tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44108397764596914272024-03-13T22:04:45.217-06:00TROUT AND TYING"I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout"Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-65532120454981019032011-01-23T20:50:00.003-07:002011-01-23T21:18:17.564-07:00Provo river in winter<div>Winter is already flying by. Gilbert finally came down from the north and we met up on MY favorite stretch of the lower provo. Actually, it was Gilberts idea to hit this particular stretch. Neither of us was disappointed as we caught tons of fish. The pink frenchie dominated as it usually does on this stretch. Me and Gilbert will soon have this fly on our fly tying website(flytying123.com). Click <a href="http://flytying123.com/">here</a> to check out great fly patterns and fly fishing tips. Also check out flytying123.com page on Facebook for updated fishing reports from our latest trips.<div><br /></div><div>Derek</div></div><div><br /></div><div>--This picture below was the first fish that I was able to catch on a fly I tied. This was a couple of years ago. If any of you have not started tying your own flies, the time to start is now. It has changed my world of fly fishing and made it much more satisfying. I never ceased to be amazed at how excited I get when I catch fish on flies I have tied. If you don't believe me, Gilbert may be able to get close at the "squeal" I tend to let out when I get excited over catching fish. Again, <a href="http://flytying123.com/">flytying123</a> will have some great instructional tying videos to help get you started. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TTz6ZaTesKI/AAAAAAAAARo/TWG43jSH_1s/s1600/%2521st%2Bfish%2Bon%2Bhandmade%2BDerek%2BFly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TTz6ZaTesKI/AAAAAAAAARo/TWG43jSH_1s/s320/%2521st%2Bfish%2Bon%2Bhandmade%2BDerek%2BFly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565598553987788962" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-20556318339142641442010-12-10T17:08:00.006-07:002010-12-10T17:51:34.488-07:00Winter Fishing<div style="text-align: left;">As winter is upon us, I reflect on the past season and I am somewhat sad to see the warm weather go. During the past few years, I have decided that the only real good reason to live in a climate where snow falls is that there are trout streams. With that being said, I am glad the cold weather is here. This past year I started in with the euro nymphing and it has been fun to learn and fish with this technique. It has caught an amazing amount of trout around this area throughout the year, as well, as quite a few whitefish! Last winter, I struggled to catch lots of fish. It was frustrating, but I hope to change that this winter. The other best part about winter fishing is that I end up having the river, or a lot of it, to myself. I don't have to bushwhack around the other anglers to try and find the next hole in the river. I simply just keep moving upstream without the nuisance of other anglers. It's not that I don't like other anglers, I love to see others out enjoying the sport I love, but it's nice not to have to jump them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>My winter fishing started yesterday as I hit up the Lower Provo and only saw one other angler. Fishing was better than expected as I caught some nice browns.</div><div><br /><div> Tying flies has also been fun this year. Gilbert and I have our fly tying blog (<a href="http://flytying123.com/">Flytying123.com</a>) up and running so go there to check out our latest patterns. Lately I have been into weaving flies. I haven't fished with the patterns to much yet as I have been trying to perfect the weave. Hopefully we can have some weaved flies up on our website in the next few months. </div><div>I hope you all are as excited as me to get out and enjoy the fishing here in the winter, hopefully with lots of snow!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Doesn't all this snow look fun?</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGH1JhtEI/AAAAAAAAARM/1EHv_SJkbLg/s1600/PA300454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGH1JhtEI/AAAAAAAAARM/1EHv_SJkbLg/s320/PA300454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549215528702293058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGHWO815I/AAAAAAAAARE/i2hEjW7gOww/s1600/PA310484.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGHWO815I/AAAAAAAAARE/i2hEjW7gOww/s320/PA310484.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549215520403543954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGG47x_2I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/xi0fih6-Dww/s1600/Fish%2Bcreek%2Bapril%2B2009%2B023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGG47x_2I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/xi0fih6-Dww/s320/Fish%2Bcreek%2Bapril%2B2009%2B023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549215512538513250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGGef4lJI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/olNzXHyBJ5I/s1600/Fish%2Bcreek%2Bapril%2B2009%2B003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLGGef4lJI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/olNzXHyBJ5I/s320/Fish%2Bcreek%2Bapril%2B2009%2B003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549215505442182290" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLHOK_llwI/AAAAAAAAARc/b3zFTEJJLzA/s320/0403101042a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549216737157027586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TQLHNl5kIuI/AAAAAAAAARU/jwbXc5sq-0g/s320/Fish%2Bcreek%2Bapril%2B2009%2B017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549216727199654626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><br /></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-87132054177360260772010-09-13T21:04:00.001-06:002010-09-13T21:18:36.693-06:00The Dragon WarriorMan, has this summer flown by. I have been busy with work, but I have managed to get some good fishing in. Pictures are to come once I can pay Gilbert enough money to get me a few pics(just kidding Gilbert). My latest trip came last Thursday night on the middle Provo. Flows are down to their winter flows and I wanted to check them out. I did really well with the Dragon Warrior(click <a href="http://flytying123.com/fly-tutorials/rainbow-warrior-fly-variation-dragon-warrior/">here</a> to check out the the tutorial on me and Gilbert's fly tying website). I also have had lots of fun fishing the Provo, and other streams here in Utah. Here are a couple photos from this summer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pEowRS0I/AAAAAAAAAQo/hfO5Y4gU_b0/s1600/Dk+fish.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pEowRS0I/AAAAAAAAAQo/hfO5Y4gU_b0/s320/Dk+fish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516602859444063042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pEJ1A07I/AAAAAAAAAQg/q-gN--u2WDc/s1600/P6120588.