Fly fishing

We got fishing poles for the grandkids about a month ago, the same time I went to Sportsman's Warehouse and got myself a fly rod for Father's Day, but we hadn't had a chance to take them fishing until this morning. For the 4th of July Cathy and I went camping at Fruita State Park, which is about a mile from the house, Sunday afternoon and Monday. They told us at the park that we couldn't use the generator to power our cpap machines -- too noisy, the neighbors in the next campsite might complain, so we upgraded to a couple of pads for 5th wheelers that were equipped with power and water. Except that the power didn't work at our site, and we didn't discover that until we had our tents all set up and our stuff moved into them, and it was bed time. We had to move into Jennifer & Erik's tent and they had to move into ours. Their site had power.

After that minor inconvenience we got up the next morning and I cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast. Then we had to pack up, because we had to be checked out at noon. We finally went fishing at about 10:00 a.m. After we got to the lake, I had to rig Ethen's pole, and Mia's pole, and Kendall's pole, and Cathy's pole, before I could do mine. Travis was there, so he took care of Loralei's pole, or I would have done that one too.

I finally got to try out my new fly rod, and one of the flies that Bruce sent to me. You guys probably already know, but Bruce is a fly tier. It's a hobby of his that he did in his younger days, and has taken up again. He sent me about 48 - 50 flies to use. So, I set aside the cheap Wal Mart flies I had, and used one of Bruce's.

Well, Loralei and I caught the biggest (and onliest) fish of the day. I hooked one that was 3 to 4 inches long, that got thrown back, and she caught one about the same size, that also got thrown back. The other anglers got nibbles, but nobody else hooked anything. We quit at about 1120 and went to the packed up vehicles, then went home. At least I know my pole works and Bruce's flies work too. Maybe next time I will find a better fishing hole.