nativecutt
04-26-2006, 07:03 PM
The hatch was steady all day. Lots of fish caught on emergers, dries, streamers. After all was said and done, we decided to head home back to Provo. We grabbed a bite to eat in Roosevelt when suddenly I realized that the dam was closed at 10:00. We all looked at our watches and saw that it was approaching 9:00. We were in trouble!!! I called the Wasatch County Sheriffs Office to make 100% certain that the dam was closed and they did confirm that it was going to close last night. On the trip home we had a few laughs about it and found a shortcut that would decrease our travel time by 30 minutes if we headed south on 191 from Duchesne and then north on 6 from Helper. So it turned out that we left Little Hole yesterday at 6:38 and returned home at midnight. What I didn't tell my buddies was that this was the third time I had to take the detour around the dam in a week. The first time was my fault because I had fished streamers on a river in the duchesne area until 9:30 one night not realizing that the dam was closed. The second time was my wifes fault. We had visited a friend of hers in Heber. While I tied flies with her friends husband I told her that we needed to leave a little early to make it across the dam in time. She said we would be fine that it wasnt closed that particular night. On the way home we didnt see traffic in either direction. My blood started to boil and just as the construction guy named Bucky(he comes into the shop every once in a while) set out the last gate, we pulled up.....literally seconds away from getting home at a decent time. To make a long story short I have taken the detour route three times in the past week. Does anyone else share the same frustration and stupidity?