The surfing has picked up a bit

Bob, Karl, Erick and I have been getting some nice rides just before and after low tide. It was flat as lake when we all first arrived. Things are looking up. WaveWatch reported 4ft swells yesterday from buoy readings and we all had great surfing. Although it has flattened out a bit for the next couple of days, it looks big for Sunday/Monday.

Fished for Stripers off the beach

I tried to fish for stripers tonight just before dinner. No luck yet but a few guys were catching fish just down the beach using spinning gear with mackerel and clams as bait. The shorebreak was pretty high so I was fighting that and wasn't getting out very far. I'll try again in the rocks.

Great trip on the Bighorn

Dave and I picked up Peter at DIA on Friday at about 5:30 PM and drove straight up the Bighorn about 550 miles. We crashed in a bunk cabin at Cottonwood Camp for a few hours and floated A-B (13 miles) on Saturday.



Saturday
What a great day. Dave and Peter were hot. I caught my fair share too but lost all my big fish. Not sure what the problem was but I'm going to blame it on old tippet material and not my knots. ;-)

Rick and some of his buddies showed up later on Saturday and fished at 3-mile. We actually didn't get to 3-mile until 3:00 PM and passed those guys and didn't know it was them.

There was an incident on the water that I won't go into and my TnT 6wt was toast. There were some tears.

Last Chance proved successful and made a fine way to end the day. The fishing was great and a good time was had by all.

Hot flies: Black midges, Gray Rays, Pheasant Tails, Pink Soft Hackle Sow Bugs, Two-tone San Juan Worms



Sunday
Jonesy jumped in our boat. Peter was fishing in his "banana boat". Rick, Dan, and Joe were in a rental boat. Rick could do no wrong. Everyone caught fish and had a great time. Jonesy caught some nice fish and experienced the magic of the Bighorn on his first trip. Pretty cool. Red and Black midges were really hot on Sunday. Gray Rays and Pheasant Tails and "Pinky Tuscaderos " (pink soft hackle sow bugs) also worked well.

Peter, Rick, Dan, Joe, and Jonesy headed to Cooke City to fish the Soda Butte and the Lamar.



Monday
Dave and I floated A-B alone. We had a great day and caught fish in the riffles. Shallow riffles.

Hot flies: Black midges, Gray Rays, Pheasant Tails, Pink Soft Hackle Sow Bugs



Tuesday
Dave and I floated A-3 (3 miles). We started early and had a great day and caught plenty. We fished until about 1:45 PM and loaded up the boat and gear and headed back to Colorado. The drive was smooth and uneventful fortunately.

Great day on the Blue

Diamond Dave and I had a great day on the Blue. We fished at a not-so-secret spot near the Frisco/Dillon areas.

It was crowded and the weather looked iffy.

I waited for a spot and soon a guy crossed from where he was fishing and I moved in (politely). I had caught fish near by a few years earlier on Caddis imitations so I went that direction. I tied on a bead head Prince on top and a bead head Bread Crust as a dropper. Not sure why I chose these particular flies. I should have seined the river like I always do but I guess I figured it was a good bet.

I started catching fish one after the other. Almost every cast was followed by a tug and a feisty little brown. It was ridiculous. Some of the guys kept making cracks and asking what I was using. I told them the truth and even offered one guy the exact flies. He refused and I kept catching fish. It was great.

Dave made his way down to me and I asked him how he was doing. He was also successful on completely different flies for different bugs. He was using a Bionic Midge and a black Copper John. He waded across and caught fish after fish.

The weather looked ominous and all the other guys took off. They were smart. There was lightening in the distance. We kept catching fish so it was hard to make the call to leave.

Dave kept abusing the sucker fish. He called them Mother-in-Law fish. They have a face only a momma could love.

It did slow down a bit during some windy gusts. It rained a tad, but we stuck it out like dummies and caught more fish. What a day.

Woo Hoo! I passed my 70-315 exam

Today I passed my 70-315 exam: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

2/3 of the way to my MCAD.

(the Woo Hoo reference pertains to the song Woo Hoo from the 5.6.7.8's. It is the song used in the Vonage commercials.)