SoCal Family Does Team 57 Event @ Parchers Long Report Tons of Pics

[SoCalGuy7]

First and foremost, a HUGE thank you to Dana and Parchers Resort..!

Left Thursday (6/19) morning around 5am from the Lake Perris area, made a stop in Ridgecrest to stretch and get some cheaper fuel, before getting up in the Sierras.
Nice little town.

Next stop was the Mt.Whitney Portal, in Lone Pine. If you ever get the chance to go I would recommend it. The road heads up to the Trailhead, there is camping and parking under large trees and even a stocked pond to get your fishing in the Sierras started.

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Checking out the fish, the pond is only a few feet deep, but lots of fish....I bet the bears like that...

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There is also an incredible cascading waterfall...!!

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On to Bishop!
Made a stop at Mac's Sporting goods, picked up a Bouyant that I had not seen before (pictured later). Then the kids wanted Mickey D's...
Got some more gas, and headed up the hill, around 1pm..

Stayed on the fork to the right to check out Sabrina first.

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We fished the Dam area for half an hour, wind was blowing in our faces. It was more of a "see the lake" trip. Took some pics.

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Checked out the Sabrina outflow stream. Saw some fish, but wanted to get to Parchers.

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Arrived at Parchers at 2:30 pm. We were impressed with the whole operation.

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Checked in, got most of our gear loaded into the cabin.
We walked around the resort and saw Dana and a few Fnn-ers
and some guy named Sansou...:ROFL:( Hey Rich! ) He was telling us that he might be sleeping outside all buttered up for the Bears.....:ROFL:Since his group wasn't there yet..:LOL:

On to South Lake, 1.2 miles up the road.
Found a patch of snow near the parking lot. Here is SoCalkid2
throwing a snowball at me...

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Another snow pic.
We didn't even think we'd encounter any snow in the third week in June.

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We hiked down to the shore to get in a couple of hours before dark.
I bait up SCK2's pole and throw it in to get everyone started...

About 25 seconds later, I look over to see her pole all bent over, I tell her to grab it, and set the hook...

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Here she is with the first fish of the trip.

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Ironically, she hasn't caught anything since she was 5 years old...Now she gets the first one....

About ten minutes later SoCalKid1 hooks up and brings in a nice rainbow, here assisting with the net is SoCalGirl7.

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Here is SCGirl7 and SCK1 fishing with an incredible backdrop.

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She hooks up next.

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The shadow of night started creeping in, making for some beautiful scenery.

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Here's SCG7 getting his last few casts of the day in.

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One last quick pic, before heading back to the cabin for chili cheese dogs.....mmmm

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Totals Thursday (South Lake) - All fish C & R'd
SCG7-2 on buoyants Gold
SCGirl7-1 on Crawler
SCK1(Boy) -4 on buoyants...3 red/1 blue
SCK2(Girl)-2...1 buoyant/ 1 Crawler

Friday Morning: Headed down to the South Fork Restaurant
at Parcher's General Store, for the FNN pancake breakfast. They were incredible...!!

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Chatted with some people before heading out to North Lake.

Took the half paved road up to North Lake(El 9300ft), kind of a steep road, with
no side rails..:Neutral:

It was crowded, we had to walk around half the lake to find a spot.

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The weather was great but the fishing was slow.
SCG7 got the first of the day...

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SCK2 hooks into one...

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SCGirl fishing

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SCK1 coaxed a "black" rainbow in close to shore with a bugger and netted it( pic doesn't show it much):(

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Released all fish, headed back to cabin for grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches....

Then headed back up to South Lake. Hiked down a few hundred yards from the launch ramp, kinda steep.

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Looking for the honey hole....

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My daughter ended up catching a rainbow on a silver Kastmaster all by herself....No pic.

We called it a day and wanted to take a few photos on the way back to Parchers, before the FNN spaghetti dinner.

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Even hit the stream next to Parchers.