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pEJ1A07I/AAAAAAAAAQg/q-gN--u2WDc/s320/P6120588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516602851142456242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pDsPGJqI/AAAAAAAAAQY/ijeQ_0Sga2k/s1600/P6120583.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/TI7pDsPGJqI/AAAAAAAAAQY/ijeQ_0Sga2k/s320/P6120583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516602843198793378" border="0" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-44078694749287348862010-05-23T11:41:00.001-06:002010-12-10T21:20:37.558-07:00The Olive Brassie, and other websites!So here is one of my favorite spring time patterns.....the Olive Brassie. I tied it up so check it out, tie some up, and try it out on your favorite river. It imitates a large variety of bugs so don't be afraid of trying it. This video is also on our(gilbert and me) <a href="http://flytying123.com//">Flytying123.com website</a> so go check it out. Also browse around on our new fly tying website. We are providing videos, tutorials, and other cool videos and posts about tying, fly fishing, and bugs. <div><br /></div><div>If you are also in the area, and are wanting a guided trip on the Provo or Weber river, contact <a href="http://www.utahproflyfishing.com//">Utah Pro Fly Fishing</a>, where they will make sure you catch a fish, or you don't have to pay. I know one of the Guides, Gilbert Rowley, and I know he will help you catch some fish. <a href="http://flytying123.com//" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></div><object width="500" height="300" style="text-decoration: underline;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dto1buUIw2U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dto1buUIw2U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></a></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-57456283940398923992010-05-23T11:29:00.000-06:002010-05-23T11:40:35.514-06:00Taking the brother on the river<div> About a week and a half ago, I took my brother Troy out on the Lower Provo to show him how to catch fish. He has been slow in getting himself out on the river so I kept inviting him to come and finally, I got him out. The flows had picked up some speed since I had been there so I went out a little before he got there to scope out a good spot. I found one, tied on a fly I have never used(size 12 pink scud) and I started nailing em. After he got there, I gave him one of those good flies, and he even ended up landing a couple. Overall, it was a good night of fishing. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lnZMgBAqI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/YG1jUsp-gRA/s1600/Brown+on+Lower+May+2010-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lnZMgBAqI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/YG1jUsp-gRA/s320/Brown+on+Lower+May+2010-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474520504595448482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lnMVb6l9I/AAAAAAAAAPI/or9gRDVegiw/s1600/Brown+On+Lower+May+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lnMVb6l9I/AAAAAAAAAPI/or9gRDVegiw/s320/Brown+On+Lower+May+2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474520283655870418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lm9ZNMhyI/AAAAAAAAAPA/Nx8VZDwwM6U/s1600/Pink+Opa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lm9ZNMhyI/AAAAAAAAAPA/Nx8VZDwwM6U/s320/Pink+Opa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474520026969835298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lmjO1hvNI/AAAAAAAAAO4/1uwBn0X5zgI/s1600/Troy+on+Lower,+may+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S_lmjO1hvNI/AAAAAAAAAO4/1uwBn0X5zgI/s320/Troy+on+Lower,+may+2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474519577509608658" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-58226641255513818482010-05-08T19:07:00.000-06:002010-05-08T19:20:10.848-06:00Current Creek May 8th, 2010With school being over, and with me and Brad getting all of our work done this week, I had today to get out and fish. I was feeling quite adventurous so I decided to go up to Current Creek. I had never been there and never talked to anyone who fished there so I didn't know what to expect. I ended up catching a bunch of rainbows, and just a couple of little browns. I thought that the creek was full of browns, with some rainbows, but after today, I would say there are a lot of rainbows, with some browns. I had fun, caught lots of fish, and learned a lot about creek. I can't wait to get up there and catch even more fish next time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNVA06XQI/AAAAAAAAAOo/UBW51SK_KWU/s1600/Rainbow,+current+creek3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNVA06XQI/AAAAAAAAAOo/UBW51SK_KWU/s320/Rainbow,+current+creek3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469073452138388738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNU9NbYDI/AAAAAAAAAOg/LmhijPuJDlw/s1600/Rainbow,+current+creek2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNU9NbYDI/AAAAAAAAAOg/LmhijPuJDlw/s320/Rainbow,+current+creek2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469073451167473714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNUct15lI/AAAAAAAAAOY/kIVbF0y3j8E/s1600/Rainbow,+current+creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S-YNUct15lI/AAAAAAAAAOY/kIVbF0y3j8E/s320/Rainbow,+current+creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469073442445059666" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-15267306927383513192010-04-10T09:35:00.000-06:002010-04-10T09:42:53.990-06:00Middle Provo and the Burk!Me and my brothers set out to hit the middle provo this on April 3rd. My brother Troy is just learning how to fish so we took advantage of some time to go hit the river. We woke up to a few inches of new snow and some cold temperatures. It was cold enough that the eyelits(spelling?) of our rods were icing up. That shouldn't happen in April, in my opinion, but thats fishing. We had fun, troy had a couple of fish on but was unable to land them, and then we hit the mysterious stream, and I caught this whopping 4 pound, 21 inch brown. It was a monster, and lucky for me, had my brother there to net him for me, or it might have taken some time of tiring him out before I could have netted him myself. Thanks Bros! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S8CbD1A2VoI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/nb9Ji_s_FQU/s1600/0403101157a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S8CbD1A2VoI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/nb9Ji_s_FQU/s320/0403101157a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533238445594242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S8CbDTFR6UI/AAAAAAAAAOI/h_bBlC_T8Rc/s1600/0403101042a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S8CbDTFR6UI/AAAAAAAAAOI/h_bBlC_T8Rc/s320/0403101042a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458533229337372994" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-80089299159763535412010-04-03T22:31:00.001-06:002010-04-03T22:40:48.897-06:00Lower Provo on April Fools Day!My brother Brad called me up last thursday, telling me that it had snowed so no work could be done that day. He went on to tell me that he was willing to drive down the canyon and hit up my favorite spot on the lower provo. It was April Fools day, but he wasn't kidding about coming. He came down, and despite it being a bit chilly, we caught some good fish. It was probably the best day he has had on a river ever. Here are just a couple of the pictures of the many fish we caught on this fine day!!!! The flies of the day were of course the olive brassie and the orange opa!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7gWUWAGq3I/AAAAAAAAAOA/0h4hloaSy2c/s1600/0401101351b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7gWUWAGq3I/AAAAAAAAAOA/0h4hloaSy2c/s320/0401101351b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456135487318567794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7gWUCuen7I/AAAAAAAAAN4/kPa667Lq21g/s1600/0401101241.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7gWUCuen7I/AAAAAAAAAN4/kPa667Lq21g/s320/0401101241.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456135482144366514" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-35379194298435027552010-03-27T21:25:00.000-06:002010-04-01T10:35:18.686-06:00Middle Provo and the big BURK!After hitting my favorite spot on the Lower Provo, I went and hit my favorite spot on the middle today. I caught a lot of smaller browns and two 12-13 inch rainbows. After getting sick of catching smaller fish, I went and explored the burkemshaw(spelling??) There was a good hole and I caught lots of fish, and even one brown that surprised me. They were absolutely nailing the purple wooly bugger and I had lots of fun. Here are a couple of pics I took while there.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67NB8XkZdI/AAAAAAAAANg/4ZTu5ig9HR4/s1600/Brown+in+Burk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67NB8XkZdI/AAAAAAAAANg/4ZTu5ig9HR4/s320/Brown+in+Burk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453521632060794322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67My3_xajI/AAAAAAAAANY/N07PwdEC9iU/s1600/Whitefish+Wooly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67My3_xajI/AAAAAAAAANY/N07PwdEC9iU/s320/Whitefish+Wooly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453521373189204530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67Mr3DDCjI/AAAAAAAAANQ/EKgOgSQ3mPg/s1600/Whitefish+on+Burk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67Mr3DDCjI/AAAAAAAAANQ/EKgOgSQ3mPg/s320/Whitefish+on+Burk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453521252675422770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7TKvOG6VnI/AAAAAAAAANw/RtiBRRbBSrc/s1600/Copper+bugger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S7TKvOG6VnI/AAAAAAAAANw/RtiBRRbBSrc/s320/Copper+bugger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455207961242261106" /></a><br />This here fishy was caught by a Derek Kohler creation "copper kohler bugger". Not only were the fish eating this fly, but they were coming out of their way to snatch this fly. It provided good entertainment for me and my brother Brad.Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-3527545656610213782010-03-27T21:10:00.001-06:002010-03-27T21:24:37.559-06:00Days to Remember - March 25, 2010March has been one of my favorite times to hit the Provo. Once the blue wings start coming off, the fish seem to crawl out of where ever the heck they like to hide in the winter and start eating. I decided to hit my favorite spot on the lower provo, of which I can't disclose, and it was amazing! I had once heard a guy say he had caught 50+ fish in one day, and I just kinda laughed because I didn't think it was possible.....<br /> I was wrong. I fished for about 4-5 hours and I easily caught 50+ fish, and it could have been more had I landed all of them. I was happy to see fish everywhere! They were active and feeding, and it paid off to have the right fly......thee OLIVE BRASSIE. I even landed about a 18-19 inch rainbow that was hard to get in my net. I also landed my first double!! I was quite surprised as I was fishing a hole, and 2 fish came rolling out and fighting. I wasn't able to take the picture until I finally got them both in my net, but it was pretty cool. Enjoy the pictures, and Gilbert, tie up some olive brassies and use them and you too, will have a day to remember!!!!! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67J-YBWq5I/AAAAAAAAANI/L7BFRXZv-vY/s1600/Brown,+last+one.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67J-YBWq5I/AAAAAAAAANI/L7BFRXZv-vY/s320/Brown,+last+one.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453518272229452690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67JtqJpH-I/AAAAAAAAANA/OHXT-AHH3Ck/s1600/Brown+on+Brassie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67JtqJpH-I/AAAAAAAAANA/OHXT-AHH3Ck/s320/Brown+on+Brassie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453517985038278626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67JQHt-LmI/AAAAAAAAAM4/fGEVxvuBYEQ/s1600/Double+on+Provo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67JQHt-LmI/AAAAAAAAAM4/fGEVxvuBYEQ/s320/Double+on+Provo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453517477579206242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67I9bb0SMI/AAAAAAAAAMw/dD4i-FzEPPo/s1600/Big+Rainbow+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67I9bb0SMI/AAAAAAAAAMw/dD4i-FzEPPo/s320/Big+Rainbow+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453517156454254786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67IrkdLZOI/AAAAAAAAAMo/um47_WaOq8Q/s1600/Big+Rainbow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S67IrkdLZOI/AAAAAAAAAMo/um47_WaOq8Q/s320/Big+Rainbow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453516849638237410" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-30537378354263238132010-03-11T08:16:00.000-07:002010-03-11T08:30:38.267-07:00Fish Creek-Early March '10With how warm the spring has been, I really wanted to get out to fish creek and check out this year's flows there. I even convinced my brother Brad to go with me, despite me worrying about the outflow from the dam. We got there and I was excited to see at least some water coming out of the dam, but it wasn't enough and fishing was fairly difficult. We did manage to pull a few out and still had some fun. We saw a lot of wildlife. Deer, elk, bald eagles, golden eagle(look to pic below, I tried to take pic of it but it flew away before I got a really good pic of it), and lots of ducks. There was also a lot of snow on the ground still. We kinda had a hard time getting downstream to go fishing trying to get through the snow. Snow shoes would have been a big help!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLturCi0I/AAAAAAAAAMg/BJZHBhukrRA/s1600-h/CIMG1880.