Weber River

This last Saturday I had the bug to go fishing. I know Idaho is best for this, but sometimes you have to settle for something a little bit closer. So Chase and I went and fished the Weber river right at the mouth of Weber Canyon. It was a really nice day weather wise, the sun was out, not allot of wind, you get the picture. Well we ended up catching 4 fish total, three browns and one rainbow. The water was a little low but there were still some holes to fish, the only problem was that there was only one fish per hole, at least that is what our story is. It was still nice to get out and get the line wet. Not bad for only being 15 min from my house. We took the picture with my cell phone, that is all we had, but it took a desent picture. We might have to try this place latter in the season to see if we can catch more fish. I did screen the river and there were plenty of bugs in the river, they looked like really small stone flys maybe in a size 14, so we used copper johns and pheasant tails, I think a hairsear would have worked well also.

Henrys Feb 2010

Finally a day of fishing on the Henry's Fork in Idaho. We like to hit this part of the river in the winter time because the fish get stacked up in one area and not allot of people are out in the cold. The day started out with a little fun getting stuck in the truck and having to put on chains eventually to get the truck out. Thank goodness we did have chains or it could have been a really long day. The weather was also interesting, at the start of the day it was very overcast and there was supposed to be a storm coming in. So much for the storm, it turned out to be very sunny and nice and warm for Idaho, it was probably about 33 degrees. The fishing was good as well everyone caught fish some more than others but I think if we added all of the fish up that was caught for the day we would have somewhere between 100 to 125 fish caught for the group. Granted most of those fish were small and Rob likes to pad his numbers but what can I say it was a good day. As usual the rubber leg fly worked well along with different kinds of midge patterns. To top off the trip on the way back to the truck we could see the Tetons sticking up out of the clouds. And of course a fishing trip to Idaho would not be complete without a stay at G and G bed and breakfast. Good times had by all.

The best fishing dog

I think every fisherman out there would love to have a dog like this dog.

Whites Ranch

We finally got to go and do some pheasant hunting on the club. Of course the weather was not the best but it was better (and warmer) than the day before. The day before we went hunting it was a nice -11 in Logan in the morning. We got to hunt in a nice 21 degree weather. It did snow most of the time that we where there, but we still had a good time. We ending up getting 25 birds between the four of us that went. And before you ask if this above the legal limit, it is, but that is because we are on a private hunting club. We all had a great time and of course like to watch the dogs do there work. I think we might have gotten one or two birds if it was not for the dogs help. I think the dogs love to hunt even more than we do.

2009 Deer Hunt

Just to start, I have a great boss that lets me tag along with he and his boys on there deer hunting adventures. This year was no different. We hunt on a ranch just out of Lake Town, Utah (South of Bear Lake) and needless to say there are allot of deer in this place. This year my son got to go along with me and he had a great time. We all filled our tags this year so that is a total of 8 bucks shot. My shot was about 220 yards, I only took one shot and he walked about 15 yards and was down. My son was so excited, then again he wanted me to shoot something on the first day of the hunt, and it was not that big of a deer, I am glad that I waited. All in all it was great hunt with great friends.

TOMMY GUN Need we say more

This is the first fully automatic gun that I have ever shot, and yes it was an original issue to the FBI Thompson Sub Machine gun aka Tommy Gun. It was a blast to shoot I just wish they would let us shoot more than just ten rounds.

FBI fun

I got to go and "play" with the FBI for the last few weeks. They have a citizens academy that they will put you through to give you a better understanding of what the FBI is about. One of the best parts about it is that you get to go and shoot there guns and have other demonstrations on the last day of class. This first video is of a bunch of different explosives. I will post other videos of me shooting some of there weapons. Needless to say it was way fun.