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Total Friday All released
SCG7--2 bugger and mini jig
SCGirl-0
SCK1--1 netted Black rainbow
SCK2--2...1 bugger (North Lake)/ 1 Kastmaster (South)

Went to the FNN dinner, exchanged fish stories...

SCK1 and SCK2 waiting for dinner...with their raffle tickets.

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Pic of Dinner crowd, GM telling the brown trout story....

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Here is Dana's table trying to figure out how BOTH winners of the raffle drew their OWN numbers......:rolleyes:

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Wingnut donated two expensive bluetooths, for the raffle...:cool:

SCGirl...........SCGUY.............Hungry.......!!

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Once again the Parchers crew whipped up an incredible meal!
Caesar salad
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
Garlic bread
Brownie w/ Ice cream scoop for dessert.

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Saturday: 6-21
Got our boat for the day at South Lake. Met Lane (Jared's bro) cool guy, and headed out...

The lake was like a mirror.

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I hooked up first....

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Nice rainbow, the kids named it spectacular....We thought that was funny.

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Caught it on a jig ( picture later in post)

Continued below......

[SoCalGuy7]

My son throwing a jig.


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SCGirl is next, hooked this one on a crawler.

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Nice bow

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This fish was named Southie...:LOL:

The guys

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Boat Dock

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That is me on the yellow boat waiting for everyone's bathroom break, it was around noon and we only had two fish.

Back to fishing.

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Guys

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Girls

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While fishing on the Northwest end of the lake, I noticed something moving that resembled a large Housecat. It looked like a squirrel-beaver love child....A Squiever is what we were calling it. Also, we called it McLovin'....

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Later we asked Jared about it and he said it was a Marmot.

Click here:
Marmot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot)



SCK2 gets her first of the day, on a crawler.

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Rainbow (I'm not touching that thing)
This one got named Toasty the Baker.....

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Great weather, wind here and there until we saw this small storm rolling over the mountains.

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Three on the stringer

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I was hitting them hard in between rain showers. Bleeder on a worm.

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Couple of Bendo shots

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Once I figured out what they wanted it was game over for the fish...

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Mr. Bendo had mentioned that they were hitting dark green mini jigs, so I used what I had....


The weather would clear up, then rain. This went off and on for a couple of hours...

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Another bow for SCGirl on a crawler, weather was windy...
Notice the fish blowing in the wind.....!
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The boy landed one a crawler also....

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SCK2 hooks up with an assist from her brother....

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A Brookie....So beautiful we released it...
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6pm rolled around pretty fast and it was time to bring in the rental boat. We asked "propane" for a family stringer pic......Thanks Propane!

This one is going on the Christmas card!

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We still had the urge to fish so we hauled all our gear down to the dam area.

I hooked up on two more, seems the 2 lb test and the jig I had was the ticket for the day....

Big Bendo Pic, Largest fish of the day!

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With an assist from SCK2!

Family stringer pic

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Totals Sat. 6/21
SCG7- 9 caught mostly on jig
SCGirl-3 crawlers
SCK1 - 1 crawler
SCK2-3 crawlers

When it rained the bite on crawlers was wide open!


We headed back to Parchers.
And took our stringer of 10 to the cleaning station.

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Jr. helped scale some bows

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SCGirl cooked up three, the biggest and pinkest rainbows and also a brown. She fried them in garlic oil. We had limes at the table...They were amazing...!!

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Sunday (6/22)

Had a great mountain breakfast....Made by SCGirl

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We packed up the car, to head on out. Here are a few cabin 5 pics.

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Parting shot taken by Jared in front of the General store.
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SoCalGuy7 and Sierra_Smitty (Jared)

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Great guy, very cool and helpful...!

Jared, Thank you! Parchers is definitely first class!

We headed North for a road trip with no destination.

Tom's Place

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Lake Crowley

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Convict Lake

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SoCals @ Convict

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Made it up to the June Lake loop...Here's June Lake

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Gull Lake

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Grant Lake...it's sad to see it so low.