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLturCi0I/AAAAAAAAAMg/BJZHBhukrRA/s320/CIMG1880.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447398104531897154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLs6N_CUI/AAAAAAAAAMY/IQdjMRGihVY/s1600-h/CIMG1885.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLs6N_CUI/AAAAAAAAAMY/IQdjMRGihVY/s320/CIMG1885.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447398090451388738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLVmHIlYI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/QXGFg0NaeIw/s1600-h/CIMG1886.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLVmHIlYI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/QXGFg0NaeIw/s320/CIMG1886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447397689916953986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLU-xnscI/AAAAAAAAAMI/5JrZIj2Yw2U/s1600-h/CIMG1890.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLU-xnscI/AAAAAAAAAMI/5JrZIj2Yw2U/s320/CIMG1890.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447397679357735362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLJb__HYI/AAAAAAAAAMA/vJtincC115k/s1600-h/CIMG1887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S5kLJb__HYI/AAAAAAAAAMA/vJtincC115k/s320/CIMG1887.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447397481044188546" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-83348442520218227922010-03-03T11:29:00.000-07:002010-03-03T12:15:30.718-07:00Late Winter FISHING!!!!Late winter has provided some pretty darn good fishing despite the cold weather. I have fished both the Lower Provo and the Middle Provo, of which I have caught some pretty good browns. I also took a trip to the South Fork of the snake river in early February with Gilbert and a Devin Olsen. We got there and we were lucky enough for it to be beautiful weather, and the fishing was even better. We caught lots of whitefish and even threw in some nice lookin cutts. <br /> Late Winter has also brought me a new way of fishing....the new and only way to nymph. Gilbert had been using this method of czech nymphing with a french style leader setup and I finally jumped on board. The first real time I used it was at south fork and it worked out great for me. In fact, towards the end of the day, we found this long deep stretch of water and we ended up staying there for a good hour catching whitefish. We had to end for two reasons. First, it was starting to get late so we had to start making our way back to car, and second because my arm was so darn tired of pulling in fish. The olive opa worked magic. I am still getting used to this style of nymphing but I am looking foward to learning this way of fishing and catching lots of fish as the warm season is quickly approaching us. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S460DnFquYI/AAAAAAAAAL4/tP0BSngSmJo/s1600-h/P2260450.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S460DnFquYI/AAAAAAAAAL4/tP0BSngSmJo/s320/P2260450.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444486973662869890" /></a><br />This was my first fish of the day. I had to try my new colored opa and on my fourth of fifth cast, I caught this beauty! The lavender opa is one of new favorites considering it caught a couple other nice fish this day!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46t14Id3zI/AAAAAAAAALY/mv51S851L2w/s1600-h/0130001335.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46t14Id3zI/AAAAAAAAALY/mv51S851L2w/s320/0130001335.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444480140650078002" /></a><br /> This rainbow on the middle took the famous rowley stone!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46unGjh18I/AAAAAAAAALg/I-EtBurIe_U/s1600-h/GetAttachment_aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46unGjh18I/AAAAAAAAALg/I-EtBurIe_U/s320/GetAttachment_aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444480986335270850" /></a><br /> Gilberts nice Cutt on South Fork<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46zlZ1vZtI/AAAAAAAAALo/cwGKlXr_k0w/s1600-h/P1160426_3+(1).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46zlZ1vZtI/AAAAAAAAALo/cwGKlXr_k0w/s320/P1160426_3+(1).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444486454710331090" /></a><br /> There were midges everywhere and all day on the Lower Provo! <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46z26GwNnI/AAAAAAAAALw/IseEZvKvFmQ/s1600-h/P2130454_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 127px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S46z26GwNnI/AAAAAAAAALw/IseEZvKvFmQ/s320/P2130454_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444486755429398130" /></a><br /> This was probably the best lookin cutt of the day at South Fork and Devin caught it.Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-58204706909243542712010-01-11T13:10:00.000-07:002010-01-20T21:08:57.183-07:00ICY Olive PTThis here fly is one of my favorite patterns that I just tied up at the end of this last year and it worked great for me. Its the first video that I have ever made and after viewing it myself, there are a few things I will do to make it a better video in the future. I hope you not only enjoy tying this pattern, but that you also enjoy catching some big fish on this pattern just like I have!!!!! ENJOY!!!!<br />ps-I realized after that I put the wrong video on and its not good quality at all so I will hopefully put the the right one on soon.<br /><br />Hook: 12-18 TMC 2488<br />Bead: Silver tungston 7/64<br />Tail: Olive pheasant tail fibers<br />Body: Olive Pheasant tail fibers<br />Rib: Green BR wire<br />Thorax: Olive ice dub<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxs2yF7CI0ZJSGRlxe0HoPrgNxG1Y_sU1EGl2FiMRDNtFQ8qcLAQSYFrAEVjQHUX4GpDCgXDXXhDXSSKhCMXg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" width="320" height="266" contentid="FAILED"></object>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-47170397401869955372009-12-27T19:48:00.001-07:002010-01-15T10:54:39.902-07:00ICE FISHING at Strawberry- Dec 09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cr12xS_9I/AAAAAAAAAKY/y0BvRK3NF7Y/s1600-h/downsized951228091221a_0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cr12xS_9I/AAAAAAAAAKY/y0BvRK3NF7Y/s320/downsized951228091221a_0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427026492705144786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CrVO0pDCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/agof4iGRuvA/s1600-h/CIMG1824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CrVO0pDCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/agof4iGRuvA/s320/CIMG1824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427025932225940514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cm3HX1oaI/AAAAAAAAAKI/oWzwUSd6XzY/s1600-h/CIMG1818.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cm3HX1oaI/AAAAAAAAAKI/oWzwUSd6XzY/s320/CIMG1818.