Thanks for the report, Kent. I think I'll scratch that off my list for this weekend. I got a chill while reading your report. :-)
Brent --- Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Ive finally rally'd the troops to spend a day this > saturday. We are > >still debating the destination (suggestions?). Ill > post a report > >when we are back. So far Rocky Ford seems to be > the destination of > >choice. > > As we geared up under the clear blue dawn standing > in the snow at the > south parking lot at Rocky Ford, Les and I both > glumly contemplated > how foolish we were to even be there. The time and > temp sign in front > of a bank in Ephrata indicated 19� at 7am. The flag > was standing > straight out from its pole, pointing due south like > a cloth > weathervane in the gale force wind blowing straight > out of the Arctic. > > Once on the water and walking stiffly in all our > layers, the wind > chill was well below zero, numbing our fingertips > and noses, freezing > our guides, whipping our lines in random directions > and landing every > other cast in the reeds or weeds. > > In short, yesterday at the Ford was tough fishing at > best and made > the proverbial witch's tit seem warm and inviting by > comparison. > > The good news is that we had the place to ourselves > until two other > fools showed up about 3pm. I christened my new 1973 > Orvis Limestone > Special bamboo rod by landing fish of 24 and 19 > inches and SDRing > another of 18-20 inches after a several-minute > struggle. All my fish > came in the morning with only a few brief hook-ups > after 11am. > > But the best news is that we were off the water and > heading for home > while it was still light. > > K > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
