Utah Fly-Fishing Trip: Day 2 - 7:30am

"See Honey, it only feels like 12° - It's actually much warmer"

Trip Update - while I happen to have Internet access at the RV park where we are staying tonight.

Day 0.5

We left Wednesday night instead of trying to get out of the house early Thursday morning.  I don't know why, but actually leaving the house takes longer than all the packing and preparation combined.  We arrived in Barstow sometime after 11pm, fed the dogs, locked up, and various other this-n-thats, we made it to bed at midnight.

Day 1

Up at 5am and on the road.  Drove just about all day (with stops), and arrived in Hatch, UT around 6pm MST.  Just enough time for me to fish the Sevier River (pronounced like severe).  It's gotta be in the low 20's outside.  Keeping the ice off my guides was a pain.  Changing my spot or the fly resulted in my needing to knock the ice welding the fly line to the rod guides.  I'm not complaining - this is what I came for.  I didn't catch anything in the one hour before dinner and sundown, but there are some fishy waters here.

This is a picture taken from our campground and looking toward the river.

Frenchman's Flat at Piru Creek - Report for Feb 2010 with Video:  I snuck out of work early and headed to the creek in hopes of getting a couple of the small, but beautiful, wild Rainbow Trout that occupy the waters.  The flow rate was about twice what I am used to seeing at this time of year and this combined with the stained water made it a tough afternoon.

Last weekend I took the son of my very good friend fishing on Piru Creek.  His name is Michael and he has picked up a lot - fast.  It's amazing to me 1) to remember how hard it is to learn - there are so many little things I do without thinking now 2) how much teaching for just a few hours helped to sharpen my own skills and 3) that anyone who wants to learn should have at least a basic understanding of how difficult this sport can be.  Michael gets #3, which makes him a great student and will ultimately make him a great angler.

I hit Piru Creek - the upper section - on Christmas Day.  It was a pretty slow day fishing-wise, but just about any day on the water is refreshing.

The Black Gnats are back in force at Piru Creek.  I've metioned before that I call these little suckers "flying ticks", and maybe that's what pissed them off.  I went fishing with Hank (my Golden Retriever) yesterday for less than two hours, but it's going to cost me a week of painful itching.

I've never done very well under the bridge at Piru Creek, so being a glutton for punishment I tried it again last Thursday.  I caught a few and missed a few more.  All of them were smallish, but it was fun to fish a different area.  I only had about 2 hours and walking all the way up to the C&R section wouldn't have left me with much fishing time.

I've never done very well under the bridge at Piru Creek, so being a glutton for punishment I tried it again last Thursday.  I caught a few and missed a few more.  All of them were smallish, but it was fun to fish a different area.  I only had about 2 hours and walking all the way up to the C&R section wouldn't have left me with much fishing time.