Greg Madrigal
05-25-2010, 01:01 AM
Farmy, Beerboy, Mrs. Beerboy (Meagan) and I left our worries behind Friday and cruised up to Bishop to lay the slay to the resident trout population.
We stayed at the El Rancho which I would do again in a second!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010036.jpg
Great beds, and nice views of the mountains for $40/night.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010082.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010072.jpg
From our door at room 11.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010074.jpg
I would stay clear of room 11 though. It may be “gassy” for a while! LOL!!!
We arrived at 1am, and go up to hit PVR at 6am. We all brought our bikes which turned out to be the ticket for this trip as we used them several times.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010089.jpg
We fished an area about a mile in that was brimming with surfacing trout. It was sick. The trout were surfacing everywhere, and this experienced crew threw anything and everything in the arsenal for an hour for nothing but a few followers. They were taunting us!
We made a move a ways down and the alcohol started flowing on the way even before the first fish! B-Cuda brought his Trailer-o-booze, which I highly recommend!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010047.jpg
This was sheer comedy-Well, actually, when you mix beer n bikes, you get lots of biffs! LOL!
#1
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010057.jpg
#2
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010060.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010056.jpg
For the record, we all ate it multiple times what with all the gear and all. Except Beerboy that is…He gots skills apparently.
At this second spot, I tied on a vintage crankbait that my neighbor gave me. It was sweet-It had a triangular lip on TOP of the bait and it swam beautifully. I cast it out and was slammed on the very first cast. The next cast produced this beaut:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010052.jpg
I caught, fought, and professionally released it at the bank another moment later. Then I noticed that the friggin lip fell off the lure so it was out of commission! Dope! I borrowed a Rapala from Omar and proceeded to land one more which was released-well, he released himself from my hand-Which I magically captured at the exact moment of his escape.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010049.jpg
Meanwhile, the others were having the same luck as the first spot.
Hey Farmy, whatcha doin????
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010055.jpg
#3
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010053.jpg
I worked the bank for another hour for nada as well.
We returned to the Owens above the lake where I scared up some browns on a bubble fly combo but couldn’t get them to stick. Mr. Beaver made a showing and disappeared into a hole in the far bank. That's him swimming towards his den carring a branch UPstream.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010076.jpg
I moved up to the power plant and proceeded to CPR over a dozen small browns on a bead head nymph.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010063.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010099.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010064.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010065.jpg
Meanwhile, the rest of the pack lost me and drove into town to get pizza unbeknownst to me! They returned just b4 dark and thankfully had saved me 3 sliced of ice cold pizza! Mmmmm….
The clan on the move...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010116.jpg
We then headed up to Rock Creek lake in the afternoon. We watched the temps drop substantially as we climbed the mountain. 39, 38, 36, 31….It was Freezing at the top.
Me n the Beercuda
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010068.jpg
The lake was still frozen over 90%.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010066.jpg
We took our bikes out and braved the fierce cold winds to try and bike to the ice-free inlet. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010067.jpg
We were stopped over half way by a lot of snow on the closed roads. The weather started turning quick. Light snow flurries began blowing in the wind. Nap time.
Sunday, we woke up at 6am and hit the “brown” canal south of Bishop. The wind was HOWWWLNG! 25mph at least and it was in the low 40s so the wind chill was somewhere in the teens! Brrrrrrr. I walked a 150yard stretch pitching a muddler minnow and a horned bird fly. The latter produced over a dozen strikes but nothing stuck! The cold got the better of the pirates early on, and I had to finally join them in the warm truck to escape the frozen tundra after only 30 minutes of fishing.
We picked up Meagan (who slept in) and we had a killer breakfast at Jacks before heading back to PVR. We stayed clear of the lake with the wind howling like mad. We fished the river and the power plant. I got a couple of nicer browns on a Rapala CD7 pitched into the whitewater at the power plant.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010097.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010098.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010104.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010105.jpg
This guy was hungry! He still had another headless unidentified fish in his throat when he smacked my Rapala. Look carefully and you will see the quite large tail of the dead fish in his throat.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010106.jpg
Beerboy and the Mrs. Proceeded to school me on brown fishing w/crickets. They must have caught 10 fish by mid afternoon while I only caught about 6 for the day. Meagan's jackpot brown...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010102.jpg
Their one ‘bow on crickets.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010110.jpg
The gusts of wind would kick up and sand blast us at regular intervals. We called it a day around 3pm, hit Schatz on the way out, and were home by 8pm. Ummmm, wake up there Farmy!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010070.jpg
The ride outta Bishop was festooned with beautiful shots that I just couldn’t resist. Hope u enjoy them as much as I did.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010157.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010111.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010121.jpg
Somewhere in there is Mt. Whitney
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010134.jpg
More parting shots
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010146.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010132.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010146.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010151.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010129.jpg
It was a great trip with some great peeps. Let’s do it again soon!
