This is taken directly from my website. In a couple of weeks I'll be embarking on the fishing trip of a lifetime! There is an RSS feed on the blog page of the website. Please feel free to follow along, or better yet join me for a couple of days if time allows.
“20 Years from now you will regret more the things you didn’t do then the things you did. So cast off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Dream, explore, discover” --- Mark Twain
Where to begin? The last year has been a difficult one for me as it has been for so many these days. I’ll spare everyone the details and skip right to one important day. April 3rd my fears were realized and I became one of the hoards to suffer from the downsizing of the financial industry ending a ten year run of continuous employment. Now that the dust has settled I’ve realized that what I’ve feared for the last nine months really isn’t that bad at all. As a matter of fact, it has provided me with a once in a lifetime opportunity!
So what do you do when the financial industry is reeling and employment prospects look grim? For me the answer is to fish. Not just fish, but to put together the trip of a lifetime and explore as much water as I can cram into one summer. So the planning has begun and in mid-May I’ll embark on an adventure that will start in Cape Cod and end some ninety days later in British Columbia. Between point A and point B lie hundreds of blue ribbon rivers that would probably take a lifetime to visit one by one. With no set schedule I’ll be spending the majority of my time in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
I’ve set up this site for family and friends to be able to follow along during my trip. I’m hoping I’ll be able to update the blog section on a regular basis. Thanks for taking the time to take a look! If you’d like to follow along you can subscribe to the RSS feed on the Blog Page or email me.
Absolutely the right thing. Do it while you can; who knows when the chance may come again. At the Clave, remind me to tell you about my South American jeep trip...same sort of decision.
I was out of work for over a year a few years ago. I'm still paying for it, but it was AWESOME! I didn't do any trips to exotic locations, but I got to spend loads of time fishing locally and made many trips to the coast.
Looks like you've got a great summer ahead of you. Enjoy!
Hey bud, good on you! Life's short and you've got your priorities in order (trite I know). Chris got downsized in the financial community, but is now with PNC. I'll see you at the clave, and I've got some info for you on Utah, a place you can't avoid for big browns.
I've also been there . Laid off two years from retirement. Wish I had take a trip like your going to do but I have family obligation that prevented me from doing so.
You got to the the Missouri in Montana. I'll fill you in at the Clave . FishHawk
Dave
In South Dakota at the moment, will arrive MT tomorrow. Sent you an email and voice message this morning. Will keep trying to get in touch. Hope all will go well so that we can hit the creeks.
Bill
I just wrapped up on the Green in Utah. What an incredible river! I'm back in a motel in Fort Collins CO waiting for my truck to get fixed. Caught countless fish. There was an incredible hopper hatch all week. Most of the fish were 16-18". No toads but did get a number of fish in the 18-21" range.
Dave, great pics and I know a good time on the Green. Did you fish/camp on Section B? Nice campsites along the river in that locale, and loaded! Section C sees virtually no pressure, and less fish, but bigger browns. Thanks for the post.
Only fished A and hiked into the upper section of B. The creek has blown out the bottom half of B so a float through B and C wasn't really worth it for the money.
Dave, if we ever get the chance to linkup on the Green, I've got to show you B and C when Red Creek doesn't blow out the river. Chris and Brad are chafing at the bit to go again. It is world class, and if you ever get on a cliff overlooking a good pool (just below Little Hole, as an example), you'll see 30 inch bows. They are cannibals and night time is the right time.
She sleeps on the back of the pontoon boat. She really is an angel of a dog. In the process of customizing a deck for her to make it a little bit more comfortable.
Yep, this is a one man operation. All the fly shops out here run shuttles so you can float these rivers. Its a lot of work in the morning but well worth it in the evening when the car is right there as you pull out.
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