One of 4 Bald Eagles I spotted on Saturday at the Eagle and Frying Pan rivers.

Stellar's Jay giving me a show.

Last light over The Frying Pan River.

Frying Pan River, Colorado

Ruedi Dam on the Fryingpan River boasts one of Colorado's most scenic reservoirs, a FERC powerplant, and a Gold-Medal Fishery downstream. Photo by Kara Lamb, Reclamation.

Best on black - please click the image.

I just got back from a winter road trip through the southwest US.

This is the Fryingpan River near Basalt in the west of Colorado.

I promise this wasn't staged :) - if you look careful you can see the ice crystals where the leaf connects to the ice.

Caught in the Fryingpan River in Colorado as Aspens change to their fall colors in the background

Image Title: Chapman Dam

Date: c.1940

Place: Fryingpan River, east of Basalt, Colorado

Description/Caption: 609 Chapman Dam, On the Frying Pan River Colo. Near Meredith.

Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)

Photographer/Maker: Unknown

Cite as: CO-A-0035, WaterArchives.org

Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.

Image Title: Chapman Dam

Date: c.1940

Place: Fryingpan River, east of Basalt, Colorado

Description/Caption: 610 Chapman Dam. On the Frying Pan River Colo.

Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)

Photographer/Maker: Unknown

Cite as: CO-A-0011, WaterArchives.org

Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.

Frying Pan River, Colorado.

(Fryingpan River drainage, Colorado)

This rainbow was released after it was tricked on the Frying pan River, Colorado

(Fryingpan River drainage, Colorado)

Olympus digital camera

Cutbow trout.

So, I went to Aspen last September and just now decided to post images. These are "gold medal waters" for fly fishing. It was my first fly fishing experience and hopefully not my last.

Though apparently not a canyon, it sure looked like a gorgeous one from the air. Ranches line the narrow flatlands along the Fryingpan.

"The reason for the unusual name of the river is that when a group of trappers were attacked by a band of Ute Indians, only two men survived, one of whom was injured. Leaving his wounded friend in a cave close by, the last man left to summon help, but not before hanging a frying pan in a tree so that he could find the cave again on his return."

this is the only trout I have ever caught that appears to be enjoying the whole ordeal.

A wee little snow hole, with icy fringe.

North of Basalt, CO.

Thick vegetation on the Frying Pan River, CO

A solitary angler fishingh below Ruedi Dam outside Basalt, CO.

Venturepax.com enthusiast, Cole, is seen here perfecting his fly fishing skills on the Frying Pan River near Basalt, CO