tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65305654768423544732024-03-12T20:03:21.603-07:00Rocks of TranquilityFreddieflyfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194019606934291046noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530565476842354473.post-28292694784843063412012-12-10T18:04:00.004-08:002012-12-10T18:04:27.587-08:00Lees FerryOn May 16-19 2012 our local fly club (DFC) went to Lees Ferry. I got to go along with 10 other members and get a haul to the Glen Canyon Dam and float down the legendary Lees Ferry of the Grand Canyon. This is my trip:<br />
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On Wednesday I got my gear ready for the three day trip to Lees Ferry. I had a drybag for my sleeping bag and tent and a stove with food for three days and two nights.<br />
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WWe got to the Ferry in the afternoon and fished the walk-in while we were waiting for our 2:00 p.m. haul. The Ferry is known for its wind gusts and I lost my favorite Sage hat but also caught this healthy Rainbow.<br />
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We got the Haul up to the dam right as scheduled.<br />
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This was the biggest of the trip. I think it was 19" and healthy.<br />
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I was fishing my bigger rod and a sinking intermediate tip. Some of the fish were a little on the skinny side for their size.<br />
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It was cool to have the night all to myself. No fires allowed that night but I had my headlamp. The next morning I started hearing the boats coming up the Ferry and woke up to a guide and two fisherman on my beach. It was cool though! I fished with them and then floated out.<br />
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The bottom was not as good of fishing as the top.<br />
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This is Garry. He was on our trip too.<br />
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I'll definitely go again. The trip was one of my favorites. I really love floating rivers in my 'toon!Freddieflyfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194019606934291046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530565476842354473.post-49310524427457091572012-12-09T23:37:00.001-08:002012-12-10T17:29:12.091-08:00Wind RiverOK, I have been reading a book about this guy who goes backpacking in the Wind River Mountain Range. The book is called Fly-fishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry by Rick Osthoff. I did some more research and found that Finnis Mitchell in the late 1930's planted Golden Trout in these mountain ranges and ran a fish camp for 1$ a day during the Depression. I love back packing and I decided that this would be my next quest.<br />
On the way of our 20 hour drive, Cassidy and I stopped at the bridge of Lees Ferry. The spot is famous because it was the only crossing for Mormon honeymooners traveling to St George temple. The Colorado River crossing was one that I had previously fished in the spring (see Lees Ferry article) <i>this article has not been created yet but is way cool....trust me!</i> The tail water begins at Lake Powell or Glenn Canyon Dam and goes through the Grand Canyon.<br />
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Here is a look at the river. The rafts are embarking on a<i> I</i>one week or two week trip down the Grand Canyon, I got the privileged of doing that trip one time as a dishwasher...but that's another story.<br />
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On the way we also had some fun with the manikin police officer in Hatch, Utah. The Manikin is designed to be put in this old truck to deter speeders..ha ha<br />
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After the 20 hour drive we finally started backpacking. Here is the motley crew.<br />
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The first day we hiked to this lake and had a beautiful camp sight right on the lake.<br />
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The next day we had decided that we would hike to the inlet of the next lake and take day trips to Windy Lake. I set up camp only to find out that the rest of the knuckleheads decided to camp at a mosquito infested swamp previously used by some horse campers. This is my cite that I couldn't convince the others to go to so I moved after the night and camped in the swamp with the horse turds.<br />
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the next day we hiked up to Windy Lake. I had caught one golden on the stream near Cleveland Lake the night before so we knew that there would be Goldens in the stream. Here is some pics.<br />
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The Stimis were the trick for the Brookies and the Goldens.<br />
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Once we got to Windy Lake it was Beautiful!!!<br />
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The Goldens were spawning and I finally caught one on a Golden Scud but not as big as we had hoped for. The Goldens in the Lake had also been crossed breaded quite a bit with regular Rainbows and didn't have the color of the Goldens we were after. Here is the biggest one of the trip.<br />
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We took some pics near the Lake and went up one other day. This is my main man Zach...he's a stud fisherman.<br />
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and Cassidy again.<br />
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On the way back, I let Scott take the camera and he found some pretty
scary things in the woods. I'll spare you some other images that could
leave you scared for life....ever seen a pimple infested hairy ars
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Fishing the river with his dad is Scott and Zach.<br />
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This hole provided my best catch for the week. I called the shot and dropped my line, "on the rock" (to prevent drag from the swift current) and "into the pool" with the fly and "catch the fish." I couldn't retrieve the fish though because I hadn't planned on it going down the river into the crevasse that I was fishing from.<br />
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From another pool<br />
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We saw buffalo,<br />
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Had a campfire...everywhere else we had been had been a no burn zone so we were excited!<br />
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and were having a great time 'till I realized that it was my Anniversary the next day.....so we raced home to save the day....not to mention the marriage ;0)Freddieflyfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194019606934291046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530565476842354473.post-61798306815166017812012-11-22T22:58:00.002-08:002012-12-13T19:31:59.389-08:00Famous Jill QuotesAfter receiving the much anticipated mission call for my daughter Sydni, her nervous and rather naive mother stated the following quotes:<br />
