Monday, April 29, 2019

Epic Swing Day 3 - Grey Reef @ Campground And New Camp Cookery Kit 29Apr19

It got very cold last night but the heater in the camper ran all night to keep me toasty.  It did mean I had to put on frozen waders and boots this morning - a challenge. Too, I did it again and installed my vest-cam backwards so no fish pics, just sky. It's still not above freezing at noon and the wind is ~18mph so it was cold out there on the river and I fished only 90 minutes but caught several nice fish with 3 dory boats traversing the same segment I was fishing. Kind of a scene - they did say "nice fish" for the ones I landed: a skinnier 18" rainbow, a strong 20" cutbow and smaller 17" Snake River cutty, all on a zebra midge or Jimi's Axe (a local mentioned purple was a good color for midges when the swallows were around). I need a picture for the post so here's the section of water I'm fishing on the North Platte.
I somehow lost my wading stick at the PT last week and probably should have one in the big water here. I went to the nearest fly shop, Reef Fly Shop, cool logo, but they were just building out and didn't really have inventory except for flies. So far I'm being pretty conservative in my wading as a result - if I get to Casper again I'll buy one.
Back at camp, before snowfall comes tonight, I setup my new propane system to make fajitas. I bought hoses (~$30 each) to attach my normally 1# bottle appliances to a standard 20# tank. I bought a "Y" (~$20) for the tank to allow me to drive two appliances (normally the skottle and the infrared grill) at once...  it all worked great. It'd been a little nicer to attach the appliances directly to the camper's high pressure propane line instead, but I couldn't find a "Y" with that connectorization; besides, this results in my carrying a spare propane tank.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.