What are you catching?

RAIN!

Rainbows. Big ones.

On begals? That's funny.

No, on bagels.

Oh, I thought you meant beagles. Snoopy is relieved.

I have a Dobermann, not a beagle. I'm pretty sure he'd kick my ass if I tried to use him as fish bait. But, now that you mention it.... "Here kitty, kitty. You like fish, right?"

Do you take your dog fishing with you?
I like to take my Catahoula, she gets all excited when I bring a fish in, gives her a chance to explore the surrounding area too.

Yes, but he mostly chases the ground squirrels. He doesn't seem to know or care about the trout. He did say "Hi" to some renter down the way who rather foolishly decided to come onto our property unannounced and uninvited last weekend.

And by “hi” do you mean he jumped on top of them and slobbered all over them? My Catahoula is good for that too.

No, he did what he's been trained to do, which is to get in between the "threat" and us, growl and bare his teeth.

Trained? Didn’t know.
Mine used to be aggressive just because she’s a bitch, still can be to other dogs, but she’s calmed down considerably since I’ve had her.

Yeah, the wife has been training him since day one. She's a little obsessed with it. He used to nip her on the ass when he was a big little puppy, so I guess she has her reasons.

I grew up fly fishing out on Grand Mesa, on the other side of the front range there. Had some friends in Cedar Edge, there on the mesa. Many, many trout lakes/steams on the worlds largest flat-top mountain. Hoppers worked well in August - caddis immitations are good most of the time. 'Wooly worms' behind a small Colorado spinner work well, too.

I wish I'd bothered to photograph more fish when I was 20-ish. I used to catch a lot of 'wall mount' trout out there, and ate 'em on the spot. Well, I had my fun. Good luck, and if you ever get to Grand Mesa or down in the nearby Gunnison...don't tell anyone about it but CHIEFS fans.

Good for her, dobies are spastic and need an outlet for all that energy. Good to hear the Mrs. found an outlet for him.