Utah Fishing ReportsJust when you think anyone that is more than 5 years old has been fishing, up pops someone who has never held a fishing rod! How can that be?
Well today, Sherry and I are taking a special gal with us on an outing to Blacksmith Fork Canyon to do a little fishing. Her name is Beth and many of you met her at the rendezvous. She had never been to a rendezvous and of course never shot a muzzleloader…she did both this last weekend and said she had a really good time!
At 26 years old, she says she has never been fishing. So today is the day. We have picked a nice easy place to pull off the highway, a place that is pretty and there is a “potential” to catch a fish. We are going to make an afternoon of it with a picnic and hopefully catch a fish or two.
More on the subject will be posted after we return!
Bears Butt
Sept. 6, 2012
Later!
We made it to the “lake” about 1 p.m. or so. The wind was blowing but only slightly more than the usual wind in that part of the canyon. We mixed it up with the bait, Beth chose Powerbait in “Sherbert” color, Sherry chose worm and marshmallow and I chose Garlic Powerbait.
I just got Beth’s line in the water when Sherry is yelling “Fish On”!!! and sure enough in comes a nice healthy trout.
Before long she has another one on, and another bite and then another! It’s crazy and only Sherry can get the bites. After the second fish, we switched Beth over to worm and marshmallow.
But the bite turned off.
Another hour went by without so much as a tickle to the lines. And then the clouds rolled in and it started to sprinkle. Suddenly the fish bite began again.
Beth landed her first EVER trout!
Sherry said it was because it was “lunch time” when we got there and now it was “break time”.
During the lull in the action we ate lunch and I had switched Beth over to a bubble and fly…a number 18 fly I call the Green Maiden. Beth began to catch on to hooking the fish as they pulled on the fly and very soon here was the sequence:
Fish number 2
Fish number 3
Fish number 4!
Well it began to rain with more earnest and we decided we had better get on for home. A wonderful day fishing with two wonderful ladies!
Oh, How did Bears Butt do? Not even a bite!
Beth caught 5 fish for the day, Sherry caught 3 fish for the day, they kept 4 to eat! Bears Butt didn’t even have a bite!
So there you have it and it was a great day!
Bears Butt
Sept. 6, 2012
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