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427021016783495586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cm2ZAkXVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2aOecWFwARs/s1600-h/CIMG1821.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1Cm2ZAkXVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2aOecWFwARs/s320/CIMG1821.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427021004337864018" /></a><br /><div>I decided to hit up Strawberry this last weekend along with some of the Whimpey family and we had a great day fishing. We picked a perfect day to go as far as the weather. It was sunny and had no wind. We caught some good really nice cutts and some smaller rainbows. Here are the pics:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgfXCmIhGI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/VyiHxY3rxHw/s1600-h/CIMG1803.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgfXCmIhGI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/VyiHxY3rxHw/s320/CIMG1803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420116632234656866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I really wish I could claim this cutt as my own. It was a 23 inch monster. Just bigger than my big cutt. I just had to take a picture with this beast cause it was so big. My wife's bro in law caught this one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgfAaEiKSI/AAAAAAAAAJs/SkKOy1UdzmQ/s1600-h/CIMG1805.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgfAaEiKSI/AAAAAAAAAJs/SkKOy1UdzmQ/s320/CIMG1805.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420116243399190818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was my fishing hole that caught two of the big cutts. Even better was my mountain dew cooler.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Szge_9I85QI/AAAAAAAAAJk/asskLPWT4JU/s1600-h/CIMG1806.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Szge_9I85QI/AAAAAAAAAJk/asskLPWT4JU/s320/CIMG1806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420116235633091842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was my first big cutt of the day. It was 20 inches, just barely to small to keep!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Szge_cTX1cI/AAAAAAAAAJc/DAc4U3aSMlE/s1600-h/CIMG1810.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Szge_cTX1cI/AAAAAAAAAJc/DAc4U3aSMlE/s320/CIMG1810.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420116226818430402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the last cutt of the day. We were just about done fishing when my pole started to move, I grabbed it and reeled in this nice 22 inch cutt!</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-49363062550510172062009-12-27T19:16:00.001-07:002009-12-27T19:48:11.071-07:00Idaho Rainbows and even more snow! OCT 09<div><br /></div><div> Me and Gilbert dreamed of hitting up the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, in Idaho. We had heard stories of big rainbows and awesome scenery. We finally had the chance to go up there over the Halloween weekend. We would much rather catch big rainbows than eat candy! As we were getting close to the town and river, we started to get into snow...a lot of snow! In fact, we had to push the jetta through the snow out of some parking lots! We decided to stop in at one the 4(yes 4) fly shops in the little town. and these were not just small fly shops, they were big! The guy in there thought we were crazy for going out in the weather to fish, but as it turned out, we had both stretches of the famous Henrys Fork all to ourselves. We did not even see another soul in two days. It was great. We had fun and even caught some pretty good fish. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZJIdR5BI/AAAAAAAAAJU/RTBK0Lunshs/s1600-h/PA300454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZJIdR5BI/AAAAAAAAAJU/RTBK0Lunshs/s320/PA300454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420109796220199954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Box Canyon, just below the Dam below Island Park.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZIvpbCqI/AAAAAAAAAJM/6ck4MviLlB8/s1600-h/PA300460.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZIvpbCqI/AAAAAAAAAJM/6ck4MviLlB8/s320/PA300460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420109789560244898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a stretch of Box Canyon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZIAr3pRI/AAAAAAAAAJE/9doS0SghPu8/s1600-h/PA310480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZIAr3pRI/AAAAAAAAAJE/9doS0SghPu8/s320/PA310480.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420109776954041618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rapids of Coffee Pots</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZH-yytMI/AAAAAAAAAI8/oGdWVtSTOV0/s1600-h/PA310481.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgZH-yytMI/AAAAAAAAAI8/oGdWVtSTOV0/s320/PA310481.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420109776446207170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Coffee pots rainbow, biggest of the trip by far!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXsUqxZ_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/1Nsl8goOVuI/s1600-h/PA310484.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXsUqxZ_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/1Nsl8goOVuI/s320/PA310484.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420108201770182642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gilbert, with the second biggest fish we caught on the trip</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXsGrNNUI/AAAAAAAAAIs/_L7JRwtQOzg/s1600-h/PA310493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXsGrNNUI/AAAAAAAAAIs/_L7JRwtQOzg/s320/PA310493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420108198013908290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Coffee pots. Notice the fog.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXr_iYQnI/AAAAAAAAAIk/633ls_xyCbk/s1600-h/PA310503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXr_iYQnI/AAAAAAAAAIk/633ls_xyCbk/s320/PA310503.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420108196097835634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a cool photo just downstream from coffee pots. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXrSjEArI/AAAAAAAAAIc/r5xfXmHxwF0/s1600-h/PA310490.