My Life and Travels
Fishing was really really slow on Thursday and Friday, not a bite either day. The weather is in the low 80’s the view is wonderful and Monday we leave heading toward the balloon festival.
I did get to use my new $3.00 Goodwill WhirleyPop.
It works great.
Slow morning of fishing. I got one.
This is the only fish I saw caught today, slow fishing.
After fishing we went to the Marble Canyon Post Office and picked up the tickets we purchased for an early morning breakfast at the Balloon Museum on Thursday October 12. I purchased the tickets last winter however they were not mailed until after we left home. Zach sent them General Delivery to the Marble Canyon Post Office. Thanks Zach!
Up and out at 7:00 a.m. for a morning on the river. It was cold 46 degrees. Heavy t-shirt, sweet shirt and long johns ( Thanks, Eric – REI Christmas gift card ).
I got one 14 inch rainbow.
This is the same fish. Taking these pictures can be interesting. Standing in the middle of the river, fly rod, fish in net, camera. That’s three things and two hands.
I net the fish, get the hook out, take a picture and then use the 12 inch marking on the net frame to measure the fish. Then it’s fish free into the river. Nice sunny morning.
I was up and out the door by 7:15 this morning.
Got this one on my third cast this morning. It’s a good 14 inches.
I moved about 20 yards up river and after a while I got this one, again a 14 inch fish.
Both on Wooley Buggers, first one on a black, the second one a brown wooley bugger.
By this time there were at least twelve people fishing this area and I didn’t have anyplace I could move to without interfering with someone else. I fished for another half an hour and called it a day at 10:00 a.m. I didn’t see anyone else catching any fish. I had a great time.
Today is Wait Wait in the morning and local fishing reports say it is really busy here on the weekends. I didn’t go out fishing today.
This is the view from our campsite for the next week or so.
These two pictures are while I am fishing in the river. Kind of a great place to fish.
Thursday I drove into Marble Canyon and got an Arizona fishing license and area fishing wisdom.
I was up at 7:00 a.m. and on the river by 7:45. The fishing reports say the best fishing is as the sun reaches the river, around 8:15.
I got two nice fish today.
These are both about 12 inches.
The top one is a rainbow however the lower one is rainbow colored without any of the spots. Got them both on a black wooley bugger.
The guy at the fly shop said after you catch a fish you really need to move to a new location, the fish spread out while when one is catch.
Both of the great front row sites came open this morning and I was right on the bigger of the two, Number 45.
We will be here awhile so might as well have the best view in town.
Today I am going to Lees Ferry Fly Shop to get an Arizona fishing license and guideness on where to fish and what flys to use.
The wind s blowing hard today. We have had guests in the 45 – 50 range, glad we moved yesterday we would have had to stop if we were driving today.
150 miles to Lees Ferry with a beautiful drive past the Grand Canyon and the Vermillion Cliffs.
Thursday is going to be windy so today is a great day to be moving.
We are in site 37.
I just realized I do not have an IPad photo editing app. The location marked on the picture is were we stopped while deciding which site to settle into for the night. We are actually across the road where the blue line passes though a campsite.
The view out the door, our big windows are on the other side of the Motorhome.
Written on IPad
Wednesday is moving day.
Hurricane for groceries and then on to Lees Ferry, Az.
The current plan is Lees Ferry Wednesday 9/20 until Monday 10/2 with some fishing in the Colorado River.
Monday 10/2 Homolovi State Park in Winslow, AZ for groceries, laundry, gas and propane for the week plus we will be in Albuquerque. The Flying J in Winslow has a decent place to get propane. Finding a place to get propane is always one of the biggest challenges while traveling in a motorhome and even more when towing a vehicle.
Tuesday 10/3 Bluewater Lake State Park, NM to dump and fill with water.
Wednesday 10/4 Albuquerque and the Balloon Festival until 10/16.
At this point not sure what we will do after the balloon festival.
I spent most of Saturday and Sunday at our campsite by the river reading a book.
