother.Although they may not test your resistance, small catfish will bring their own series of unique challenges.

Accurate casting

Small catfish usually live in smaller streams. This is an exact water. Fortunately, it can only be a few minutes from my front door.Fish tends to gather in a calm water bottle, especially when the traffic is low at the end of the cruel and hot summer.Good drift in these pockets requires excellent casting.Of course, it will not win a reward of the award, but it will force you to become very accurate.The creek circulation is often crowded with a hanging brush, which means that you need to keep the flies away from the trees, if you can change them every time.

I think it is easier to make short casts accurately than actors, but mechanics are basically the same.If you are accurate at close range, I think you can also shoot a good shot when you are accurate.

Time hook

Set up a hook is about the timing, and how important it is to teach you how important it is.Although they often hook anything about themselves in the fanaticism, it is easy to put hooks in too early and completely miss the fish.Or, you will eventually stain it and may kill the poor things.

Although this is a different time compared to the big fish you are accustomed to, and the fish of fishing in fishing has strengthened the need to respond properly when fish flies.It is easy to drive autonomous driving, especially if you often fish the same water.Xiaoyu needs to keep paying attention because you never know how they seize your flies.

Good drift

Even if they are famous for their cautiousness, they can still emit a good drift from a bad catfish.Usually, the difference between a beautiful day and the beautiful day of capturing the small fish is attributed to drift.I watched some catfish in my new stream; the entire five -inch long & mdash; rejected my stem flies because its resistance was too great.

Pretend

As the legendary character Gary Borger explained, the big fish provided the fishermen with the opportunity to "pretend to be true".In Garry’s words,

Remember the old saw, is "practical perfect"?Guess what to do?If a person only does wrong, then one person will only be completely wrong.Instead of seeing a small fish as troubles, or a waste of good fishing time, they regard them as an excellent opportunity for training skills to learn from errors and practice.For example, the cat learned to hunt the cubs through the rear of the nearest adult GNU through the rear of the nearest adult GNU.The female cat brings a small game, which is usually injured game for the bear "practice".They learn to get large games through the necessary skills to develop small games.

In a good actor lineup, the time of time of the hook suit, and get a good drift, the catfish needs of the fishingman is as many as the big fish.However, maybe their best qualities are their ability to remind fishermen’s true important things.Fishing experience.Capture small catfish is usually easy, but it is always interesting.It will never smile on my face.Therefore, even if your local catfish stream is full of hindrance stream catfish, and you pass it to the longer water "better" water, I suggest you re -examine the small fish again.Maybe they will remind you like me. We are lucky and lucky to fish completely. We should not think of it for granted.