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SzgXrSjEArI/AAAAAAAAAIc/r5xfXmHxwF0/s320/PA310490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420108184021107378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Gilbert, fishing a stretch of Coffee pots</div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-63893290953791362052009-11-05T20:38:00.000-07:002010-01-15T10:56:59.609-07:00Strawberry Res. Fall 09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CsW9gBkbI/AAAAAAAAAKo/yRwW3WS1ADE/s1600-h/10-09+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CsW9gBkbI/AAAAAAAAAKo/yRwW3WS1ADE/s320/10-09+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427027061447430578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CsWCWba5I/AAAAAAAAAKg/b62301rB7cM/s1600-h/10-09+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/S1CsWCWba5I/AAAAAAAAAKg/b62301rB7cM/s320/10-09+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427027045569489810" /></a><br />Well, we had heard that fishing is really good up at strawberry for some big cutts in the fall and we went to find out. Here are a couple of pics of one I caught and here troy is holding the biggest fish of the day caught on none other than brad's minnow rod. Its puny and it took forever to get this 21 inch cutt in. Troy has a pole but its a pole that is used to catch 15 foot sharks, not 20 inch trout. I have a pic or two of Brad and My old man but I have not recieved those pics and will put them up on here as soon as I get them. We did have fun and caught a good number of cutts and even a rainbow or two. Me, Brad, Troy and my Dad went. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOaegStu5I/AAAAAAAAAIU/xSHqTFHVPJo/s1600-h/Heidi+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400830227002538898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOaegStu5I/AAAAAAAAAIU/xSHqTFHVPJo/s320/Heidi+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOad7Dt0iI/AAAAAAAAAIM/PEvyg3Mkop4/s1600-h/Heidi+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400830217007518242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOad7Dt0iI/AAAAAAAAAIM/PEvyg3Mkop4/s320/Heidi+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-88350163820777094172009-11-05T20:34:00.000-07:002009-11-05T20:38:20.011-07:00Midway Irrigation pond- Summer 09Doesn't my wife look so smokin hot with a hat on and a nice fish in her hand? I think she looks smoking hot. The only problem with this day was that she out fished me. Yup. She caught that one fish and I got skunked. Oh well. I am okay with my wife and my wife only out fishing me. No one else can, or is allowed. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOZsiCIYnI/AAAAAAAAAIE/vYCEKCXi9Fk/s1600-h/Heidi+fishing+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400829368476394098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOZsiCIYnI/AAAAAAAAAIE/vYCEKCXi9Fk/s320/Heidi+fishing+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-59441454335035572942009-11-05T20:19:00.000-07:002009-11-05T20:34:19.597-07:00Middle Provo Fall 09The middle provo has been fishing quite well for me this fall. I have hooked into quite a few browns and white fish. This pic here is one that I caught and it was just over 18 inches and has been my big catch out of there this fall.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOZHkmMVTI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Bn--a2igrME/s1600-h/0912091548a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400828733509358898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SvOZHkmMVTI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Bn--a2igrME/s320/0912091548a.jpg" border="0" /></a>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-6813517086311181942009-11-02T20:51:00.000-07:002009-11-02T21:20:21.919-07:00FISHING DATE WITH WIFE!? July 31, 09Yes it is true. What is even more incredible is that is was Heidi's idea. I was shocked but very pleased that she wanted to come along and witness how I fish. It was the best date I had ever been on! I think Heidi would say the same. Just take my word on that, you don't need to ask her. Here are some of the pics. I feel bad that I was so busy fishing that I didn't take time to even take a picture of my beautiful wife. I will repent of this when she decides to come with me again. Flows were running pretty good, and with my wife not used to doing this, she fell in. Lucky for her, I was right next to her and I was able grab her arm before she took a swim. She felt good having a strong man like me to save her! HA<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qddowPqI/AAAAAAAAAH0/qyL2SsCEVSM/s1600-h/CIMG1508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721901389004450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qddowPqI/AAAAAAAAAH0/qyL2SsCEVSM/s320/CIMG1508.JPG" border="0" /></a> Man, my wife takes awesome pictures. This must be a huge fish since I have it on the end of my line!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qNTjhE6I/AAAAAAAAAHs/xxZ6knOVHng/s1600-h/CIMG1517.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721623804777378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qNTjhE6I/AAAAAAAAAHs/xxZ6knOVHng/s320/CIMG1517.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I guess I look happy to have a fish on the end of my line. The pic above and below are the same fish and Heidi thinks I look happier having a fish on the end of my line than when I see her. I disagree, and say that I look happy with a fish on and when I see her!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qM0mVK5I/AAAAAAAAAHk/U1fsi92gCWc/s1600-h/CIMG1516.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721615495080850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qM0mVK5I/AAAAAAAAAHk/U1fsi92gCWc/s320/CIMG1516.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qMJKHRCI/AAAAAAAAAHc/MA_nMnUj0Eo/s1600-h/CIMG1512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721603834004514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qMJKHRCI/AAAAAAAAAHc/MA_nMnUj0Eo/s320/CIMG1512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here are a couple of my catches.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qLPFUhdI/AAAAAAAAAHU/WcHuLsY9_eY/s1600-h/CIMG1509.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721588244645330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qLPFUhdI/AAAAAAAAAHU/WcHuLsY9_eY/s320/CIMG1509.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qKvtHkBI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Mv8hG2KYIeo/s1600-h/CIMG1491.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399721579821633554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Su-qKvtHkBI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Mv8hG2KYIeo/s320/CIMG1491.JPG" border="0" /></a>Looks like another big boy or kohler brownie with the rod bent like it is!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-31836013661512549642009-10-13T22:27:00.000-06:002009-10-13T22:41:54.111-06:00Spanish Fork October 2009<div align="center">Well, I hate to admit this, but Gilbert finally convinced me to fish the spanish fork river with him for an entire day. We had alot of fun and luckily hooked into some nice browns. Here are some of the pics:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVY8mP34I/AAAAAAAAAHE/Xgna8nmuZmc/s1600-h/Double+SP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392310015917809538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVY8mP34I/AAAAAAAAAHE/Xgna8nmuZmc/s320/Double+SP" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center">A nice double we pulled out of same hole!