10 25 14 Clays at Wasatch Wing and Clay

Saturday the boys and I took some time to use a fundraiser outing that I purchased last year from my high school cross country program.  It was clay pigeon shooting outing at Wasatch Wings and Clay in Cedar Fort UT.  We took the opportunity to have lunch together as well.  We met up with our host Jay Ashworth at the shooting range.  He had brought a couple guns with him some very nice semi-automatic 12 and 20 gauge shot guns.  Parker and I used our reliable 870 pumps.  Parker started off with duster and was quite happy with his first shot.  Rogan getting used to his semi took a couple to lock in but then was dead eye.  Jimmy was last of us to lock in on the technique but did very well the end of the outing.  We all took turns and had a great time.  Jay Ashworth was a great host and teacher.  He gave us tips and instruction to better our shooting techniques and as you can see by the end of the video we were locking in pretty good.  We came away, after shooting 50 rounds each with some sore shoulders but it was worth it.  We will be participating in this outing again.  The Wasatch Wing and Clay has a very nice set up in the west desert of Utah County.  They have a very nice lodge and multiple shooting ranges for pistol, clay, long range and archery.  They also have birds and dogs if you want to have an outing of bird hunting.

Fishing under the Full Moon

Parker and I went out this evening for a quick fish. We went to our local spot on Deer Creek and had a great evening. The fishing was not red hot but the atmosphere was great. A small breeze kept a ripple on the water all evening and at times made it difficult for the Minkota to keep up with it. We fished for about 4 hours until we could no longer really see our poles anyhow. The moon was full and rose over the eastern horizon in full glory. The fishing like I said was not red hot except for one particular part of the Sea of Galilee and we got into them for about 30 minutes then it turned off like a light switch. We could have gone into Charleston Bay and anchored up and threw out some power bait but that is not to our liking so we kept trolling and enjoying the early fall weather and moon rise.

Parker did land two very nice football rainbows and we missed a couple one almost took my pole into the lake but I reacted to slow and missed it. It is amazing how easily the fish can release themselves from some hook ups. I don't know if it rips their lips off or not but they can get off very easily. We continued to fish around the island for a little bit then decided to go to the Bermuda Triangle again nothing and by then the moon was cresting. We were running all different colors of pop gear and worm at all different depths trying to locate the fish. To no avail we couldn't get another hit. The evening ended with a night load and pull home. Parker hopped on his scooter and made for home. He is super busy right now with school, work and family so it is great to get out when we can fish or no fish. as the saying goes, the man that fishes only for fish, misses out on the true reason of fishing.