Fishing Ouzel Creek
story and photos by Rebecca De erline
Crossing Ouzel Creek
Fly rod in hand and sandals on my feet, I cannot help but no ce how forty-two-year-old aspen trees and a mul tude of wildflowers a empt to crowd out the charred pillars le behind by the 1978 Ouzel Burn. The blackened tree trunks stand as a reminder of the dense forest that once populated the hillsides flanking Ouzel Creek as it makes its way from Bluebird Lake to Ouzel Falls. Eventually, it merges with the North Saint Vrain Creek as it parallels the Wild Basin Road and crosses Highway 7. These ankle-deep waters fed by rocky mountain snowmelt will eventually make their way to the Gulf of Mexico via the South Pla e, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. My favorite place to fish (and probably one of my favorite places on earth) is Ouzel Creek between Ouzel Lake and Ouzel Falls. There is something u erly magical about this place and although the brook trout that populate this shallow mountain stream are not
Brook trout from Ouzel Creek
