The two night, two day trip provided us with fishing, paddling, jaw dropping sights, hiking, camping, gourmet campfire food, and father and son bonding. The fishing was excellent with the rubber legged prince nymph being the hot fly of the trip. The paddling and sight seeing was incredible as you go into wilderness that is nearly untouched. A beautiful campsite by the water provides the perfect dining room to devour a mass amount of trout tacos and watch the sun set after a day of rippin lips.
Consolidating the camping gear
Distributing the weight of gear evenly in the boats
All the gear needed for a 2-3 day camping trip out of 2 kayaks
Making use of all available space
About time to leave, ditching school for a day!
Unexpected rain storm, I felt like George Clooney
in the Perfect Storm for a couple of minutes
Not only is this beautiful, but it made for excellent dry fly action!
Sunset after our arrival to camp
Time to unload the boats
Living the good life and earning your food, priceless
Nothing like a fire
Hiking up the mountain along side Highland Creek
Still some snow above the tree line, awesome view
I gained a bit of altitude on my hike, I got caught up
following a group of deer and did not realize how far I went!
FINALLY SOME FISH
A nice 20 inch spawning rainbow.
The end of the first morning for the two of us.
Paddling into some flooded timber
Approaching a load noise
Bam! Only to find a hidden waterfall
Last fish of the trip, filling out our two day
possession limits. A nice fish to top off the ol' smoker
Everyone who goes on a camping trip can use a good last minute checklist to ensure they have brought everything they need.
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