CatchthatTrout
06-22-2009, 11:28 PM
Myself, Simone (CatchthatTroutsBabe), Tony Jr. (No Name) & Isaiah (Grandson), began our trip out to Parcher's on Wednesday morning at 4:00 am, because we needed to be back home on Monday, so Jared (Parcher's) was more then willing to give us our free night on Wednesday instead of Sunday. We drive over to the next city and hook up with Mr. Bendo (Patrick) and his buddy Ruben, who would be bunking with Team Valdez.
Day One 6-17:
We arrived in Big Pine and took a trip up to Glacier Lodge for our first Sierra fishing action.
Soon after a few casts, Mr. Bendo catches his first of approx. 13-14 fish.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-39.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-38.jpg
Here was a proud moment in my life when Isaiah cast his own line with a jig and caught his first Sierra trout.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-41.jpg
Bendos buddy Ruben started going nuts and caught 15-20 fish himself and I did manage to catch one, but it unbutton as I was trying to pick it up for the photo. Shorty it started to sprikle, then it poured off and on.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-43.jpg
After getting a little wet, we decided to head over to PVR to dry up, and boy was it warm up there. We stopped and picked up some crickets (thanks to Trout Only for sharing tips) and headed to the north end at the power plant and lucky for us no one was down at the inlet shore. Isaiah again cast out on his own and quickly hooks up on a nice little brown trout.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-01.jpghttp://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-03.jpg
Myself, Junior and Bendo all get our hook ups.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-05.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-17.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-07.jpg
Isaiah decides that getting rid of his skunk meant bathing in the sun and goofing around with Simone (notice in the pic she's still dry.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-10.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-13.jpg
Well as she is fussing with Isaiah, she slips and loses her balance and INTO THE DRINK Simone goes at PVR.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-15.jpg
PVR final: Isaiah-1, Junior-2, CTT-5
Later in the afternoon we finally head up to our final destination......Parcher's!
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-35.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-005.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-003.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-057.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-058.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-20.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-079-1.jpg
Isaiah headed our to see the horses.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-22.jpg
View from our porch:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-012.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-011.jpg
We went down late in the evening to South Lake for some fishing, but the rain and COLD wind chased us back to the room in an hour without a bite.
Day two 6-18:
We headed down to South Lake and it was good for us because it was Thursday and little pressure. We caught 13 total for the day with Isaiah 2, No Name 2, Simone 2 and myself 7.
Most of our catches were with a 3ft leader, c-rigged with #12/14 mosquito hook, pink poweregg with natural 1" Berkley Crawdad.
The day in pics:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-47.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-23.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-26.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-28.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-29.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-45.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-32.jpg
Isaiah took some time to feed a local critter:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-44.jpg
Day three 6-19:
After a nice pancake breakfast with Team 57, we head down to Intake II to do some Sierras float tubing and met up with Santa Fe & his Dad.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/SantafeDad-1.jpg
It was slow, but Junior did caught one (tube), Isaiah caught one from shore with help from Santa Fe and I caught 4 (1 tube, 3 shore).
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-094.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-60.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-59.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-62.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-63.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-61.jpg
After we got back to the room, I later went out to the creek behind the cabins and caught 3 trout:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-55.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-57.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-040.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-041.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-042.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-043.jpg
BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY "PART 2" FOR MORE PICTURES.
Day One 6-17:
We arrived in Big Pine and took a trip up to Glacier Lodge for our first Sierra fishing action.
Soon after a few casts, Mr. Bendo catches his first of approx. 13-14 fish.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-39.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-38.jpg
Here was a proud moment in my life when Isaiah cast his own line with a jig and caught his first Sierra trout.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-41.jpg
Bendos buddy Ruben started going nuts and caught 15-20 fish himself and I did manage to catch one, but it unbutton as I was trying to pick it up for the photo. Shorty it started to sprikle, then it poured off and on.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-43.jpg
After getting a little wet, we decided to head over to PVR to dry up, and boy was it warm up there. We stopped and picked up some crickets (thanks to Trout Only for sharing tips) and headed to the north end at the power plant and lucky for us no one was down at the inlet shore. Isaiah again cast out on his own and quickly hooks up on a nice little brown trout.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-01.jpghttp://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-03.jpg
Myself, Junior and Bendo all get our hook ups.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-05.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-17.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-07.jpg
Isaiah decides that getting rid of his skunk meant bathing in the sun and goofing around with Simone (notice in the pic she's still dry.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-10.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-13.jpg
Well as she is fussing with Isaiah, she slips and loses her balance and INTO THE DRINK Simone goes at PVR.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-15.jpg
PVR final: Isaiah-1, Junior-2, CTT-5
Later in the afternoon we finally head up to our final destination......Parcher's!
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-35.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-005.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-003.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-057.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-058.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-20.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-079-1.jpg
Isaiah headed our to see the horses.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-22.jpg
View from our porch:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-012.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-011.jpg
We went down late in the evening to South Lake for some fishing, but the rain and COLD wind chased us back to the room in an hour without a bite.
Day two 6-18:
We headed down to South Lake and it was good for us because it was Thursday and little pressure. We caught 13 total for the day with Isaiah 2, No Name 2, Simone 2 and myself 7.
Most of our catches were with a 3ft leader, c-rigged with #12/14 mosquito hook, pink poweregg with natural 1" Berkley Crawdad.
The day in pics:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-47.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-23.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-26.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-28.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-29.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-45.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-32.jpg
Isaiah took some time to feed a local critter:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-44.jpg
Day three 6-19:
After a nice pancake breakfast with Team 57, we head down to Intake II to do some Sierras float tubing and met up with Santa Fe & his Dad.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/SantafeDad-1.jpg
It was slow, but Junior did caught one (tube), Isaiah caught one from shore with help from Santa Fe and I caught 4 (1 tube, 3 shore).
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-094.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-60.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-59.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-62.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-63.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-61.jpg
After we got back to the room, I later went out to the creek behind the cabins and caught 3 trout:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-55.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/1-1-2000-57.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-040.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-041.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-042.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/6-20-2009-043.jpg
BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY "PART 2" FOR MORE PICTURES.