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVOcw2cdI/AAAAAAAAAG8/MyYkNdfz7nQ/s1600-h/Good+View+2%3DSP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392309835573653970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVOcw2cdI/AAAAAAAAAG8/MyYkNdfz7nQ/s320/Good+View+2%3DSP" border="0" /></a>It had some incredible scenery!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVN6tuQOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/BKU78kMYeDg/s1600-h/Good+View+2%3DSP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392309826433728738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVN6tuQOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/BKU78kMYeDg/s320/Good+View+2%3DSP" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVNXDLzBI/AAAAAAAAAGs/rpDmcf7Xp5U/s1600-h/GIL+SP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392309816860068882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVNXDLzBI/AAAAAAAAAGs/rpDmcf7Xp5U/s320/GIL+SP" border="0" /></a>Here is another nice brown<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVMpYNHSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7nuLVfuulrk/s1600-h/my+big+SP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392309804600204578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVMpYNHSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7nuLVfuulrk/s320/my+big+SP" border="0" /></a> This here was my big catch of the day after some hard work to finally get one!<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVMC0fzpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/4MrqW3JTU1E/s1600-h/Gilberts+big+catch+SP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392309794249887378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVVMC0fzpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/4MrqW3JTU1E/s320/Gilberts+big+catch+SP" border="0" /></a> This here was Gilberts big catch, which occurred on about the second or third cast of the day. Lucky son of a gun. It was probably because he left his unlucky red hat at home!<br /><div align="center"></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-46180123537621097772009-07-18T17:32:00.000-06:002009-07-19T16:32:03.927-06:00Middle Provo- July 18, '09Today was the 2nd time in about a week that I set out for the middle provo. Me and Gilbert have been wanting to learn and fish the middle for some time and we have the chance this last week. Today was awesome. I went out very early to try and beat the crowd and the heat. I got there about 6:30 am and for about an hour, I was getting very discouraged because I could not catch even a little one. But things would change for me. I had tried a few different patterns that was not working so I tried something that I had tied up but not yet tried...a soft hackle Olive hair's ear. It worked wonders! I ended up catching about 14 fish on the day and the last 3 fish made my arm more tired than it had even been fishing. I found what I now call the new middle honey hole and it produced some good fish. Here are the pics below and a description of each fish catching experience. I only had my phone camera which pretty much stinks but it did capture some okay pics. But overall, it was a great morning of fishing!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdW5efZXI/AAAAAAAAAE0/IWtLJhXzIPo/s1600-h/big+fishy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359949154491524466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdW5efZXI/AAAAAAAAAE0/IWtLJhXzIPo/s320/big+fishy.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was the 1st fish out of the hole. 18 inches baby! Very good heathy brown trout that i had to land on the bank because I could not get it close enough to my net!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdWnFk0JI/AAAAAAAAAEs/r2HRpCmPask/s1600-h/big+fishy+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359949149555183762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdWnFk0JI/AAAAAAAAAEs/r2HRpCmPask/s320/big+fishy+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>This was the same fish as above. Notice how open my hands are as I am holding it!</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdWeNPmUI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Fkc8wlYrGEI/s1600-h/sorta+big+fishy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359949147171428674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SmJdWeNPmUI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Fkc8wlYrGEI/s320/sorta+big+fishy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>This bad boy was the 3rd and final out of the hole. It was only about 15 inches(maybe even 14!) but I could not get it in and to land it, I had to cross the river to get to a good bank to land it on and I ended up slipping on a rock and tumbled into the river. My waders filled up but I managed to keep the fish on the line.<br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-77299488303003115322009-06-29T13:18:00.000-06:002010-01-15T11:05:56.123-07:00Fish Creek-Spring 09<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkXchnB7PI/AAAAAAAAAEc/AIsBYx5S2ro/s1600-h/MMS_Resized_Pix.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352835410932395250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkXchnB7PI/AAAAAAAAAEc/AIsBYx5S2ro/s320/MMS_Resized_Pix.jpg" border="0" /></a> this here fish was another healthy 17 inch brown!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkW_DcU_ZI/AAAAAAAAAEU/6NrSL9PgIEU/s1600-h/P5020007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352834904618237330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkW_DcU_ZI/AAAAAAAAAEU/6NrSL9PgIEU/s320/P5020007.JPG" border="0" /></a> 21 Inches baby!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkW-4CZtBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Hz4D6Xe19a0/s1600-h/P5020006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352834901556704274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SkkW-4CZtBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Hz4D6Xe19a0/s320/P5020006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Wow. What a spring at fish creek. Me, Gilbert and his brother luke went out there and our luck, it was a very rainy day. Good for fishing though. These two pictures are hard to see because of the the glare but it was a 21 inch fat heathly brown trout! It was freakin awesome to reel in. I caught it in gilberts favorite hole(or close to it!) on a rainbow sow bug. I had a hard time grabbing it because it was so fat. It was also a landmark day. I outfished Gilbert(i have never been able to say that!) I hope one day I can say that again but it was a good day of fishing. Gilbert always rubs it in to me, that why I had to say that. The only bad part of the day was that shortly into our day, Lukes pole broke and it kinda ruined his day. All in all it was a memorable day once again at fish