Henry's Fork Trailhead

Headed back to the north slope to endure the longest hike i have done to date. got to the trailhead at 0630 and hiking by 0645. for the 1st 5 miles the trail stays in the woods before opening up into the valley. once it opens up it becomes absolutely gorgeous as you become surrounded by mountains. the views just become even more beautiful as you advance up the trail. the hike itself is a relatively easy one with just some minor undulations. i had planned on fishing 2 different lakes but i got so engulfed in the beauty and taking lots of photos doing some fishing in one of the streams that it took me double the time as what i had anticipated, well that and not paying close enough attention to my topo map and over shooting my lake by about a mile and a half. my bad. by the time i got to the 1st lake i wanted to fish (blanchard) i was wore out and my feet were killing me. i fished for about an hour and decided that i would skip the 2nd lake i wanted to fish and get the hell out of there as i was wore the hell out and my body was feeling it. as i was walking out my feet were really starting to hurt (wading boots are not good for long hikes) and with roughly 7 miles to go both my feet had developed sizeable blisters. it became excruciatingly slow after that and i didnt finally make it back to my jeep till about 830 pm. seriously the last few miles an old person with a walker couldve moved faster then i was. i have never had my lower body fail on me like that before. i over did myself but it was still worth it to go. the scenery was amazing and the cutties were small but gorgeous.well it seems that blogger has changed and it posted my photos in reverse order so the last photos are actually the 1st ones.

Back to the slope

Went out the other day to fish a certain stream for a 2nd time. did not fair as well this go round but it was still very entertaining in beautiful country for some small cutties. saw a nice little muley on the drive home

Mousin

Cruised down the road for a quick morning. threw a cicada, hopper and a mouse. the mouse gave me some excitement for about an hour but the other 3 hours were crap. only landed a couple

New waters

Matt took me to one of his favorite haunts that i had never fished before. the water was still up a bit but it still looked good to me. the fishing wasnt as good as hoped but that i often the case. we threw a variety of dries and caught little cutties all day

The slope

Took a solo drive to the mountains to look at some running water. the weather started off perfectly and the fishing did not disappoint. that is until a storm started coming in. wind, clouds, a little lightning and a little rain. the fishing did die down once the storm came in but until then it was lights out for small cutts and brookies

Stillwater

me and matt drove over to the lake and we were certainly hoping for more. couple a couple fish each and missed a few. the crawdads were active at least

Another option

Me and matt drove over to the ranch that i have access on. it was still a little high so we drove another hour and a half to finally find some fishable water. higher up on the stream the water was clear and much smaller. a storm was brewing but stayed off of us till we were about 20 min on the road heading home. i wanted to throw dries but the weather just wasnt dry conducive. i did manage one eat on a cicada but that fish was quickly unpinned. streamers were the ticket for some cutties and browns