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We made it all the way up to Lee Vining! Stopped at Brodie Mike's BBQ for a late lunch. If you are ever near that area, stop and eat there. The food was great! We recommend either the Tri-Tip sandwich or the Strike it Rich Burger....

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Finally turned the car towards home at about 3:45. Surprisingly it only took 5 1/2 hours of driving, not counting stops, to get home.

Continued one last time.....See below.....:rolleyes:

[SoCalGuy7]

On the way home, in Bishop we noticed a huge cloud off in the distance....as we got closer we realized it was actually smoke from a fire in the Sequoia National Forest. Here are some pics we took near Olancha...

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Well everyone I know this has got to be the longest report in FNN history......It shows what an awesome time we had...We also send these reports to friends and family..!!!!!!!

One more thing, here are the lures we used....

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And here is my new Buoyant a lightning Bolt pattern only seen (by me) in Bishop.

The other " 3 1/4 inch jig" is what SLAYED them at South Lake...It was unbelievable how many hits I got on this thing.......!!!!!!!!

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Thank yous are in order for my In-laws, thank you for putting so much money into the van so we could use it on the trip!..:Cool:

Once again to my wife my back is still ailing from a work injury last month and she did the majority of work...:Envious:

To Parchers....What can I say? We will be back!

Thank you to Seal for all the great tips and info!




Cool seeing the Fnn crew, again.
57...Sansou....Gma fish....Gpa fish....OFG..AND DreStyle!!!

Great meeting Koshaw....cool guy...thanks for everything, Bro!
Rotto84
xtransman
sapen
sue
gator
Greg Madrigal & wife Julie.....cool hangin with ya at dinner
Donna.....
fishnscubaguy
beeracuda211
webfoot
Mr. Bendo
Theron
Harvey

If I missed ya it's been a long weekend...sorry


Hope to see you all at Legends ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The SoCal's:


SoCalGuy7
SoCalGirl7
SoCalKid1
SoCalKid2

[xtranzman]

Great pics!!!!

Was great getting to meet you and your family. Looks like it was a great family vacation for all of you!

Hope to see you all on the water soon!

X

[Wingnut]

Wow, that's a great report!
Quality time with your family... priceless.
Thanks for sharing the event in your eyes. :cool: :D

[Fisherman57]

Brian,

What a great event made even BETTER by the fact that you, Emily and your family attended!

Thank you for sharing so many great photos and such an outstanding report! I appreciate it all very much!

I promise we will be returning to the Sierra's again next year and I will give a well in advance heads up so everyone can schedule!

Thanks again for adding to the event and help making it one of our best ever!

Where's the torn pants pic? :ROFL:


Dana

[xtranzman]

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This is a great family pic....

X

[PONTOON]

SCGUY,

Thanks for the report and pics!:Thumbs Up::Thumbs Up:
I knew everyone who attended would have a great time and from the smiles I see in the pictures It's a safe assumption that was definitely the case.

[seal]

That's the report I was waiting for! Excellent my friend!

Thanks
Dale

[Santa Fe Eric]

Beautiful Pictures! What a great family outing!
Thanks for the report.

Eric

[fishntoss]

Now that's a family vacation.. Looks like a great time... thanx for sharing..

[Granny Fish]

I loved all the pictures of smiling faces, beautiful scenerey and fish. You have a beautiful family. That camp ground at Tom's Place is where my kids first fell in love with the Sierras. We built a lot of happy memories there. Your family reminds me of us when we were raising our kids. Thanks for the report.

[nismotech91]

Holy smack this was an awesome report dude! Thanks!

[one_leg]

Quality reporting!!!

