Thursday, August 14, 2008

Fishing at Delaney Buttes


We slept in. Richard went out on the boat and fished for an hour and a half, with no success. We spent the afternoon reading and relaxing. We also went out for a short hike.

It was a stormy day, so there was lots to look at in the sky.. The radio from Laramie says that the high for tomorrow will be unseasonably cool, in the 50s.

After dinner, Richard went out on the lake again. After trying scuds and pheasant tail flies at 10 feet down without success, Richard changed to a Kastmaster spoon. He soon caught a large rainbow, who had swallowed the lure deep in his neck. Richard released it, only to see a cloud of blood, and then that fish kept coming back to the surface. Richard decided that it would die anyway, so he netted it and brought it in for dinner. We measured it at 18 inches, a big fat fish. We cut off the head and tail, and then cut what was left in half, as we figured that we could not at the whole fish in one meal.

Richard went back out, and caught another large rainbow, 16 inches, which he released. It was well dark when he came in off the lake.

1 comment:

eileen said...

How beautiful this trout you snagged. Weather was a factor for your stay.
I liked the photo of the rig very much. Glad you are home safe, warm and sound.