FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Our humble cabin.

I did want to say one thing about this cabin we are staying in.  It is laid out perfect.  Well thought out, and if I ever built another house it would be exactly like this.  Functional, easy to maintain, it really has been a nice place to stay.  In fact it is hard to get the Boss to leave the property.  We took the long way back from town yesterday and only saw one mulie and a flock of turkeys.  I did see a fox this morning and as we are headed up a big mountain to see our friends place there is a good chance to see more criters.

**********************A new bait coming soon!

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Now to the fishing.  After losing the “good” bait it became immediately clear I needed smaller stuff.  So I picked up a couple, including the smallest Mepps spinner I could find.  The treble was not dressed with feathers, just the spinner, and it was a good choice.  The water had stabilized a lot lower than it was and it was a clear son of a gun.  (Which made it all the cooler watching them roll on it.)  I knew it was going to be precision fishing, flipping the little spinner under the banks and by rocks.

One of 3 browns and 4 rainbows.

Once I got the speed and presentation down I ended up catching 7, and missed a few.  It really did take a precise cast, the water is maybe 3′ in rare spots, the rest 2′ or less.  As the better fishing is down creek it was important to get the spinner spinning immediately then letting it quarter with the current.  Sound easy?  The strike zone was a couple of inches from the correct cover.  And to complicate matters it was throwing a 1/32 spinner on 4lb test where you just could not cast.  It was basically a pitching technique, under hand flips usually 6 foot or less.  A really short rod might help with making casts, it is tight.

The last rainbow was the biggest, no pictures, but he will be famous as he and a couple of his buddies are the guest of honor at tonight’s supper.  The Boss wants the fish fixed like I did years ago guiding on the White River, the classic shore lunch.  When it comes down to it I am actually pretty happy with the mornings wade.  Figuring it out always gives me some personal satisfaction.  And doing it here, in the mountains, not a soul on the creek, makes for a successful day.

This is the way to end the day.  It tasted even better than it looks!

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The pictures have been few and far between.  We are having a great time and just taking it easy.  Here is a few from Mesa Verde and a bull elk from the other day that I had not downloaded off the “real” camera.

A nice bull elk.

Mesa Verde.

The only regret on this trip is we just did not have enough time to really explore Mesa Verde.  It really is one of the cool places we have visited.  Like Machu Picchu, it speaks to an abandoned culture, how and why they just do not know.  All I know is it was amazing.

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This afternoon we headed out to see Chago’s place in the mountains and it is beyond cool.  Pictures from that ride tomorrow.  Then we stopped by SoCol, the place we stayed last winter for happy hour.  Then fresh trout, topped off with a nice sit on the deck as the sun goes down.  It is all good and that is all I have to say about that.

Good Luck and Tight Lines