As more of my attempts hit target, I am finally able to experience the joy of fly fishing. Back at the lodge, we join Doug on the deck. Reminding us that Little Grizzly is also a hunting resort, he invites us to try trap shooting. One by one, I watch the others blast clay pigeons to smithereens. The disk flies, I fire and the target falls to the bushes, totally unblemished.
Subsequent attempts meet with similar results.
I hand the shotgun back to Doug. As I walk away, I hear a cooing sound coming from the bushes where the unbroken targets landed. I think the clay pigeons are laughing. The best conditions often occur later in the season after streams recede from the winter run off. The ranch is located in the North Park area of Colorado, about 266 km northwest of Denver and 80 km east of Steamboat Springs.