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Casting About Colorado

A historic guest ranch in the Rockies is a great place to learn the art of fly-fishing.

By Janet Carlson Freed
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The Smith Fork of the Gunnison River.A rainbow trout, just netted and about to be released.Betsey Miller, a Smith Fork Ranch wrangler, leads a mule from the stable before a trek.Three cabins at dusk: Spruce, Aspen and Oak; all were built in the 1930s and '40s and restored several years ago by the Hodgsons, the family of Ghurka leather-goods fame who bought the ranch in 2000.Furnishings in the cabins are a clever mix of Western and early American antiques with local crafts accents.After mountaintop cocktails, we ride down to the riverside for a cookout.The ranch sits on 280 acres in the Rockies.Jin Choi coaches the author in the art of fooling a fish.
The Smith Fork of the Gunnison River.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek A rainbow trout, just netted and about to be released.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek Betsey Miller, a Smith Fork Ranch wrangler, leads a mule from the stable before a trek.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek Three cabins at dusk: Spruce, Aspen and Oak; all were built in the 1930s and '40s and restored several years ago by the Hodgsons, the family of Ghurka leather-goods fame who bought the ranch in 2000.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek Furnishings in the cabins are a clever mix of Western and early American antiques with local crafts accents.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek After mountaintop cocktails, we ride down to the riverside for a cookout.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek The ranch sits on 280 acres in the Rockies.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek Jin Choi coaches the author in the art of fooling a fish.
PHOTO: Matthew Hranek
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