Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Calder

This afternoon I took the boys up to calder to check it out. I had just heard that the roads were good to get up there and I have been looking forward to spring fishing on calder all winter long. When we got up there the wind was blowing hard, so I rowed and let Jace man the fly rod. He kept getting bumps on his rod which I thought were snags and then his rod went straight down. I thought he had snaged the bottom until I saw the line take off. It took everything I had not to grap the rod from his hands to land the fish. He struggled to keep the rod upright and a few times I really thought my rod was going into the lake along with my son. Well, he ended up landing this fatty that was just shy of 23 inches! Not fair...It took me most of my life to catch a fish that big!
When I first saw this fish, I really had to hold back so the profanities would not slip out. I did not want to be a bad example for my 6 and 2 year old boys. I tried to get him to hold this fish, but the best I got was for him to stand next to me.

Zack screamed like a girl when we flopped this fish into our boat.

After landing this fish we pushed back out into the lake and about 3 mins later Jace was hooked into another fish. This one not as long but still fat. After that we were sick of fighting the wind so we took off. I did not fish at all this trip; however I felt super satisfied watching Jace land that pig!
Both of these fish were caught on what I call the "calder" fly. I was trailing it behind a pretty sweet rainbow zonker that I tied up.



Monday, April 26, 2010

Past Trips

Jarron just sent me some pictures of some of our past trips and a few of the fish he has caught, so I quess this post became more of a tribute to Jarron since I am only in one of the pictures.

The pics above and below are from a tiny creek that flows into deer creek resv. Rainbows are usually spring spawners; however in deer creek they have some bows that spawn in the fall. If you could ever feel dirty while fishing, this was considered one of those trips! Just imagine sitting in one hole on a small stream while catching big fish after big fish. We easily caught 50+ fish this trip and yes that is the stream behind Jarron!



The two pics below are of a rainbow that Jarron caught on Jones Hole. More big fish from small streams!


I had to put this pic in to prove that there really are fish in lake Lenore. This is the lake I went to fish up in Washington but got skunked because the spawn was over.








Saturday, April 24, 2010

Green River

Today I went up to the Green for a couple of hours after I got done with all of my yard work. Above is a 19 inch rainbow that was setting up to spawn. She was big, fat, and fought real hard. This one took an egg pattern. Below is a 18 inch brown that was actually my first fish of the day. He took a tan zebra midge dropped off a cicada.

I caught quite a few fish within about 2 hours. Flies that worked this trip were: tan zebra, egg, red wd-40, and I even had one take a cicada. Most of the fish were not looking at the cicada, but one came out of nowhere and hit the cicada hard!
The two pics below is last Saturday. I recently have purchased a drift boat, and the wife wanted me to go down the river a few time before I took family down. I quess she does not trust my captain skills quite yet. I took two guys from my ward down the river, and I let them each take a turn rowing. Both of them hit pillow rocks, which are under water rocks that will sink you if you hit them right. Both times we got high centered and were flipped around backwards.
Me and the boat. My rowing skill were exceptional! Just call me the float boat captain.

Clay with his fish. The fishing was slow this day for everyone on the river. We each caught two. Flies that seemed to work were: olive scud, flash back pheasant tail, and black midge nymphs.