jdmidwest Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 I have for the last week been suffering from a sinus infection. Head stops up of a night and I fell like half baked crap during the day. I had a day off Friday so I decided to take a little road trip. Gas is down to $1.36 so it was a pretty cheap trip. I awoke with one ear killing me and feeling pretty bad, so I downed a few aspirin and a sinus pill and started out. I arrived at the park around noon, weather was fine and nice and had warmed up 20 degrees to a balmy 48. The crowds were pretty slim, maybe around 50 people. River was a little off color and cloudy but still had visibility to 2 feet. They had a .5 foot rise in the park Sunday from the 1.5 inches of rain, so the river was still clearing out. Springs were discharging off color too. Midges were swarming everywhere and a few caddis were skipping along the top. I hooked up on an 18" rainbow on about the fifth cast. I fished for 3 1/2 hours, caught several fish, and had a good time. Best producer was a size 18 black tunghead midge. Then off to the 3 1/2 hour drive home. Total for the day, 365 miles, 8 1/2 hours on the road including a few gun shop stops, 3 1/2 hours fishing. All by my little self. And I did not shake the nasties yet, maybe at Spring River tomorrow! "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Danoinark Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 the 3 1/2 hour drive home. Total for the day, 365 miles, 8 1/2 hours on the road including a few gun shop stops, 3 1/2 hours fishing. All by my little self. And I did not shake the nasties yet, maybe at Spring River tomorrow! We may have to change your name to jdtroutbum... Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
jdmidwest Posted January 3, 2009 Author Posted January 3, 2009 We may have to change your name to jdtroutbum... Dano That used to be my life before kids and family got in the way. Toss a tent and cooler in the rig and head out on the days off if they were going to be nice. High gas prices would have hindered that trip yesterday. We had planned a 2 day on the Spring River this weekend, but with the weather and my cold, I changed it to a day trip. We are still looking at 26 mile wind gusts and temps in the 30's. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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