Trout fly-fising with Dad..

My Dad came up from Grand Junction on Friday night. We went to dinner at Sugah's and then watched a fly-fishing DVD that came with his new gear. I learned a key tip from the DVD: tip, top, ten. Tip, for the tip of the fly-pole. Top, bring the pole to 12:00 o'clock position and pause. Ten, bring the pole tip to the 10:00 o'clock position to cast the line out.

The Saturday morning we drove up to Taylor River to start testing out the DVD's advice. Here are some photos, the first is where I walked out on some rocks to free Dad's fishing line.

This second photo is Dad with his fly pole. Just after this photo, Dad caught and released a small rainbow trout.

Here is a photo of one of the other places from the Taylor River.

We then drove up to Taylor River. We stopped at the Nugget Cafe for lunch. Storms went through and rained but then when we finished lunch, the sun was back out. We drove around the lake and then stopped to fish. The wind whipped up the water, here is a photo of Dad on Taylor Reservoir.

The wind continued so we decided to leave. We stopped at the dam at Taylor Reservoir. Here is a photo of Dad looking down at the bottom, similar to the view from the second photo.


I'll post some more photos from Yesterday's Gunnison River fishing trip (where I actually caught some fish). I am also teaching the Aikido Basics class at Escalante Fitness Center at 5:00 today.