Birthday Fly Fishing Trip
Dave finally got to redeem his fly fishing trip I gave him for his birthday on the 13th of March. He learned what he had been doing wrong and got a lot of good pointers. He fished for about 4 hours on the Provo River and brought home a nice brown trout since we've never eaten brown before.
He had a lot of fun.
He had a lot of fun.
Fishing With Jett
Dave took Jett out fishing not too long after his fly fishing trip. And they had a lot of success! Here is Dave's account:
First we went to Vivian Park and I asked Jett what lure he wanted to use and he picked out a spinner I had never caught a fish on before. I had to ask him a couple of times if he was sure that was the one he wanted because I never had success with that one. He was sure. So then he asked me to cast it for him, so I cast it out and handed the pole back to him. On the second cast, we caught a fish. It was a little rainbow trout and Jett reeled it in. I couldn't believe we had caught a fish on that lure! We tried it a few more times but didn't catch anything. So then I asked him if he wanted to try a different lure, so he picked out a new one. It was another lure I had never caught anything on, and we cast it out a couple of times but didn't catch anything.
He said he wanted to go to the Provo river and fish there. so we walked over there and found a drainage pipe that was out into the river that we could walk on. We stood on the drainage pipe and he wanted to stick with the lure he had on his pole. So i had him drop his line in and on the first cast, he caught a 15 inch brown trout! We reeled it in and tried casting the same lure again in the same spot, but after 4-5 casts, Jett got bored and decided he didn't want to fish there anymore.
So we headed to Deer Creek and the wind was blowing too hard to launch the boat, so I told him we should go back to the river. We went to just below the dam and i put on my waders, got my fly fishing reel set up, and i asked him if he wanted to change lures. He picked out a double jointed rapella, which i've had a lot of success with in the past. So I put him on my shoulders with his fishing pole, I cast my line and he threw in his lure, and after about 10 minutes of waiting, Jett said, "Dad, should I reel it in?" and I said, "Yeah, go ahead." So he reels it in and there is a 17 inch brown trout on the end of it!"
The Boat
Dave got this boat for free. He has been working on it day and night for weeks now and today he said he feels like we can take it out for a test run. He painted the trailer, re-carpeted the whole thing, put in the seats, and has rebuilt the engine. If that's not talent, I don't know what is!
Dave took Jett out fishing not too long after his fly fishing trip. And they had a lot of success! Here is Dave's account:
First we went to Vivian Park and I asked Jett what lure he wanted to use and he picked out a spinner I had never caught a fish on before. I had to ask him a couple of times if he was sure that was the one he wanted because I never had success with that one. He was sure. So then he asked me to cast it for him, so I cast it out and handed the pole back to him. On the second cast, we caught a fish. It was a little rainbow trout and Jett reeled it in. I couldn't believe we had caught a fish on that lure! We tried it a few more times but didn't catch anything. So then I asked him if he wanted to try a different lure, so he picked out a new one. It was another lure I had never caught anything on, and we cast it out a couple of times but didn't catch anything.
So we headed to Deer Creek and the wind was blowing too hard to launch the boat, so I told him we should go back to the river. We went to just below the dam and i put on my waders, got my fly fishing reel set up, and i asked him if he wanted to change lures. He picked out a double jointed rapella, which i've had a lot of success with in the past. So I put him on my shoulders with his fishing pole, I cast my line and he threw in his lure, and after about 10 minutes of waiting, Jett said, "Dad, should I reel it in?" and I said, "Yeah, go ahead." So he reels it in and there is a 17 inch brown trout on the end of it!"
The Boat
Dave got this boat for free. He has been working on it day and night for weeks now and today he said he feels like we can take it out for a test run. He painted the trailer, re-carpeted the whole thing, put in the seats, and has rebuilt the engine. If that's not talent, I don't know what is!
He's the mayor of Awesomeville.
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