steelie
05-25-2003, 07:43 AM
I took the daughter on a little tour of Northern Utah warmwaters today, hoping to get her into some fast action and knock a few species off my "list"
the results of the day:
crappie - 0
bluegill - 0
wiper - 0
carp - 0
muskie - 0 (very weak effort of about 5 minutes)
Beaten and discouraged, I packed it up and headed home. On the way we stopped at a bridge crossing of a small local river to see if anything was happening. In the pool was a pod of about 20 or so severly agitated carp, some of them looking like they would go 5-7 pounds (a true monster for this river). So we strung up the rods again and went after them, I finally hooked up after about 30 minutes. I gave the rod to my daughter and ran back to the truck to grab the camera. I of course left instructions: 1- do not move! 2- keep reeling, but if he starts to swim fast, let go of the reel and 3- DO NOT LET GO OF DADDY'S ROD. I stayed back awhile at the top of the bridge and watched her play the fish, and have decided nothing in life is better than this. So I grab the camera, get back down there and she just about has it played out, and we get our first look at the fish - and its not a carp. It's a Sucker! Her first ever and my first on a fly rod. So we beach it and I talk her into holding it up for a snapshot, just as I go to pass her the fish, it starts crapping all over the place. Well, she wasn't going to have anything to do with that, so the pics I got are of me holding the fish with the 5 yr old behind the camera, can't wait to see how those turn out. So anyways on the way home, I'm getting all excited that we have just caught a 6 or 7 or maybe even an 8 point fish! ............ :( its not even on the list. Oh well, it's more valuble as a memory anyways. I've also decided I need to start carrying a tape, I checked the C&R record is 24", I'm not saying we would have beat that, but it would have been close.
the results of the day:
crappie - 0
bluegill - 0
wiper - 0
carp - 0
muskie - 0 (very weak effort of about 5 minutes)
Beaten and discouraged, I packed it up and headed home. On the way we stopped at a bridge crossing of a small local river to see if anything was happening. In the pool was a pod of about 20 or so severly agitated carp, some of them looking like they would go 5-7 pounds (a true monster for this river). So we strung up the rods again and went after them, I finally hooked up after about 30 minutes. I gave the rod to my daughter and ran back to the truck to grab the camera. I of course left instructions: 1- do not move! 2- keep reeling, but if he starts to swim fast, let go of the reel and 3- DO NOT LET GO OF DADDY'S ROD. I stayed back awhile at the top of the bridge and watched her play the fish, and have decided nothing in life is better than this. So I grab the camera, get back down there and she just about has it played out, and we get our first look at the fish - and its not a carp. It's a Sucker! Her first ever and my first on a fly rod. So we beach it and I talk her into holding it up for a snapshot, just as I go to pass her the fish, it starts crapping all over the place. Well, she wasn't going to have anything to do with that, so the pics I got are of me holding the fish with the 5 yr old behind the camera, can't wait to see how those turn out. So anyways on the way home, I'm getting all excited that we have just caught a 6 or 7 or maybe even an 8 point fish! ............ :( its not even on the list. Oh well, it's more valuble as a memory anyways. I've also decided I need to start carrying a tape, I checked the C&R record is 24", I'm not saying we would have beat that, but it would have been close.