I hear ya, and cooking outdoors in a place like that makes the food taste 10 times as good too....Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@yahoogroups.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 2:41 PM Subject: [VFB] Fishing Plans Next Week > Two of my local trout fishing buds and I leave next Tuesday for Philmont > Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, NM, where we will join up with the rest of > our bunch to fish the Rayado. We'll be staying in a back country cabin > which is located right by the Rayado. Going to sleep at night is so > easy as I listen to the water making its way down river over the rocks > and through the gravel runs, not a loud noise, but a steady gurgling and > tinkling. Philmont has had considerable rain this year and the fishing > and wading forecast is outstanding. In all the trips we've made, the > fishing has never been bad. We don't catch a lot of big fish, but the > numbers are always more than adequate. This is our 12th straight year > to make the trip, which always, (except for two years), comes right > after Labor Day. Last year was the last week of September and the very > first trip was in October and the pipes froze and burst the second night > we were there. But we kept a roaring fire going in the big stone > fireplace. The fishing was outstanding. > > This will be only the second or third time I've wet a line since the > 2004 Rayado trip, what with all the family opportunities that Jody and I > have had this year, so I can hardly wait to get on the Rayado. With all > the heat we've had this summer, I'll definitely wade "bare-legged". > Dang, I might just lay down in the Rayado and cool off a little. ;-) > I've done that a few times before, but not on purpose. ROTF !! > > During my absence, Alan Di Soma will do the daily quote and Allan Fish > will do the Joke For The Day, or vice versa. In any event, I'm sure > they'll keep ya'll in stitches whilst I'm gone. I'll do the Quote and > Joke through Monday and then they will take over. > > Talk to you tomorrow morning. > > JIMMY D > > P.S. I'll take plenty of photos to share when I return. > > -- > ******************************************************************* > Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, half-assed Texan and collector of classic bamboo fly rods and classic golf clubs > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", © > > JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website: > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > ******************************************************************** > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > >
