Too bad you did not hook up with Denny while in Spokane Hope to see you again sometime. Tony
--- Michael Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wont bore everyone with my trip results but I > thought I would just shout > here - horray for fly fishing. I miss the rivers > and streams of the > mainland. We do have perfect weather here in Hawaii > but the miles of rivers > on the mainland produce supreme heart pulls. > > I flew to Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago. I > fished when I could on > the Provo before driving to a conference in Spokane. > My son wanted to go > with me. I was suprised because he has not really > gotten into the > flyfishing sickness. We stopped at the Beaverhead > and he caught a few fish > including the biggest one. Rather than disappointed > I was happy. He > continued to remind me on the trip of his > accomplishment. I did not bring > up the fact that I caught three times as many. We > then stopped on Rock > Creek in Montana. It was a chocolate color but we > caught a few fish. I > would love to get back there in the fall. Then it > was on to Spokane. On > the way back we fished again on the Beaverhead with > plans to fish the > Madison the next day. The fellow at the fly shop in > Dillon was not too high > on that so I made a management decision and we drove > to the Green. It was a > great day on the Green. We did well even though we > did not have the right > imitation for the baetis hatch that was getting so > many heads popping out of > the river. > > Then it was back on the plane and I am here in > paradise again waiting for > the fall when I get to return to the rivers. > > I felt bad that I was not more organized and could > have linked up with > Larry, Joyce and others in Utah. When you are > dealing with family sometimes > you grab bits of light here and there. All in all > it was a great trip. > > As a side note for Buggs, we were driving into > Pinedale, WY, planning to > stop for supper. We had the local radio station on > and heard an alert that > an excaped convict was on the loose. He had long > hair and a beard. He was > thought to have been spotted that day in Pinedale > and he had cut his hair > and beard. We were a little nervous thinking that > it may be Buggs or some > other alter ego and with the lack of good > description who would know but > we pulled into the cafe. He did not abduct us so we > made our way on down to > the Green. > > Good fishing to all, > > Mike > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
