I haven't been out much due to the fact my partner is serving his mission in England. Saturday I woke up and decided to get out of the house and do something. So loaded the truck with my Shotgun, pistol, and fishing gear. Figured I would have fun one way or another. Shooting dove, targets or catching fish and maybe a little of each! I had to deliver a roster and schedule to dad from one of his players that wants him to come watch him coach his own boys in football. While there we just lounged in the back yard for a while then he asked what I was doing and asked who was going with me, when I replied no-one he said he would like to go. I told him I did not know where I was going and when I would be returning. He was ok with it and went and told mom he was going with me. We loaded up and headed south. We reached Nephi around noon and I was hungry and I knew that Reed's would hit the spot. (Reed's was Vard's when we were growing up and going to Dixie to watch Candy and Mack in rodeo's) On the way into main street Dad seen a Rose Garden Memorial he thought was neat, then on Main street he saw an antique car dealership. We headed down the road to Reed's got a burger and fries and it was just I as thought it would be, GOOD. We finished things off and headed out, I pulled over to the dealership and let Dad look around, he and the owner got to talking and sharing thoughts and memories. They acted as they knew one another for years. The cars and the garage were very cool, dad reminisced about the cars in the garage that he and mom had owned and driven. There was a Hudson at the memories of last year driving his race car came out and they shared stories for about a half hour, I just took it all in great times. We asked about a couple cars and they weren't really for sale, a couple of the older ones outside were for sale not badly priced either.
We got back on the road only to stop and see the Rose Garden, Dad really liked looking at them. Down the road, we headed south down to Levan and I showed him where I had shot a doe on an early draw hunt outside of Levan and kept heading South, in Levan Dad remembered he was going to paint the gas tanks at the station there in the colors and scheme of Budweiser cans but they never did do it. We got to Yuba Painted Rocks marina and campground and pulled off. Took a few minutes on the dock cast all different colors and lures to see if anything would bite but no luck. Dad was happy to be out and relaxing. We loaded back up and continued south stopping very briefly at nine mile res. but it was so low and the bugs were horrible we didn't even get out. Got back on the road and headed to Sterling and Palisades, when we got there Dad started lighting up again with all the cabins in the canyon. We stopped briefly at Palisades, the water again was extremely low and didn't make a cast. Dad asked how far the cabins went up the canyon, I decided to show him and headed up 6 mile canyon. We drove up the canyon. Dad was taken in by the canyon and we just kept going talked to a few people and one couple that told us the road was very rough and not really suited for full size rigs, I was thinking differently and kept going. Dad was a little alarmed when I continued on. We seen a few ponds, lots of colors, country that neither of us had ever seen and kept driving, stopping and looking around and sometimes throwing some lures at the ponds with no luck until. I seen a sign that read 6 Mile Pond, I said we need to investigate this. I seen fish jumping all over the place it was a little after 5 by now and I said it's time to catch some fish. I heard Dad snicker and say okay. I got out, put his chair on the bank and put my rod together threw a blue/silver fox and caught one on the first cast, dad was quite surprised but just having a blast. I tried three other kastmasters and caught 3 more fish in about 20 minutes. Dad couldn't believe it. We loaded up knowing it was getting late and headed to the top and came to 12 mile canyon and decided we better make our way home before we got the cops called on us for being gone too long, don't laugh it has happened before ;)! We stopped in Levan got a drink and kept headed for home. Talked all the way home about the day and days gone by. An Excellent adventure and so happy I got to share it with my Dad, he had a wonderful day and so did I. til next time keep smilin'!
Sally bought me a guided trip on the Green River. We headed out on Friday afternoon and arrived at Dutch John around 7:30pm got in our cabin and then had dinner at the cafe. We woke up had breakfast and met the guide, Ryan. We headed to the river got on the water and on our way by 9am he hooked me up with some top water dry flies and I got a few hits and caught a couple nice Bows. He then put me on a couple nymph patterns and got hit quickly and often ended up with a few nice browns. He showed me what I was doing wrong with my technique and worked on correcting it all day. Finally by the end of the day I was doing better with what he wanted me to do. All in all I ended up with about 15 or so fish, sand Sally had a good day reading and floating along was we fished. By the end of the day I was exhausted shoulders killing me and the back was totally gone. Ryan did a great job and was very patient with me and did his best to break bad habits of mine. Forgot the camera in the truck so we didn't get any pics on the boat but a couple at the shop and on our journey. We ended the day with Ryan around 5pm. From Dutch John we ended up going to Manila and then out to Evanston and spent the night there. We woke up and took our time getting around leaving Evanston around noon and headed up over Mirror Lake. Great drive was going to stop and fish along the way but the place was packed with last weekend warrioring. There was not a parking spot available at any lake or camp site. We headed on home and spent the rest of the day just lounging. Great weekend Thanks to a wonderful wife for a great Birthday!!