LOAH
09-24-2012, 09:38 AM
With the hills ablaze in fiery fall fashion, it was a perfect day to take someone from out of town fishing on the Wasatch Plateau.
My brother-in-law from the island of St. Vincent is in town for a little while and hasn't seen a whole lot of the US besides New Jersey and suburban Utah.
He'd taken a family trip with us to the Uintas a few years back and really loved it, so another fishing trip was planned and we were off.
The morning colors were popping nicely on the way up Fairview Canyon.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish002_zpsee226e03.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish007_zps1a71daa0.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish012_zps144512f4.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish013_zpsab23ea47.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish014_zps17accdab.jpg
Our first stop was Huntington Reservoir and the action was slow, but we both made out with at least one decent tiger. Mine was just a hair under 19".
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish019_zps5a7200ad.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish020_zps19a03f24.jpg
It was the perfect time to be in the area though. The elk were bugling in the hills and the scenery couldn't be beat.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish022_zpsf1163642.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish023_zps8d75b3e6.jpg
Whitley, not accustomed to fishing with a rod and reel, struggled with the casting motion for a little while, but he started to get it. My first setup for him to try was a minnow rig.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish024_zpsa0e981db.jpg
Once a few fish followed my lure in, Whitley had a great chance to sight-fish for a tiger that was 3 feet away, which gladly inhaled the minnow and gave him a crash course on how to work an aggressive fish with a rod and reel.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish026_zps97357122.jpg
Here's a video of the catch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHkII8Chc2k&feature=plcp
I caught a couple of smaller ones as well, but it seemed like it was time to move, so we stopped at a stream for what should have been easy pickings for him.
Unfortunately, it was really hard for him to get a good cast off and the fish didn't want anything to do with him.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish028_zps0b6b52ab.jpg
I couldn't resist.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish031_zps95ce9be8.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish034_zps04f53955.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish035_zps9f31647b.jpg
Next stop was the dam at Electric Lake. More incredible scenery, all around.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish038_zpsa914990a.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish042_zps22a861ab.jpg
The fish didn't want much from Whitley there either, but a little movement called a few my way.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish043_zps19c99738.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish045_zps1444209f.jpg
This one was really pretty. I've missed the E-Lake cutthroat and it's nice to see some lately.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish047_zps3801035d.jpg
Same fish, different angle.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish049_zpseea76d94.jpg
Whitley was content, watching as I used up my last minnow on a decent tiger.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish052_zps44e6a708.jpg
We decided to call it quits on the fishing end of things, but neither of us were in any hurry, so I took an opportunity to show him more land that he's never seen before.
Just a quick drive down the canyon and we were in what I like to call the "melted rock garden".
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish053_zps1b57b033.jpg
The hillsides are loaded with eroded boulders and it's a bit of a playground for me.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish057_zps2669863b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish061_zpsda180f62.jpg
Could this be love?
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish063_zpsd4dde8be.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish064_zps64b30515.jpg
I ran into an old photo subject too. New camera, new pics.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish066_zps48ea2dae.jpg
Under:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish067_zps2d060b80.jpg
Above:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish068_zps3e21aaf2.jpg
Crazy rocks.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish069_zps45ac716c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish070_zpsbfffe88e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish071_zpsa84e5d2b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish072_zps718734b5.jpg
Mushroom rock:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish073_zps8c2758d1.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish074_zps487e9caf.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish076_zpsf9cb053c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish077_zpsd9123cc8.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish079_zps0246c71e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish080_zpsade17372.jpg
I could spend hours on that hillside, but I had to wrap it up and get our butts home.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish082_zps20fc68d6.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish084_zpsc2f66851.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish085_zps89837c33.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish086_zps796c677c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish087_zpse516f4b2.jpg
Needless to say though, we had to make a couple of photo stops on the way back down Fairview Canyon.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish094_zpscb385b57.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish096_zpsa14fd394.jpg
The ambient light from the cloud cover was perfect and lit everything up vividly. Whitley couldn't stop talking about how beautiful everything was.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish097_zps91dbd0a2.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish099_zpsceb074ec.jpg
The lower areas are dotted with mostly red and the upper areas are yellow-orange right now. This is the time to get up there. GO!
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish106_zps9532471d.jpg
Whitley had a great time and so did I. It's great to show off the places I love to spend time in. Once he was safely delivered back to Spanish Fork, I thought I'd test my luck for a few minutes at the river, by the golf course.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish107_zps062e7540.jpg
What a fun day and a great chance to see the colors of autumn.
