Excursions by Ron

These pictures are posted by my good freind Ron. He is the one pictured below. Ron is the one who introduced me to the high Uintah Mountains. Every trip I have taken with him has been worthy of being called an excursion. We did not make it out last year and both cuss ourselves for it. The picture below is one of Table Top looking down into the West Fork of the Black Fork. He had so many good pics that it took up two posts so check them out below.

Shot of Lym Lake Uintah Mountains
Home stead cabin at Gilbert Meadows Uintah Mountains
Christmas Meadows in Winter Uintah Mountains
Old Model T Ford at Steel Creek Uintah Mountains

Rippin up the dunes at St. Ann's

Sand bowls at Egan Lake St. Ann's
West Fork Uintah Mountains, notice the storm in the background.
Riding in style, Henry Fork Uintah Mountains
Ron's outfit. Anyone else feel jealous?

Coyote Hunting on the Johnson Ranch

Drove over to Rich County on Saturday for a little coyote calling. The picture above is a shot of the hills beind the Johnson Ranch in North Eastern Utah right next to the Wyoming Border. My buddy Lenn and I were hopeful that we might be able to call one in but we came up empty. But sitting in the brush and taking in the smells of spring was enough for me. It was a good chance for us to plan our turkey hunt that is coming up in a few weeks also. We did get a glance at about 5 head of antelope before they dropped over a nearby hill. And in the end we knew that our calling was working cause we were able to call in Lenn's farm dog.

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. Here are some pictures that I found on the internet of some coyotes

Fishing Second Dam

This counts as my 5th fish day this year so far. I set out in the morning to fish First Dam again. The fish there are stubborn but I am determined to catch one. But when I got there the wind was blowing hard out from the mouth of the canyon so I sent Amy a text and headed up to 2nd dam. The wind was minimal there so at least I could cast out.

It was pretty cold though. The water kept freezing in my first three eye holes on the fishing pole and down on my reel. I would have to dig the ice out about every 5th cast or so. You can see in the picture below that I am bundled up pretty good. Still felt very much like winter.
There are few mallards that hang out up here. It is not overboard like at first dam. They stay pretty close to the sand bar on the south side of the dam but they are close enough that you can watch them as you fish.
Its not any surprise that I came up empty handed again. I'm the worst fisherman I know but at least I am learning what is not working this time a year. I tried my Rapala #3 countdown brown trout minnow most of the time. It got some looks but might have been a little big for this time of year. I also tried some more dry flies with my bobber and my red worms from Gulp. But no bites once again. For me its about getting out and feeling the bite in the air for a few hours. Reeling one in would just be a perk.

Post by Cole

Spring Hollow Hike Last Fall

Here are some pictures of a short hike I took last fall up Spring Hollow in Logan Canyon. This is a good starting point for some of the best hikes in this park of Logan Canyon. At the mouth of the trailhead is a pretty good sized campgroung that runs along the stream that created this waterfall.

From here you can hike back into Spring Hollow, access the Crimson Trail to the East and connect over to Mill Hollow to the West. As you climb up the Spring Hollow trail, watch for this massive boulder field. The trail will cut right across the top of it so you won't miss it but the size is amazing.

As you climb further you will be able to catch some great views back towards Logan Canyon. I hiked this in the morning and was in the shade the whole time except for a little sun at the boulder field.

Its hard to see in this picture but there was an apple tree there to the left. It still had 4 apples on it when I took this hike. I did not try and eat one though, thought they might be a little ripe

All and all I suggest this hike if you are just looking on getting out for a couple of hours before work or early on the weekend. Seems like there would be a lot of people on this trail but I never run into more than one person each time I have been here.

Posted by Cole

Utah Shed Hunt Begins Today

Now the spring has been kind to the deer this year so if you were able to sneak out early then I doubt you did any harm. But now you can rest your mind knowing that the boys in brown coats will not be giving you any trouble.

I plan on trying to get out and do a little shed hunting myself in the next couple of weeks before Lenn and I go turkey hunting in Monticello. But if any of you do some of your own I would like to post some pics of it on the blog.

Happy hunting.

Fishing with Eric at Spring Hollow

Eric and I took some much needed time off to do some fishing on Thursday. We went up to Spring Hollow to see if we could find some hungry fish. We fished off the bridge for about 10 minutes before we got tired of watching the fish just look at our bait and laugh at us. The picture above is of the up-river portion of the third dam. That is where Eric caught 3 browns on worms. It was very tempting for me to use live worms when I saw him catching them but I am determined not to use live bait this year.

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We both had our time with the willows in the small channel that the top of the damn that is in the picture below. And I almost went in the drink when the rock I was standing on was not as solid as I thought. But with my cat like reflexes I was able to get away with a wet foot. The picture below is the first fish of the day (and year) for Eric.