Friday, July 16, 2004

Fly fishing

Sam Hannon, Chase Davis, and I went out yesterday morning at 5:30.  Fishing is about the only thing I'll get up at 5:30 to do.  We headed to the White river below Beaver Dam.  I've never had much luck there, but now we have secret weapons...PJ's Finesse Baits.  Our friends Jim and Pam Hall make them, and they have these microjigs that are phenomenal.  I know they're not true flies, but they are hand tied and they only weight 1/180 of an ounce, there were all sorts of guys fishing around us, and they kept getting closer and closer the more fish we caught.  By the end, everybody on the river was within 50 yards of us.  We pulled out over 100 fish, and there were periods of time when we were catching fish every cast.  We pulled out at noon when the dam started generating.
 
I wish every day of fishing was like that!  You can check out Jim and Pam's jigs at www.ejigs.com
 

Sorry!

Alright, I have to apologize.  I've been a bad blogger.  I just have a hard time thinking of very exciting stuff to write about, and Kerrie and I have been gone so much lately, and I guess that's about all the excuses I can think of. 
 
Anyways, we spent June 26th-July 10th in Colorado at Ravencrest.  For those of you who have never been to Colorado during the summer, there's about no better place to be!  There are so many outdoor things to do, the weather is perfect, and you're in the middle of one of the prettiest place on earth.  That about sums it up.  The camp was awesome and it's always great hanging the Ravencrest staff.  After seven years of going there, they've really become some of Kerrie's and mine's close friends. 
 
If you're interested in seeing any of the hundreds of pictures of our weeks, you can check them out at www.ravencrest.org/glimpse04/week4/html
 
It's been tough to get back into the swing of things around here.  We've been trying to catch up on everything around here--sleep, work, friends, blog, etc.  I promise to write more and post some pictures!