Thanks,
One_Leg

[FISH ON]

what a family trip. what a report. you have been blessed with a great family. your family has been blessed with this adventure. this is one of the very best reports i have read here. i have never been to that area . but after your pics its on my list of have to do soon. thanks :Applause::Applause::Applause:

[Sue]

I didn't get to spend much time with you and your family, but my god, you guys are beautfiul!
You don't even look old enough to have kids that age :D

It was great meeting you, and I hope we get to spend more time with you.

[Seng90806]

looks fun!!! cant wait for the 2nd annual and hopefully i can make it out there....everything looks so beautiful

[sky]

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[TroutOnly]

GREAT REPORT AND PICS ,LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS AND GALS HAD A BLAST, I LOVE SMITTYS BACKYARD,,,t/o,,,like the bouyants as well,,,,,

[CASTAWAY]

Looks like a great time...:cool:

[ironshrimp]

what a beautiful family you have...brings a smile to my face

I'm bummin that I didn't make the time to introduce myself formally...I was being shy...

hopefully we'll get a chance to hang out next time

all the best to you and yours...what an awesome team you guys make!!!!

[Beancounter]

Outstanding post my friend.
Great looking photos of la familia!
I think you have several for Christmas cards...;)
Glad to see you had a great time.

[SoCalGuy7]

I can't believe how low the water level is at Grant and Gull Lakes...

Is the lake as big as Gull lake or smaller where your cabin was?

sky

Most lakes were down, the only one that looked good was Convict...:Confused:

[steve092]

Awesome!

Great pics!

[MAN VS WILD]

Way to go SoCal Family. Looks like a fantastic time out there. That was a great family fishing trip. Pics made me feel like I was there. Now I really can't wait til our family trip up there in August. Thanks for the report that kinda helped with my addiction to eastern sierra fishing.

FISH ON!!!

[adiablo420]

definitely looking to get more involved with team 57. I'M new to the network... love to see the families having a great time... hope to see u guys out there soon.

[troutdog]

No such thing as a report being too long when it is that good, very well done! Thank you for sharing and rubbing it in for what I missed out on!:LOL: I'm glad to see you had such a great trip. Congrats.


TD

[Badfish2]

Cool pictures,..and they sell that Lightning bolt bouyant at walmart and Sports Chalet... the sports chalet in redlands has a ton of them

[mkadaddy]

Family, Freinds And Good Time. Going Up For Ten Days Leaving The July 3rd and Your Report Shows Me How The Weather And Climate Changes Thank You !!! So Much For Such A Great Report. Mka

[SoCalGuy7]

Cool pictures,..and they sell that Lightning bolt bouyant at walmart and Sports Chalet... the sports chalet in redlands has a ton of them


I've been to about 5 walmarts and haven't seen them... I haven't seen any sport chalets around my house...I thought they were cool...

[blackwater]

I could stop reading and scrolling through the great pics! Thanks for the GREAT post and sharing... I can't tell which of your family member enjoyed it more since everyone had such a wonderful smile!
Thanks again...
BW

[billy b]

It didn't seem long at all. I could have taken more!

What about using the family pic in front of the waterfall for the Christmas card?

Question about one pic... Is that a Buoyant or some other brand that's close? And how did you make up the maxi-jig? It looks great!

[billy b]

How old are the two great looking kids (not kids, really)?

[SoCalGuy7]

Question about one pic... Is that a Buoyant or some other brand that's close? And how did you make up the maxi-jig? It looks great!
The lightning bolt lure is a buoyant...It worked well too!




The jig-head is off some cheap walmart jigs, the bodies are either from Turners or BPS...I can't remember...They have a small blue stripe and large green stripe...they were packed in some salt....

The waterfall pic is great too....

[sansou]

SoCalGuy, just wanted to pop in say what many at Parchers were saying: you are blessed with a really nice family. It was a pleasure talking to you guys, and hopefully, we can finally get a chance to actually fish together one of these days. Great report and pics!!!

[olfishergal]

Really great meeting you guys and your kids.........you are a fun bunch of family.....OFG

[Badfish2]

I've been to about 5 walmarts and haven't seen them... I haven't seen any sport chalets around my house...I thought they were cool...

