It's good to hear from you Don. It would have been fun to have hooked up with you while you were in Utah, but it sounds like you didn't really have a lot of time. Were your efforts with your company a success? On Nov 16, 2008, at 10:28 AM, DonO wrote:
> > Tom, > > I got to fish ONCE on Blue Lake, up there in the mountains. Beautiful > little lake full of 12"-16" stockers- all hungry for hoppers. > > Owah (sp?) looked like a nice belly-boat lake, but it was crowded. > Up in the > mountains to the east also. > > There's a creek coming in to town on the east side, with a parking > area. > Walk up that creek with some dries and bead-heads and work the under- > cuts > and deep holes. Some wormers were bringing out some nice browns up > to 16" > from that little creek. > > I didn't get much time to fish- 12hr. days/6, and then we went to > 12/7 for > the last months. Can't complain- the $$ was great. Got to do lots of > arrowhead hunting. > > Got evacuated one night for a fire just west of our campground. > Only reason > it didn't get us was that the wind was blowing the right direction. > Huge > fire in a wilderness section of the valley- no homes lost- no > injuries. > Suspected arson. Got lots of 'neat' photos. > > On a side-note- fishing related... > > I did order a handy-rifle in my S&W 50cal. to back up my bear-buddy > pistol > for fishing Glacier Park. Hope I'll never have to use either, but > fishing > is just more relaxing knowing I have a deterrent for becoming a > high-colesterol lunch for some hungry bear. I'm working with a bullet > loader to develop a flash-blast pistol-round that will be a deterrant > without harming the bear. Loud boom, big flash, and tiny surface > pain (no > penetration). He did get my shot-pellet rounds made, so I can get a > rabbit > dinner without blowing it up to sub-atomic-sized particles. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:06 AM > Subject: [VFB] Re: Don Ordes - aka DonO?? > > > > I'd like to here about your fishing in Moab. We go down for the > scenery, and I always take my pontoon boat out on Ken's Lake, an > impoundment south east of town which I think provides water for the > city. > > The fishing there is always fun, with planted rainbows, crappie, bass > and and occasional brown that comes down from the river above. Since > I am usually in Moab with my wife (who doesn't fish) it gives me a > quick fly fishing fix during what would otherwise be a sight seeing > trip. > > Did you go up into the Manti-La Sal national forest? What lakes did > you fish? > > Tom > > On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:46 AM, DonO wrote: > >> >> Hey, guys! I just got in from Moab for my week 'off'. Thanks for >> remembering I existed at one time. >> >> My truck broke down yesterday on the way home in Craig, Colo- seems >> like a >> tiny little thing like an fuel injector elec. socket connector is >> responsible or side-lining many Duramaxes like mine. $10 part and >> $1000 >> problems. My son drove my other truck down to Craig to load me up >> on a >> trailer and haul me home, so instead of getting in at 2:00am >> yesterday, I >> didn't get in until 11:00 last night. >> >> Things are too busy at the job site to spend any time on the web, >> and the >> trailer park where I'm camping does not have cable internet. I'm >> the chief >> inspector (and on-site designer), so it's just a constant stream of >> activities from the moment I get there until I leave, and then they >> shut the >> generator down at 5:30. It's a $14mm plant and it's looking pretty >> good >> now, and it looks like we'll be done by Thanksgiving. >> >> We did take a drive Sunday 2 weeks ago and found some nice trout >> lakes up in >> the mountains east of Moab. And then we mapped out some trips up to >> the >> lakes on the mesa SE of Grand Junction. So I'm hoping as the work- >> load >> tails off towards the end of the job I'll be able to get away and do >> some >> fishing. I'm already checking the fishing schedules in Baja and >> seeing >> what's available in Dec. thru Feb.- i.e. what's biting & where. >> >> There are fishermen on the job site, but no flyfishers or tiers, so >> I'm all >> alone with only Buggs and Dr. D to keep me company and talk >> flyfishing with. >> Veronica does not like the desert, so she stayed home in Casper. I >> did >> exchange a couple of direct emails with Keith Passant over a mouse >> donation >> to a special event he was a part of. >> >> Where can I get to see a pic of the fly plate for Mark Delaney? I >> have over >> 400 emails in my in-box and won't be able to get to them until >> later, after >> I get my truck taken care of. >> >> Tight Lines, >> DonO >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Virtual Fly Box" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:31 AM >> Subject: [VFB] Don Ordes - aka DonO?? >> >> >> >> Anybody heard from DonO lately? I know he's been as busy as a >> one-legged fly fisherman in the Frying Pan, what with designing gas >> well >> structures, etc. but it ain't like Dr. Dimento not to post once in a >> while. Sure hope you're OK, DonO ! >> >> JIMMY D >> >> -- >> >> >> **************** ><((((((((º> ************** >> JIMMY D. MOORE [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag, >> Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, >> Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, >> Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. 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