This summer's season sure has started with a bang. I locked up my brakes while passing a camper on Battle Mountain to avoid an enormous black bear! That got him moving. The prettiest doe batted her eyelashes at me this morning, and it's enjoyable how elk herds can make the mountain side look as if it's moving. Smaller animals have visited too; beaver, otters, marmots, coyote, and fox. Eagles to hummingbirds graced the sky, and lets not forget what allows me to see all this beauty... FISHING! I was on the water twenty four days fishing every creek, river and puddle. High water made it an adventure. My clients had to be reassured that we would be fine in my drift boat after seeing a competitors drift boat get destroyed on the Colorado River. Around one hundred fifty trout, (and a few white fish), came to the net. I probably tied five dozen flies and drank one hundred daiquiris. My body is riddled with multiple cuts, scratches, and bruises. My back hurts, my shoulder hurts, my mind is delusional, and I love it! Bring on July.
