East Bound and Down

Took a drive east with the intent to fish the stream the up a few miles then get out, catch the trail and hike the rest of the way to the lake. i got to the trail head at about 9am and there had to be over a 100 cars there, no exaggeration. the stream fished as expected with mostly 6-9 inch cutties with a few smaller and a few bigger ones in the mix. my biggest cuttie to hand was about 12-13 inches. i will take small fish all day if it takes me to the mountains. at whatever point i got out of the stream and hiked the trail the rest of the way to the lake. the lake was definately nothing to look at.it was just a lake in a field surrounded by trees. no mountian views on this one. kind of disappointing but thats ok cause the lake has some decent fish in it. i left the lake at 5:15 pm and with a couple of wildlife distractions on the way out it took me about an hour and a half to get the 4 miles out. by wildlife distractions i mean a couple of muley bucks chillin right off the trail and no paying me a whole lot of interest so i was able to grab my camera and get fairly close to them for some shots. after i was done playing with them, i was walking the trail, not paying attention until out of my peripherals i caught movement. it was a moose calf. obviously my first thought was oh shit, where is momma. i found her and she was defiantely checking me out. she was about 30 yards away from me. i slowly started to back up and tried to take a wide angle around them but of course the calf started walking in my direction. so i backed off again and luckily for me momma got away from the trail and ran to her calf. at this point to other hikers on their way out were held up with me for a few minutes until it was clear. i did see plenty of people hiking the trail while i was fishing the creek but nobody on the creek and only a few on the lake. most people mustve hiked further back into the wilderness. also while i was fishing the lake i had a nice bull moose wander in to cool off and get a drink.  only 7 1/2 miles logged but i sure felt it the next day.

Some evening fishn

Me and matt went out after work and stayed on the water till dark. matt thru streamers thewhole time and after a couppe of hours i switched to a mouse. me got into a few good fish and i moved 4 on the mouse landing only of them. luckily for me it was the lone big fish of the evening.

Got my wife out

It was my wifes first time out for a hike or fishing in a little over a year. she was battling a sickness but still chose to get out. we made a short hike to a lake that is supposed to hold greyling and a lot of greyling it did hold, to many  as a matter of fact. maybe if a decent number of them die off and a few years given, maybe then will they reach any kind of size. we caught a few but nothing over 8 inches but i did see a couple that were in the 12-13 inch range. we dealt with a little rain right off the bat but the weather did become a lot nicer. if was great getting my wife out again.

The slope

Its the first time this year that i have made it over since its been fishable and it did not disappoint. i did get high holed from a dude and his kid that could clearly see that i was the only around so there was an abundant amount of water to fish so im not sure why he decided to plop in less then 100yds above me is beyond me. anyway the fishing was great for small cutties and brooks on a dry fly, mostly the beetle and the scenery is always great over there.

First time on it this year

I was ready to throw dries so me and jerry drove to some of what  is usually outstanding dry water and we were truly disappointed. the water was in great shape, nothing noteable coming off and the weather was great but for whatever reason they just werent looking up i guess. we thru purple haze, beetles, hoppers, cicadas and something else. jerry and i each caught one lousy fish, although we did see others. it was truly disappointing fish wise but it is still always great to be able to get out

Its been about a month....

.....since ive thrown streamers on a river and i sure have missed it. although i ended up throwing a mouse for most of the day, nate and dbone stuck to streamers.the fishing wasnt near what i was expecting but we did some a few fish. a couple were mid 20s that both missed my mouse and dbone landed a real solid fish. there were a few smaller ones scattered in the mix. once the day was over and we got back to my jeep, i went to crank it and my harmonic balancer just fell on the ground. fuck me! had to be towed back home.