Yeah, I don't know .. I found them at the WalMart in Highland on my way up to Big Bear a few weeks back. The ones I found were with the black bolt and red bolt. They still don't work as good as the Watermelon, Fire Tiger, Gold/Red bouyants. I found a new bouyant I'm going to try soon... I'll post up pics of it.

[SoCalGuy7]

Yeah, I don't know .. I found them at the WalMart in Highland on my way up to Big Bear a few weeks back. The ones I found were with the black bolt and red bolt. They still don't work as good as the Watermelon, Fire Tiger, Gold/Red bouyants. I found a new bouyant I'm going to try soon... I'll post up pics of it.


The lightning one worked well, I wanted to buy the super-sized one that was twice the size of a regular one....:Envious:

[Trout Nine]

SoCalFamily
WTG out there! Congrats..Nice report & Great pics
T9

[Troutman65]

Thanks for the Great report and pics.



Troutman65

[Badfish2]

The lightning one worked well, I wanted to buy the super-sized one that was twice the size of a regular one....:Envious:

You should pick up some of the tear drop shaped bouyants.. they absolutely tore it up last time up there.. it's smaller, and has the same color and wobble as the bigger bouyants.They are cheaper too. There's a pic of one of them on my eastern sierra report.

[SoCalGuy7]

You should pick up some of the tear drop shaped bouyants.. they absolutely tore it up last time up there.. it's smaller, and has the same color and wobble as the bigger bouyants.They are cheaper too. There's a pic of one of them on my eastern sierra report.

Will check that out......I had an "eel" made by buoyant, kinda like a kastmaster, but lost it when I had a loop around my reel and snapped it off while casting...:Evil: only used it once..

[superpack84]

I liked the pictures of the smoke. I don't only like to fish, I also like doing wildfire photography.

[SoCalGirl7]

Well, this was an incredible trip! We had such a great time!!! Thank you so much to Parcher's and Jared for your hospitality! I wish I had your backyard, Jared...lol.

Dana & D (I know D had some help in the planning ;)), Thanks for picking Parcher's for our first Annual :confused: Sierra event!! All I can say is....WOW!

Honey, I had an amazing time! I even loved our trip home...you know how I like road trips! :D Thanks for making this a great family trip...you know the kids will never forget it, neither will I! ;)

Well, here's the story about my ripped....or shall I say, R.I.P....pants. I found these jeans in the back of our closet a couple days before our trip. I thought, cool new fishing pants.... They did have a little hole near the back pocket, but I didn't want to patch them...BIG MISTAKE!

On our second day up at Parcher's, I wore the jeans. As the day went on, the little hole was getting bigger...oops! Here's where it all went down hill...

After fishing at North Lake most of the day, we headed back up to South Lake. The day before, we fished near the launch ramp. This time we thought we'd hike in a little more. Well, we found the STEAPEST, rockiest hill to traverse down. :Rolls Eyes: I'm carrying the backpack and our shore bag, and about half way down the hill....smack! I landed on my behind and discovered my pants were now ripped. About 3 inches! Oh well I can still fix them later...

Get down to the water....rrriiiiiiiiiiip! Another 2 inches. Hmm... That was pretty much the rest of my day. Lean over to pick something up, rip! Walk over to one of the kids, rip! By the time we climbed back up to the car, they were ripped to my mid thigh! No joke!!!

Here's the pic....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll210/SoCalGuy7/DSC09243.jpg

I'm not sure if I will be able to fix them or make anything out of them....maybe a jean belt? :ROFL:

Anyway, that's my story about the ripped pants...by far the most I have ripped a pair of pants ever!

Looking forward to Legends....and even more to next year's trip to Parcher's!!! :D

SoCalGirl7

[PhisHook]

Thanks for the awesome report! Looks like the family had a great time. Too bad I could not make it will see you all at legends!

Nate

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