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[fishskibum]

rodger that

used to hitchhike a bit  definately pros and cons involved
and that show live was one of the top 10 ive been blessed to see
i like to launch at dawn
so rollin out and driving in the darks a given, might as well have a soundtrack
Thought about and had planned to huck +3"  junk for +3' esoxial critters
well seein how im at least 3/4 of the way to the 10k worth of muskellunges casts it may take
hard to pass an empty launch and a bay full of slimer snout sign
1st boat on the water
balmy 40 sumthin at 6
didnt take long



lakes blooming hope it dont go toxic again


on that note i usually take the furkid
We, he got we paid, for a vaccine from the vet that will lesson the effects and toxicity but he needs a 2nd shot after the 4th
so i was pretty good about not letting him swim or drink and frolick as there was some blue funk in there
tiggers fight way harder than cutts
managed a 1/2 dozen

only a couple bows
couldnt keep the cuttys off the dirty little secret

well cept when i let the backcast drop and put it in the gods ear

kinda surprised to have the whole madsen wakeless to myself other than the bank dunkers who were gitten em and a couple wakeless drivebys
kept waiting for the wind to pick up or the action to slow but it never did much just that perfect slight chop and wind drift to new waters level 
kept waitin for a sumption bigger than 18" but that never did happened either
tried a few different flies the gumminnow ,which im sure makes a few purist cringe,

gits em but also spun my leader to the point of tippet
got a few on the row aka troll but for the most part  strippin the type 6 with the bigger fish comin deeper
lot of followers and swipes at the end
thought about diggin out a floating line but the callibeaties dimplers  all  appeared pretty small
clouded up and rained for a minute
stuck another tigger waiting to take out

and off the water by 230 home bout 12 hours after i left
kept 4 scrawny cutts for the bros smoker and fish heads and guts for the garden nutrients

[gofish435]

Thanks for the pics and report.  That seems to be your sweet spot up there.
I'll bet Furkid wasn't to happy with you.

Did you score any chubs on your outing?  Chucking that big stuff probably keeps you from hooking any of them.  The last time we went we picked up a few later in the day after the water warmed up a bit. 

[fishskibum]

no chubs seen or spotted. ill be back though i like the chill vibe there
Everyone should have a home waters, for a long time the green was my home waters
and my summer vocation for a 1/2 dozen.
Priorities and circumstances change, been dealing with my pops health and aging issues, and i dont day trip to drive 7 to fish 8 or 10.
so ive been still watering and poopfishin local.
was hoping to git my dad out but hes not strong enough or ready for all day on the river
my wifes a saint and has been taking care of him while he stays with us and let me git outta town weds
a friend had reserved a river camp thurs but couldnt make it
rolled into dutch john weds eve, was hopin for a good spot on the gorge, but the blm has never enforced the 14 day limit there,
So they all leave their 5th wheels in the prime spots all season.
bagged it and headed down to browns park and camped riverside at taylors flat, which was empty
rained a bit that night but awoke to a nice pink hued sunrise and anticipation of a good to be home waters float

Bailed on bucking camp and loading the boat to camp on the river and drove up to little hole
on the water at 8

got a bow to eat the stripped junk right off the bat

swapped out and put the bmc up front and got em to eat the dry

continued to trade out and score a few more per mile


Ran into a old friend camped at pugmire
dened me to hear of his furkid taking the rainbow bridge trip

all good dogs take that trip eventually
as it always does the sound of red creek rapid is heard fore ya turn the corner and see it
and as mr. holmstrom diaries are named "every rapid tells a story"
if ya dont listen up bad stuffs can happen
red creeek at minimasl flows is tough
ya can still run left and the overall consequences are usually safer but your gonna hit stuff
rights not as hard to run clean but the dragons tooth at the bottom is a boat eating day wrecker if ya dont avoid em
choose left lined er up and made the drop but blew a crux stroke high sided rodeoed backwards into the rock that i need to be behind with a force that im surprised the anchor mount survived.
It did put the hog where it needed to be to row the rest clean though
it fished well below with non of the weeks afternoon showers being enough water to bring red creek into play
with a few bwo but primarily caddis and sally on the water

heard the cicadia buzz for a 100 yards in the rapid and got a few swipes and nose bumps using it
that morning.
my and the bmc's old man eyes need a bit of help so the pink triple double did the trick

fished well till the winds cranked up, thankfully downstream, and it rained pretty good the last mile.
Pushed out  and ran a shuttle lap and some supplies back to dutch john.
thought about riggin the 2 hander or soft hackling the evening caddis hatch
A cocktail or 2 dinner and a dog walk and horizontal on a paco pad ,sawing logs and dreaming about the fast water hog eat i blew that afternoon

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[fishskibum]

more orange in fridays sunrise

had dropped the shuttle the night before, made the joe, fed and walked the fur child, let em chase a few bunnies check for risers
managed to be moving downstream by 7
junk stuck a few

woke whitey and stung a few up top


got down with a few browns

deer crossing

stopped to check on the carp lakes

their home waters are dwindling fast, goofy newf got there and i bet they werent to happy to share waters

Waters 
Cadillacs &
Deserts

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Coerced conned or convinced the crew to feed the wanderlust and road trip to visit a hood i used to fish a bit on guides day offs
puts on the all day music
turned up the stereo to 11

crossed a bridge

busted out some bumpy moab miles on a cool canyon backroad

hour or so and under 20 shake n bake miles
1st spot got dewatered but still some slimer snouts rising

much better at zelphs

a dozen or so various crafts on the bout 100 acre lake
mostly old dudes in tubes/toons
a pram another drifty and a couple motored aluminums
ramps still got a bit of concrete but its a soft mud
bent sticks o plenty and fish on whoops a plenty
and we stuck a few nice bows
and a decent tigger



fished till 7
went for a git cell reception cruise some grub and fished the last couple hours of daylight
the carps diem dude stuck a big bow and we called it a night
night turned to dawn again

bit windy that morn and i donated way more flies to flooded timber than i like
but stuck a few more healthy bows and a nice brown before headin home

pretty good algae bloom going on

[fishskibum]

Split around 9
Cool drive comin down from diamond to vernal
and while i didnt have time to stop it makes me to see crowds and parades of independence again
stopped to stretch the legs and let the god do his business
Was hopin to spot some carps cruising the shoreline
but by noon some peoples kids had already frothed the shoreline to turbidity

beats me why mr escalante just didnt buy a biggers trucks or boats to deal with the terrain of limited passability

more boats but way less wakes at the berry
Got the pops back to living quasi independently back in pc
Suped jordanelle and let sheldon git his newf on with his new chessie pup girlfriend hazel our friends acquired


made plans to fish sunday
Got him out and Captaining his own craft as he wished even though it'd been way easier if he just took the front of my boat

threw in at chaplain point aka cheap peep beach
cause there aint no poop closets, pay tubes nor concretes

good dozen crafts on the water by the 8
not a lot of catching going on but a banner morning to git out and the float and be happy on

pops exercised a couple head shaking slot cuts
dog and i threw a big junk skunk
probably shouda changed techniques or down sized
im either lazy or stubborn
bit of both
wind cranked up as it usually does bout noon

got his and my craft loaded up and headed home
one of the better skunks
in that finding reward in others doing of the thing things
becoming the olds aint easy
sunday had him back in the hospital with an intestinial infection
Scpoe didnt git it so the opened him up and hopefully got it sussed out and stitched up last night
ups n downs
hauls loads and sends