sktruth
03-13-2008, 01:40 PM
Arrived in Lope Pine @ about 8:30 pm friday night. We were staying in Lone Pine campground. Woke up to a beautiful sunrise. Made breakfast and waited for friends staying down the hill to make it the campsite. They arrived about 9:00am and we started fishing. Fished Lone pine creek for about an hour with no luck. It was really gorgeous, but a flyfishers nightmare. Brushy like no tomorrow. HORRIBLY anywaise we moved to independence creek. It was the same, very brushy. From there we deceided to try right below pleasant valley dam. It was really nice and fish were rising. I only had one taker, but i missed him. I did manage to catch myself in the back of the head with an elk hair caddis though. Since nobody was around, i cut the line, tied on another and continued fishing. Hardcore baby lol. Got back to the truck as tge sun was setting and managed to pry the thing out of my head. How dumb can i be to forget co cut the barb. Well at least i didn't catch anything. And i got what i deserved. A FLY TO THE HEAD. It was hillarious. Stopped by Shats for some focacio (excuse the spelling) and the smokehouse meat store for bacon. Went to the owens off chalk bluff road as it was getting dark, and i managed to miss the skunk. I finally landed my first two decent sized browns. I was in amazment with theiy beauty. The only other brown i caught was very juvenile and did not have the same colors. Made back to lone pine by 9:00pm. Made some fajitas and contiunued to party. With the time change I stayed up talking with my girlfriend and her father until 3:30am. Woke up sunday and explored the alabama hills. It made a for a wonderfull trip. For a newby fly fisher i was very excited with my rewards. I tried a little of everything and never gave up. It eventually worked out. I can't wait until the next time i get back up to bishop creek or the owens. I love it. Anywiase with that being said, i hope you enjoy all the pics.