GREEN RIVER APRIL 28-MAY 4, 2007

THIS WAS MY TENTH YEAR STARTING THE SEASON BY FISHING THE GREEN RIVER IN UTAH. I FIRST FISHED IT WITH MY GOOD FRIEND ANDRE PUYANS IN 1997, SHORTLY AFTER I RETIRED. SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TRIPS I LOOK FORWARD TO WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION, AND THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE, IS THAT ANDY IS NO LONGER WITH US TO SHARE THIS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!

AS WITH EACH OF THE PAST YEARS, THIS YEAR WE HAD A GROUP MADE UP OF MANY OF THE TRIP'S REGULARS AND A FEW FIRST TIMERS. IT IS ALWAYS A JOY, TO SEE THOSE NEW TO THE GREEN, DISCOVER WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE ONE OF FLY FISHING'S GREAT WATERS! THIS RIVER HAS A TROUT POPULATION GREATER THAN ALMOST ANY RIVER IN THE U.S. AND THE SECTIONS WE FISH ARE BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE. COUPLE ALL THIS WITH HAVING THE VERY BEST GUIDES AND GREAT FISHING COMPANIONS, MAKES IT A COMBINATION THAT IS HARD TO BEAT.

BELOW YOU WILL FIND A NUMBER OF PHOTOS TAKEN ON THIS YEARS TRIP. ( prior years may be viewed by following the links at the bottom of the home page) 

I SINCERELY HOPE YOU FIND THIS SITE ENTERTAINING AS WELL AS INFORMATIVE, AND WILL VISIT IT OFTEN DURING THE YEAR AS I POST JOURNALS FROM MY LATER ADVENTURES!

"AT THE OUTSET, THE FACT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE COMMUNITY OF FISHERMEN CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE CLASS OR SUB-RACE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH." Grover Cleveland        "THE ANGLING FEVER IS A VERY REAL DISEASE AND CAN ONLY BE CURED BY THE APPLICATION OF COLD WATER AND FRESH, UNTAINTED AIR."    Theodore Gordon

THIS YEARS TRIP, STARTED OFF WITH SOME OF THE WARMEST WEATHER I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED ON THE GREEN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR! SUNDAY AND MONDAY WERE IN THE EIGHTIES, IT THEN PROGRESSIVELY COOLED OFF, WITH RAIN AND SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND ALL DAY THURSDAY. WITH THE GOOD EARLY WEATHER, WE WERE ABLE TO FISH SECTION "C" ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE ARE MANY YEARS WE ARE UNABLE TO FISH THIS SECTION DUE TO MUDDY RUNOFF FROM RED CREEK IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SECTION "B". SECTION "C" HOLDS FEWER FISH, BUT MOST ARE OF VERY GOOD SIZE BROWN TROUT.

THE PHOTOS BELOW ARE GROUPED IN THE CATEGORIES OF' SCENERY, PEOPLE AND FISH. THE FISH ARE OF COURSE THE REASON WE ALL GO TO THE GREEN. LOOK CLOSELY, YOU MAY SEE SOMEONE YOU KNOW.

OUR OUTFITTER	RED CANYON LODGE	OUR CABINS
RED CREEK RAPIDS	A SCENE ON SECTION "B"	SWALLOW CANYON
LAUNCHING ON SECTION "A"	DOUG BURTON'S WOOD DRIFT BOAT	AFTER THE WEATHER TURNED

TROUT CREEK OWNER DENNY BREER AND I	CRAIG McMULLEN WITH FIRST OF THE DAY	GUIDE DARREN BOWCUTT AND BROWN TROUT
JAN HORN WITH A NICE ONE	GIL MERCKEL AND RAINBOW	GRAHAM COVINGTON AND GUIDE GENE GAUTIERI
HEAD GUIDE BOOMER STOUT	GUIDE GORDON THARRETT	CAPTAIN RUSTY McBRIDE
JIM McCOMBS THINKS HE'S IN HAWAII	BOB KESTNER	FIVE OF US IN THE SNOW ON WEDNESDAY

WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR	ME AND A BROWNIE	ANOTHER BROWN TROUT
MY BIG 26 INCHER	SEE THE MAYFLY NYMPH	BOOMER WITH A DOUBLE
GUIDE DOUG BURTON WITH A NICE ONE	GRAHAM WITH HIS FIRST OF THE TRIP	GENE AND THE PRO HOLD PHOTO

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