Happy Fishing, Humans.
My brother-in-law from the island of St. Vincent is in town for a little while and hasn't seen a whole lot of the US besides New Jersey and suburban Utah.
He'd taken a family trip with us to the Uintas a few years back and really loved it, so another fishing trip was planned and we were off.
The morning colors were popping nicely on the way up Fairview Canyon.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish002_zpsee226e03.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish007_zps1a71daa0.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish012_zps144512f4.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish013_zpsab23ea47.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish014_zps17accdab.jpg
Our first stop was Huntington Reservoir and the action was slow, but we both made out with at least one decent tiger. Mine was just a hair under 19".
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish019_zps5a7200ad.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish020_zps19a03f24.jpg
It was the perfect time to be in the area though. The elk were bugling in the hills and the scenery couldn't be beat.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish022_zpsf1163642.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish023_zps8d75b3e6.jpg
Whitley, not accustomed to fishing with a rod and reel, struggled with the casting motion for a little while, but he started to get it. My first setup for him to try was a minnow rig.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish024_zpsa0e981db.jpg
Once a few fish followed my lure in, Whitley had a great chance to sight-fish for a tiger that was 3 feet away, which gladly inhaled the minnow and gave him a crash course on how to work an aggressive fish with a rod and reel.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish026_zps97357122.jpg
Here's a video of the catch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHkII8Chc2k&feature=plcp
I caught a couple of smaller ones as well, but it seemed like it was time to move, so we stopped at a stream for what should have been easy pickings for him.
Unfortunately, it was really hard for him to get a good cast off and the fish didn't want anything to do with him.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish028_zps0b6b52ab.jpg
I couldn't resist.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish031_zps95ce9be8.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish034_zps04f53955.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish035_zps9f31647b.jpg
Next stop was the dam at Electric Lake. More incredible scenery, all around.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish038_zpsa914990a.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish042_zps22a861ab.jpg
The fish didn't want much from Whitley there either, but a little movement called a few my way.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish043_zps19c99738.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish045_zps1444209f.jpg
This one was really pretty. I've missed the E-Lake cutthroat and it's nice to see some lately.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish047_zps3801035d.jpg
Same fish, different angle.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish049_zpseea76d94.jpg
Whitley was content, watching as I used up my last minnow on a decent tiger.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish052_zps44e6a708.jpg
We decided to call it quits on the fishing end of things, but neither of us were in any hurry, so I took an opportunity to show him more land that he's never seen before.
Just a quick drive down the canyon and we were in what I like to call the "melted rock garden".
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish053_zps1b57b033.jpg
The hillsides are loaded with eroded boulders and it's a bit of a playground for me.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish057_zps2669863b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish061_zpsda180f62.jpg
Could this be love?
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish063_zpsd4dde8be.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish064_zps64b30515.jpg
I ran into an old photo subject too. New camera, new pics.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish066_zps48ea2dae.jpg
Under:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish067_zps2d060b80.jpg
Above:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish068_zps3e21aaf2.jpg
Crazy rocks.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish069_zps45ac716c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish070_zpsbfffe88e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish071_zpsa84e5d2b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish072_zps718734b5.jpg
Mushroom rock:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish073_zps8c2758d1.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish074_zps487e9caf.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish076_zpsf9cb053c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish077_zpsd9123cc8.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish079_zps0246c71e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish080_zpsade17372.jpg
I could spend hours on that hillside, but I had to wrap it up and get our butts home.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish082_zps20fc68d6.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish084_zpsc2f66851.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish085_zps89837c33.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish086_zps796c677c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish087_zpse516f4b2.jpg
Needless to say though, we had to make a couple of photo stops on the way back down Fairview Canyon.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish094_zpscb385b57.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish096_zpsa14fd394.jpg
The ambient light from the cloud cover was perfect and lit everything up vividly. Whitley couldn't stop talking about how beautiful everything was.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish097_zps91dbd0a2.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish099_zpsceb074ec.jpg
The lower areas are dotted with mostly red and the upper areas are yellow-orange right now. This is the time to get up there. GO!
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish106_zps9532471d.jpg
Whitley had a great time and so did I. It's great to show off the places I love to spend time in. Once he was safely delivered back to Spanish Fork, I thought I'd test my luck for a few minutes at the river, by the golf course.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/WhitleyFish107_zps062e7540.jpg
What a fun day and a great chance to see the colors of autumn.
Happy Fishing, Humans.