08-24-2006, 01:06 AM
So it finally happened today. Myself and NKUNZ set off to find the grayling i have wanted my whole life.[
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We left the parking lot at about 7 am and began our 2 1/2 mile hike through the high uintas. It was a wonderful temp and with high hopes and excitement we stopped only long enough to look at Baldy in the foreground. It took about an hour to get there and when we arrived the lake was beautifully calm with an occoasional rise. We saw 1 deer and one elk on the way in. Skin heads, sorry stick flickers
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We started at different ares of the lake because i was eyeing the inlet. It proved fruitless. Meanwhile, Neldon was busy getting double hook-ups
] He had caught 5 or 6 before i even had a bite. I moved over near him and we headed to the dam where they were visibly more active. I put on a red ant, that was Neldons secret weapon, and my 3rd cast i finally had my grayling in the net. Took a photo-op and released him. Over the next several hours , i landed 5 more grayling and a nice brookie. Neldon landed 19 fish with 1 brookie.
I caught a nice sized one and decided to eat him on the shore of the lake with a cup of noodles. Both were awesome. After lunch i got serious again.
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] At about 1:30 i decided with the surface activity that i would try and fulfill my second goal, get one on a flyrod. After about 15 misses, i finally caught the first flyrod and biggest grayling of my life. He was about 13 or so inches long and boy was he scrappy.
At about 3 pm, we decided we'de had enough and hit the trail. I am in so much pain right now that i can't see straight.[mad][crazy][pirate] It was however, worth every bit.
We caught fish on a plethora of flies today, but the best by far was a red and. Here are some cool pics.
Thank you so much Neldon for a trip i will never forget![]
There is also a pic of my lunch partner[cool] and a hikin buddy[cool] on the way out. Enjoy. Yeah, yeah, the date is wrong.
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] We left the parking lot at about 7 am and began our 2 1/2 mile hike through the high uintas. It was a wonderful temp and with high hopes and excitement we stopped only long enough to look at Baldy in the foreground. It took about an hour to get there and when we arrived the lake was beautifully calm with an occoasional rise. We saw 1 deer and one elk on the way in. Skin heads, sorry stick flickers![
] We started at different ares of the lake because i was eyeing the inlet. It proved fruitless. Meanwhile, Neldon was busy getting double hook-ups![
] He had caught 5 or 6 before i even had a bite. I moved over near him and we headed to the dam where they were visibly more active. I put on a red ant, that was Neldons secret weapon, and my 3rd cast i finally had my grayling in the net. Took a photo-op and released him. Over the next several hours , i landed 5 more grayling and a nice brookie. Neldon landed 19 fish with 1 brookie. I caught a nice sized one and decided to eat him on the shore of the lake with a cup of noodles. Both were awesome. After lunch i got serious again.
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] At about 1:30 i decided with the surface activity that i would try and fulfill my second goal, get one on a flyrod. After about 15 misses, i finally caught the first flyrod and biggest grayling of my life. He was about 13 or so inches long and boy was he scrappy. At about 3 pm, we decided we'de had enough and hit the trail. I am in so much pain right now that i can't see straight.[mad][crazy][pirate] It was however, worth every bit.
We caught fish on a plethora of flies today, but the best by far was a red and. Here are some cool pics.
Thank you so much Neldon for a trip i will never forget![
] There is also a pic of my lunch partner[cool] and a hikin buddy[cool] on the way out. Enjoy. Yeah, yeah, the date is wrong.
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