creek! </div></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzeOUEkA50vC5vsNSXtMdpILdGWfxQ2Pr-Cj8N-ysnSH5_79gzkaP2NHUYsQ1Prtc15KeR-0lQVwUxOBMHVOA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div>Here I am in action. If you look close you will see that my net, jacket, and hat are all shades of blue... I really try to color coordinate my outfits, I feel it helps me fish better. If only I had a dirty old red hat I think I would fish better all the time. One day maybe I will be good enough to fish while wearing a sexy dirty red hat... until then I will have to settle for new clean blue hats I guess. Enjoy ;)</div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-54912402826927419992009-04-18T23:50:00.000-06:002009-04-19T00:09:06.554-06:00FISH CREEK-April 2009<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq--8DlZYI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ugp9H-evVV0/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279497801360770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq--8DlZYI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ugp9H-evVV0/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-2EzIZWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/a5jQGngvgXE/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279345529447778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-2EzIZWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/a5jQGngvgXE/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-18dXHzI/AAAAAAAAADs/-ONjKKKmn80/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279343290654514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-18dXHzI/AAAAAAAAADs/-ONjKKKmn80/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1kju2eI/AAAAAAAAADk/C6_F8QZwaA0/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279336874924514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1kju2eI/AAAAAAAAADk/C6_F8QZwaA0/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1frK3yI/AAAAAAAAADc/qXZHmqq0O1c/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279335563943714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1frK3yI/AAAAAAAAADc/qXZHmqq0O1c/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1Ejf7gI/AAAAAAAAADU/o0sGZfZabqc/s1600-h/Fish+creek+april+2009+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326279328284012034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq-1Ejf7gI/AAAAAAAAADU/o0sGZfZabqc/s320/Fish+creek+april+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Fish Creek....the title of this little stream says it all. a creek with more fish than water. Me and Gilbert had been itching to go up there for awhile and lucky for me, it rained/snowed the day we were planning on going which meant that I couldn't work. Me and Gilbert headed up there and after we got there on a cold snowy day(don't worry, it didn't dampen our spirits even though it didnt stop snowing the entire time we were there) we found that flows on the creek were ideal. The fish were hungary(especially for pheasant tail nymphs handmade by Derek) and we had good luck. Of course Gilbert beat me as far as the number of fish landed which we lost count of towards the end because we were catching so many, but the title of biggest fish went to me(sorry Gilbert!). We have our favorite hole we call "honey hole" and we decided to hit it as we were walking out and thought we would only be there a few minutes and stayed more than an hour. We kept taking turns casting into the same, let me repeat the same hole and we both kept reeling them in. All in all, it was a great day of fishing.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-2966450693815695522009-04-18T23:35:00.000-06:002009-10-13T21:57:58.233-06:00Lower Provo- Spring 2009<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVL8KX6ZcI/AAAAAAAAAFM/u22hE-5uku4/s1600-h/0525091255.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392299625794921922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVL8KX6ZcI/AAAAAAAAAFM/u22hE-5uku4/s320/0525091255.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/StVLznpW0QI/AAAAAAAAAFE/MXCxgFFbguU/s1600-h/P8220477.JPG"></a>Troy has finally started fishing with me and this was his first catch up on the middle provo. The river was running high that day and right after he caught this fish, he tryed to cross back over the river and he decided to take a lil swim! It was definitly worth the catch!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq7CKux1sI/AAAAAAAAADM/EXwZIdyErys/s1600-h/MMS_Resized_Pix.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326275155233724098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq7CKux1sI/AAAAAAAAADM/EXwZIdyErys/s320/MMS_Resized_Pix.jpg" border="0" /></a> Brad here caught a good brown one day that i was able to convince him to come down the canyon and go fishing with me! </div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq4Piv376I/AAAAAAAAADE/AKvn7BsXFxc/s1600-h/!st+fish+on+handmade+Derek+Fly.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326272086484184994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq4Piv376I/AAAAAAAAADE/AKvn7BsXFxc/s320/!st+fish+on+handmade+Derek+Fly.jpg" border="0" /></a> This here fish was the first fish that decided a fly that I had tied up looked quite tasty!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq4PQtlwkI/AAAAAAAAAC8/mGr9DcF1Vts/s1600-h/P3070003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326272081642766914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/Seq4PQtlwkI/AAAAAAAAAC8/mGr9DcF1Vts/s320/P3070003.JPG" border="0" /></a> This day me and Gilbert set out for the lower provo on a pretty cold but good day for fishing. Sorry I have no pics of Gilbert but we had a great day and even at one point, we both were reeling in fish out of the same hole! I almost outfished Gilbert but not quite. I am still working and learning so one day, I will go fishing with Gilbert and end up landing more fish than him. We'll see if it happens!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410839776459691427.post-84313101672819779102009-04-18T23:02:00.000-06:002009-04-18T23:29:30.792-06:00Provo River Fall 2008<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SeqxLGVwIjI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Zp4JE4F9HfA/s1600-h/Big+trout+in+Middle+provo-+Sept+11-08.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326264313557557810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lWPd5fSGFZI/SeqxLGVwIjI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Zp4JE4F9HfA/s320/Big+trout+in+Middle+provo-+Sept+11-08.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Fall brought some pretty good fishing on the provo. As you can see I really didn't take any pictures besides this one of a brown I caught on the middle provo. I finally got my brother Brad out and fishing and because of this, we ended up fishing more than working like we should have been. But I don't see any problem with this!</div>Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509892937870919663noreply@blogger.com1