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skyfireblaze
07-11-2010, 12:17 AM
While on vacation last week, I took an afternoon to go fishing on a small stream up in Northern Utah. I had never fished this area before, but was looking forward to it after hearing the water held Bonneville cutthroat trout.

The first stretch of water I fished was flowing pretty fast. I tried to get some nymphs down deep but after an hour or so I gave up and traveled a bit farther upstream to hopefully find some fish.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4774596190_fe4cb245b4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774596190/)

I came across an old beaver dam that created some nice holding water.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4774596872_6c51b5c442.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774596872/)

After several failed casts (flies spent more time in the trees and bushes than on the water), I finally managed to catch this little one on a small BWO.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4774596306_995f9b6e9d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774596306/)

I spooked another little fish while untangling my line, but soon this nice sized cutthroat came along sipping tiny flies from the surface.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4773957473_d97eb758a3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4773957473/)

I decided to drop down below the beaver dam to see what the stream held and caught several nice fish.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4774598062_21644809a2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774598062/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4773958323_e2f23b889d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4773958323/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4774597754_6030d98fca.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774597754/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4773958687_9b0444d464.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4773958687/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4773959673_84e48e54ce.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4773959673/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4774599196_5c83439c43.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774599196/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4774599726_597933634c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfireblaze/4774599726/)

All told, a nice afternoon catching some native trout.

Mostyn
07-11-2010, 05:08 AM
Some nice photos there! What a beautiful area, completely wild looking, also a nice Artie pic' of the rod, what is it? and what is the handle made of? looks unusual type of cork! - Nice effect though!

Mostyn

Apache Trout
07-11-2010, 08:31 AM
Beautiful fish and water!
Great stuff.
A.T.

ofuros
07-11-2010, 08:40 AM
Nice afternoon session, among some beautiful riparian scenery,
pretty trout fooled, sparsely spotted bodies with
tails totally covered in spots....
Enjoyable post.

greyfox
07-11-2010, 03:31 PM
Nice... :) , love fishing new waters

skyfireblaze
07-11-2010, 05:31 PM
Thanks.

The rod is a 6'6" 4pc 2wt Tiger Eye (from Sevier Mfg) I built for myself earlier this year. The grip is made from primarily from burl cork, with burnt trim and rubberized cork ends. Here's a post from my blog (http://skyfireblaze.blogspot.com/2010/05/2wt-of-my-own-rod-build-4.html) with more details and pictures if you're interested.

Satoshi
07-12-2010, 10:51 PM
Nice stream and fish!
It's very interesting to see different strains of cutthroat.

Satoshi

Mostyn
07-15-2010, 11:04 AM
Thanks.

The rod is a 6'6" 4pc 2wt Tiger Eye (from Sevier Mfg) I built for myself earlier this year. The grip is made from primarily from burl cork, with burnt trim and rubberized cork ends. Here's a post from my blog (http://skyfireblaze.blogspot.com/2010/05/2wt-of-my-own-rod-build-4.html) with more details and pictures if you're interested.

Had a look at your Blog! Excellent, two of those rods and they look just great; and the handles are unusual!

Tried leaving a message on your Blog, but failed!

Regards

M

skyfireblaze
07-15-2010, 08:39 PM
Thanks for stopping by the blog and leaving a comment. I have it set up so that comments come to my email before posting.

Glad you like the grips. I've got a couple more similar grips (only without the Tru-Oil treatment, so they're "raw" burl cork) on two rods I'm slowly working on now. I really like the way this cork feels and looks. It's good stuff.