Family fishing at Mantua

 The bigger part of our catch.

 We just finished going fast across the reservoir.

 Nathan and Dan.  I'm supposed to be driving.

 Windblown Brittney.

 Max and Nora adoring each other.

 Intense fishing.

 Chaos with the kids.

 Caleb being focused on fishing.

 Dan and Nathan as the sun was going down.

 Lori kissing a fish (she didn't know the angle I had on the camera :) )

All the kids touched the fish even Afton.  They loved watching the fish in the livewell.

New Ruger Single Ten

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My family's new-used boat!

94' Tracker Magna 19ft. 125 hp Mercury. Foot controlled trolling motor. The boys love it! And Afton says "Weeee!" when we go fast.

Fishing with my Step-Dad on the Logan River

 Chris, my Step-Dad battling the higher flows from run-off.

 A decent brown I landed.  He took the stone-fly.

 Chris picked up casting pretty quick.

 His confidence in the water grew pretty fast too.

 A very promising hole that produced nothing.

 I had two other fish hooked but was unable to land them.

 My Okuma rod (3-4 wt) and back side of reel.

 Front side of my Okuma rod and reel.

 A small waterfall running into the river.

 More of a waterfall.

Not bad for just phone pics.

Great spring fishing on the Green River...

Great little article to make you want to hit up the Green River this spring:  Spring Fishing on the Green

Turkey Hunt Coming! May 2-31

 Brad and his wife spotted these turkeys up Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

Hopefully Brad will get to join me for the turkey hunt coming up May 2-31.  For more information on the hunt visit:  Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Black Canyon

 Brad and I went to fish the Oneida Narrows a couple of weeks ago, but the flows were too high to fish.  We talked to a PacifiCorp worker and he told us that the flows were lower in Black Canyon.  So we went out scouting.

 Looking upstream at the Black Canyon take out.  We fished from the bridge to about 200 yards up, but no luck.  We tried nymphs and streamers, but no luck.  The water was clouded up pretty good and it would normally be crystal clear.

Close up of the map from Alexander Reservoir down the the take out point.

Just below the Alexander Reservoir dam.  There were Canadian Geese up on the cliffs and down in the stream.  We saw hundreds of deer in the fields as you head into Grace, Idaho as well.  Grace had a great little fly/lure shop that had some great prices.  I would like to fish the reservoir and the river to really get to know its potential.  I think Brad and I are going to be planning a trip up here early this summer.

Oneida Narrows- Big Rainbow!

 Above:  Spring runoff flowing into the river.  The east side was so dirty that it couldn't be fished.

 Me working some holes.  I caught 2 rainbows before I got up to the dam.

 Brad started out catching 2 rainbows.  He switched from nymphing to a streamer and it brought in this 18.5 inch rainbow!  It was a good fight that took him down stream.  I was able to assist by reaching out over a big rock to net it.

 This is the biggest trout that Brad has ever landed.  It is also the largest trout I have seen pulled out of the narrows.

 We fished streamers up at the dam and we caught several more rainbows.

 View downstream.  The east side was pretty muddy from run off.

 Brad and the view up stream.

Deer grazing at the base of the mountain.

Powder day at the Canyons

Provo River

Taking my cousin, Drew out fly fishing for his first time.  A rainbow and a 15 in brown- hares ear and zebra midge.  We would have been fishing blue winged olive or a blue dun since a hatch was going on but I didnt have any :(

Gilbert Rowley and a Logan River Cutthroat

Gilbert Rowley- purchase his new pocket guides at http://gilflyfishing.com/



Brad landing a Whitefish on the Logan Utah River

See http://flytying123.com/ to learn how to tie the "Rowley Stone".

Whitefish on the Logan Utah River

Brad Fishing on the Narrows

Deer at Narrows

Oneida Narrows

A few weeks ago Brad and I hit the Narrows.  I landed one and Brad had one get off then it was DEAD.  No more action, but it was a beautiful day.

13 pound rainbow!

Nearly 13-pound Rainbow Caught in Southern Utah | Fishing Utah | The Salt Lake Tribune

My Dad and Uncle make my blog- With a "Stormin' Normin!"

The one that didn't get away! Bart, my Dad and Uncle Rick got this on the Cedar River backwater in Iowa - ice-fishing - the other day. It's a Northern Pike, 39 inches long and approx. 16 lbs.