Cold Day at the Berry

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Fishing the local spots has kept me sane (barely) for three weeks in a row, but I really needed to fish somewhere else this week and decided to head east.


Thanks to a sick daughter, I hardly slept last night and that kept me busy until about half past noon. Looks like my trip got a bit shorter, so I stopped driving at the Ladders and fished for a couple of hours before heading back.


Someone turned on the faucet since the last time I drove by. The Ladders are raging right now:


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry010.jpg


Right away, a typical slottie showed up on a Gulp!


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry003.jpg


Then a little while later, some mid-sized rainbows bit:


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry004.jpg


(Hey K2, does this lure look familiar? *thanks*)


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry005.jpg


Then a good one took, fighting hard and making me smile. 19" rainbow.


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry008.jpg


Another slottie showed up right before I called it quits.


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry009.jpg


It was frigid and the wind was cutting right through me. It did work to my advantage though since I wasn't casting into it, for once.


The cold temps left a neat little oddity on the hub of my Rodeo after I splashed through a puddle though.


http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj525/troutforbrainz/berry002.jpg


I thought that was pretty cool.


Happy Fishing, Humans.