PeteZahut Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 The wife and I made it out to camp at Racehorse Creek this past weekend. As many here were out in those areas can agree that the weather was pretty stellar. The storm that blew through on Friday night was intense for a bit but the rest of the weekend was great. Saturday we packed the bags and wet waded up the Racehorse. What a great little river! Was a good thing we left early enough as there was a lot of people fishing it on our way back. The fishing was pretty good with some nice cutts and one pretty nice bow. Sunday was a great day for us. I speak often about fishing with my wife but this day (the whole weekend actually) was something else. I have mentioned before that my wife is 7 months pregnant and so we have been careful on where we go (mostly me reminding her to take it easy). Well we decided to hit the Livingstone and check out our favourite spot. We thought we should have a look and see if we want to venture down as it is a pretty steep drop down into the canyon and her safety is my first priority. After some talking we decide to go for it with the agreement that the climb out should be a slow with breaks every couple of minutes to make sure the heartrate stays reasonable. Anyways, we get down and tie into a nice cutty second cast in the first pool which hinted at a good day to come. We spent a couple hours at favourite couple of pools before making our way down to a point where we usually stop. On the way to the next pool we had about 200m to walk down the middle shallows. As we are walking I try to convince her to cast to some undercut banks with fallen trees. I really didn't think there was anything there but I enjoy bugging her so I tried to convince her it was a good idea. She didn't want to but then she says, "No, but I will try a shot at the boulder on the left". First case she lands her fly in front of it and gets a hit and a miss. Second cast, bang! Nails it! It totally surprised me as she was using a small BWO that I could barely see and which she hardly ever uses. The fish takes off down stream just pounding her 4wht. After some amazing headshakes and some decent runs I net it for her. It was a gorgeous cutty around 17inches. The true beauty of this was the scene of my 7 month pregant wife standing in the middle of the river, her big preggo belly hanging over her waders and calling out her shots on the river! I just stood there watching her with the biggest smile on my face wondering if there is any one as lucky as me. Anyways that is my story on true beauty. The rest of the story is great too. We went a little further downstream to a point we have not gone before. We pulled 4 more out of this pool with the good old green drake. What a blast! Finally, another great part of the weekend was meeting Lynn and Mr.Botangles. Lynn, we had a great time sitting around the fire and b.s.ing with you and your family. And it was cool to meet Mr.B, good guy! Can't forget to mention the entertainment the dogs put on, I have never seen power-laps around a trailer like that before! ZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Any one still reading? Sorry long story but I had to share one of the best long weekends I have had. I hope you all had good ones too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Awesome story man, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailhead Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 That's what it's all about. Great story and a nice report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Good story mate.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Awesome story. Any photo's of your trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Good story - watching your wife catch a big fish like that is more fun that doing so yourself, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnF Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 awwww.....written even better than you told it on Sunday night!!! Hopefully you will get great joy from your little daughter one day when she's old enough to hit the river with you (and not in utero!). It was a great long weekend - one of our best ever. And it was good to meet you 2 - or 3! And of course Mr. B who was out there just slaying them even yesterday I resisted the urge to pinch his hammock while he was gone. Oh ya....those plates in my dog's knees were worth every penny - he wasn't even the slightest bit lame the next morning and rarin' to get on the river again. Mind you he's wrecked today and it will take him a few days to recover but I think that was the hardest I've laughed in a while! What would life be without crazy dogs eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Just a great story. Wish we had met up. Don't think I could have missed you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Yo, PeteZahut! Great story, mang! Never apologize for a long, detailed fish story, brother! Keep'em coming, I say. I'm sure I'm not the only one who actually enjoys reading a good yarn. As much as I like trout porn, I prefer a well thought out narrative to,"Here's some pics from yesterday",with attached photos. Don't get me wrong- love the pics as well. But, if we were all sitting around a campfire, what would go over better- a photo album or a couple of guys who can tell a great story? I'll take the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteZahut Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 Awesome story. Any photo's of your trip? Thanks guys. We took some, not a lot to post here. Not as many pics of the fish as they were so full of energy that I didn't want to hurt them and just let them go. Here are a few, unfortunately we don't have a pic of the one Leah caught that I spoke about because we were in the middle of the river and had our packs on and couldn't get to a spot to take them off. Fish pic#1 Fish pic#2 One of her favourite subjects Insane bird who tares up dandelions My wife on Racehorse Creek (you can tell I took this picture compared to the others) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalcal Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Here's a picture of the ever graceful Kudra gloating over her victory in the Racehorse Campsite races!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnF Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 And here's one of Jessie after the defeat. Unfortunately when it comes to greyhound racing around the trailer, brains do not beat out speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteZahut Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 Those crazy dogs were pure entertainment! Kudra ripping around at speeds like that and Jessie trying to keep up was too funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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