Covid 19 Operational Plan

 

May 19, 2020 – During this unique time we are staying up to date on the current rules and regulations regarding Coivd19, both State and County.  We filed a Covid-19 Business Plan with Pitkin county first week of May.  

How does this affect us on a day to day basis and what can your guests expect?  Here are some of our thoughts:

• • – The very nature of what we do promotes social distancing. We are outside, we can spread out and we will never be around concentrated groups of people.  All of our trips are private trips so that gives us a large amount of control over what we expose ourselves to.

• • – Guide and guests will wear face coverings when 6 feet of distance cannot be maitained.  Many of us are accustomed to wearing a buff or similar covering for sun protection anyway.  Guests can bring whatever face covering they prefer, we will have buffs for purchase if you need one.  

• • – We will have plenty of hand sanitizer and wipes on hand. No sharing of equipment.

• • – We are encouraging our guests to meet us at a location on the river. In fact, in helping people to plan their stay this summer we have been encouraging a rental car in general, it just might be the way things have to go this year.  If we do provide transportation, we currently must follow the county’s guidelines for “carpooling” – vehicles are to be run at 50% or less of occupancy including the guide unless occupants are from the same household.

 

This is new territory for all of us.  Give us a shout anytime at 970 920 6886 with thoughts, suggestions, concerns, etc. as to how we can best take care of you going forward.

In addition to our focus on providing the best guided fishing trips in the Roaring Fork Valley we have reopened our small retail shop located in the Gorsuch Café on the Gondola Plaza.  We have everything you need to get out on the local waters. Come by and we will try our best to get you geared up and headed in the right direction. We have a couple of hundred different fly patterns that we have refined over the years, they all work depending on time of year and location.

2020 is shaping up to be a great year on the river – last year we had too much water, the year before not enough water.  We started floating last week and the wade fishing is shaping up as the river drops and the hatches move up the valley.