Mountain vacation recommendations

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Marque

I visited my brother when he lived in Rifle and he took me to Blue Mesa. We got into the Mackinaw pretty deep. Best time I ever had fishing in freshwater.

Blue Mesa is great, and we've caught plenty of Mackinaw there, but we caught a lot more brown trout. Eleven Mile is a bit better, and I rank it as the best freshwater fishing spot I know. Both reservoirs are awesome to fish and beautiful.