fishing

$670 Dollar Trout

“This is the spot” I said as I put my truck in park and grabbed my fishing pole. Blake and Eric had a surprised look on their face as they gathered their gear and watched me make a v-line for the creek. A small stream of water that you can step over suddenly turns into a pool of water with the help of a beaver damn. Not exactly what you would expect for a honey hole in Colorado, but I had been here before and knew it would produce.

20 in 2020

New Year.  New Decade.  New You…right?  The excitement of 2020 has passed and if you are like a lot of Americans you are still scratching your head trying to figure out how to make this your best year yet.  I strive to become a better outdoorsman and enhance the time I spend in the wild every year.  The challenge with this aspiration is it can be hard to define and measure. 

Showing Up

There was not a soul at the fish cleaning station as the sun set in the west.  Our haul for the evening was three white bass and a catfish.   Boat morale was slightly up and it was our best outing to date on this trip.  The boost in confidence quickly diminished as the old man in a straw hat hobbled up to the table.  His two granddaughters followed carrying a cooler full of white bass and wipers.