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"I'm just relieved that she got her mission call to Antofagasta, Chile. I know that if something ever happened she could always walk home."<br />
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Of which I stated, "Yea, you're right. If the pioneers could travel from Far West to Salt Lake City, I guess Sydni could walk from Antofagasta to Phoenix. The only difference is that the pioneers would have travel ten times their journey to equal the distance from Phoenix to Antofagasta. It's only one hemisphere away." <br />
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Later that evening Jill stated, "I'm just glad that she is in a country that does not have a lot of crime. At least we can send care packages and we know they will not be tampered with."<br />
WOW!!!Freddieflyfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194019606934291046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530565476842354473.post-70248463194572105432012-11-22T14:58:00.002-08:002012-12-10T17:31:52.423-08:00Salty Dawg<h2>
Ok so tomorrow I am going to float the Salt River with my friend Kyle (a.k.a. Norty)</h2>
I went out and scouted it on Thanksgiving morning. I have floated it several times and am in the process of making a map so I can find the hot spots a little more easily for future reference. It is a tail water that flows from the White Mountains and reaches the Phoenix Metro area and is dispersed down canals. It's really not a great fishing tail water because the "powers that be" decide to shut it off every year and the fish get land locked and die (except for the Large Mouth Bass). The area we are going to fish is called the Lower Salt or what I affectionately call it "The Salty Dawg." It could be a great fishing river if they would try, because it has a prolific midge and mayfly hatch year round (except when they turn it off....are you catching a theme here?)<br />
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I tried to get a mayfly pic<br />
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Here are some pics from previous trips.<br />
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There are areas that look quite tropical (Remember: we're in Phoenix and it gets hotter than two gerbils making love in a wool sock) even though; the water temperature stays near 58 degrees<br />
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I caught this fine looking holdover trout that survived the summer temperature and a full year of marshmallow, recycled beer, and bass-turds (a.k.a.tubers or bass feces...whichever way you want to look at it) floating down the river.<br />
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And caught a whole mess of these<br />
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Not only is the Salty Dawg scenic but it has its corral of wild horses that roam the river. My cycling group calls the horses the Brumbies.<br />
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Did I mention I caught them on poppers??<br />
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We'll see what tomorrow brings, I'm excited!<br />
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So the conditions had changed and it was a sunny and warm 85 degrees. I was a bit disappointed that the popper action had completely stopped. Several of my "hot spots" produced no bass on what I thought were great areas to cast to but Norty was pleased and quickly gave up on the poppers and had success on a clouser while I stayed persistent with the poppers. Here are some pics.<br />
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Norty on the Salt. Notice his tube and the inflation of the pontoon.<br />
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As we got down a ways Norty noticed that his pontoon was losing air. I was a bit concearned because we were about 3 miles from my truck that we had dropped off. Here is Norty fighting a Sucker that he caught above Coons Bluff.<br />
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Here is Norty being "so proud of his sucker".... Man that thing is ugly!!!<br />
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All and all it was a good day and I'm glad I got to show Norty the resource that we have available to us in such a close proximity. I didn't see the mayfly hatch that we had last time....kind of weird......we might not have been out long enough in the evening. The Verde began to flow and it was really muddy so I was glad we didn't go down past Phon D. I look forward to further exploring the Salty Dawg and really getting to know it as my hidden gem!!<br />
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P.S. I went by Saturday and was able to find a nice bass pond near one of the closed campground and caught some decent bass on poppers, several suckers but no trout. I hopefully set up a spring Rocky Point trip with Norty and my bro-in -law and his friend Jeff to Rocky Point.<br />
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<br />Freddieflyfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194019606934291046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530565476842354473.post-53879868340632234132012-11-19T19:41:00.003-08:002012-11-22T15:07:06.285-08:00Rocky Point<h2>
One of my favorite fishing spots is at Rocky Point, Mexico.</h2>
We have a small condo there. For Veterans Day I went fishing with my fly fishing group DFC. Here are some pictures<br />
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It's called a permit. It is one of the most admired and difficult game fish to catch and it was my first fish caught on the ocean. I didn't realize how lucky i was to catch it until we got it identified. Funny Hugh?<br />
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On Saturday and Sunday I caught a whole bunch of these Queenland Leatherbacks.<br />
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I caught them on top water with what is called a popper.<br />
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Look at the bait. Poppers!!!! Ahhhhh!!!!<br />
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These are some of my friends that went with me, We fly fish in single man pontoons.<br />
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This is me in my pontoon.<br />
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I know I look like a goofy pioneer in my buff. I don't think I will wear my buff anymore.<br />
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My daughter tells me she does not like fishing but only likes catching fish. I wonder how she liked catching this fish?<br />
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I Most of the time we catch triggers. Which are ugly and stink but fight like a mother!<br />
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Parrot fish. They look like rainbow colored carp, only they have teeth.<br />
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And Cabria.<br />
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Rocky Point is our own little Ocean paradise and it is not too touristy. Many people from Arizona go there.<br />
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Happy Trails!!!<br />
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