Treasureton Reservoir 05-18-2012

Late Thursday afternoon I left Daniels reservoir and headed for Treasureton reservoir. After getting the boat setup, and my bed made in the back of the truck I was able to fish for about an hour before it got dark. Bruce, Dennis, and Mark had fished Treasureton two weeks earlier and had caught a few Kamloop Rainbows that included one over six pounds, and one over eight pounds.

My time on the water this evening yielded me one decent trout, but it wasn't the trophy I was looking for, so that night I went to bed with high expectation for the next day.

In the morning I woke to cloudy sky's, rain, thunder and lightning.

By 8:30 am I couldn't wait any longer, so I decided to fish along the edge of the water under some over hanging trees. This ended up being a lot of fun, I caught several 6-10 inch large mouth bass.

And a nice surprise, a bass that measured around 18 inches and over 4 lbs.

When the weather started improving I started targeting trout.

Around 1:00 pm Dennis showed up.

We continued fishing, picking up a few trout and bass. Later in the afternoon Bruce joined us. 

Bruce wasn't there long before he picked up this hog.

Not to be outdone Dennis caught this beauty.

I never did catch my trophy, maybe next time.

Daniels Reservoir 05-17-2012

Went north to Idaho in mid May to fish Daniels. When I arrived around 8:00 am, there was a moose wading in the water, but as I got closer she ran into the trees. It was a nice Thursday morning, with only a few other people fishing. I only managed to hook into two nice fish, but they came unhooked before I could get them in the net. It was cool to see the bald eagles, I only took pictures of this one.

Around 4:00 pm I packed it up and headed to Treasureton reservoir to set up my sleeping arrangements in the back of the truck, Dennis and Bruce would be showing up Friday to fish Treasureton.

Weber River 05-09-2012

My neighbor Zach recently took up fly fishing, so we made a run to the Weber river. It was a nice day and the river looked really good, but we had a hard time getting the fish to cooperate with us. We ended up catching two or three each, and got in a lot of casting practice.

Soldier Creek Reservoir 04-21-2012

Back in April Sam and I met up with Bruce, Dennis, and Mark at Soldier Creek reservoir. We caught a bunch of Rainbow trout between ten and fifteen inches long, not big but hard fighters that would come shooting out of the water when hooked. If I remember correctly only a few Cutthroat trout were caught between the five of us.

Guadalupe River 04-06-2012

While vacationing with Mandy, Dusty, and their two girls at New Braunfels Texas just east of San Antonio, Dusty and I decided to hired a guide for a float fishing trip down the Guadalupe river, the southern most trout fishery in the United States.

The guide let us when he had to navigate the shallow portions.

The morning fishing was really slow.

The upper section of the river was lined with several homes.

I was the first to hook up. This was the first carp I have ever caught on a fly rod. It was quite the battle to get it landed.

Dusty endded up catching the most trout.

One of my ragged little trout.

Dusty also caught the biggest trout of the day.

This is where we stopped for lunch.

The lower section of the river had fewer homes. I really liked the big trees with the exposed roots.

The reason the water looks off color is because of the lime stone bedrock.

Some of the wildlife along the river.

Lots of turtles.

At the end of the float we bounded the shore with small streamers and caught a bunch of sunfish.

This was a fun trip and I would do it again.