Peace
GM<<><
We stayed at the El Rancho which I would do again in a second!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010036.jpg
Great beds, and nice views of the mountains for $40/night.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010082.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010072.jpg
From our door at room 11.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010074.jpg
I would stay clear of room 11 though. It may be “gassy” for a while! LOL!!!
We arrived at 1am, and go up to hit PVR at 6am. We all brought our bikes which turned out to be the ticket for this trip as we used them several times.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010089.jpg
We fished an area about a mile in that was brimming with surfacing trout. It was sick. The trout were surfacing everywhere, and this experienced crew threw anything and everything in the arsenal for an hour for nothing but a few followers. They were taunting us!
We made a move a ways down and the alcohol started flowing on the way even before the first fish! B-Cuda brought his Trailer-o-booze, which I highly recommend!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010047.jpg
This was sheer comedy-Well, actually, when you mix beer n bikes, you get lots of biffs! LOL!
#1
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010057.jpg
#2
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010060.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010056.jpg
For the record, we all ate it multiple times what with all the gear and all. Except Beerboy that is…He gots skills apparently.
At this second spot, I tied on a vintage crankbait that my neighbor gave me. It was sweet-It had a triangular lip on TOP of the bait and it swam beautifully. I cast it out and was slammed on the very first cast. The next cast produced this beaut:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010052.jpg
I caught, fought, and professionally released it at the bank another moment later. Then I noticed that the friggin lip fell off the lure so it was out of commission! Dope! I borrowed a Rapala from Omar and proceeded to land one more which was released-well, he released himself from my hand-Which I magically captured at the exact moment of his escape.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010049.jpg
Meanwhile, the others were having the same luck as the first spot.
Hey Farmy, whatcha doin????
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010055.jpg
#3
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010053.jpg
I worked the bank for another hour for nada as well.
We returned to the Owens above the lake where I scared up some browns on a bubble fly combo but couldn’t get them to stick. Mr. Beaver made a showing and disappeared into a hole in the far bank. That's him swimming towards his den carring a branch UPstream.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010076.jpg
I moved up to the power plant and proceeded to CPR over a dozen small browns on a bead head nymph.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010063.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010099.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010064.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010065.jpg
Meanwhile, the rest of the pack lost me and drove into town to get pizza unbeknownst to me! They returned just b4 dark and thankfully had saved me 3 sliced of ice cold pizza! Mmmmm….
The clan on the move...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010116.jpg
We then headed up to Rock Creek lake in the afternoon. We watched the temps drop substantially as we climbed the mountain. 39, 38, 36, 31….It was Freezing at the top.
Me n the Beercuda
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010068.jpg
The lake was still frozen over 90%.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010066.jpg
We took our bikes out and braved the fierce cold winds to try and bike to the ice-free inlet. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010067.jpg
We were stopped over half way by a lot of snow on the closed roads. The weather started turning quick. Light snow flurries began blowing in the wind. Nap time.
Sunday, we woke up at 6am and hit the “brown” canal south of Bishop. The wind was HOWWWLNG! 25mph at least and it was in the low 40s so the wind chill was somewhere in the teens! Brrrrrrr. I walked a 150yard stretch pitching a muddler minnow and a horned bird fly. The latter produced over a dozen strikes but nothing stuck! The cold got the better of the pirates early on, and I had to finally join them in the warm truck to escape the frozen tundra after only 30 minutes of fishing.
We picked up Meagan (who slept in) and we had a killer breakfast at Jacks before heading back to PVR. We stayed clear of the lake with the wind howling like mad. We fished the river and the power plant. I got a couple of nicer browns on a Rapala CD7 pitched into the whitewater at the power plant.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010097.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010098.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010104.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010105.jpg
This guy was hungry! He still had another headless unidentified fish in his throat when he smacked my Rapala. Look carefully and you will see the quite large tail of the dead fish in his throat.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010106.jpg
Beerboy and the Mrs. Proceeded to school me on brown fishing w/crickets. They must have caught 10 fish by mid afternoon while I only caught about 6 for the day. Meagan's jackpot brown...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010102.jpg
Their one ‘bow on crickets.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010110.jpg
The gusts of wind would kick up and sand blast us at regular intervals. We called it a day around 3pm, hit Schatz on the way out, and were home by 8pm. Ummmm, wake up there Farmy!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010070.jpg
The ride outta Bishop was festooned with beautiful shots that I just couldn’t resist. Hope u enjoy them as much as I did.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010157.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010111.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010121.jpg
Somewhere in there is Mt. Whitney
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010134.jpg
More parting shots
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010146.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010132.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010146.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010151.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/PVR%20May%202010/PVRMay2010129.jpg
It was a great trip with some great peeps. Let’s do it again soon!
Peace
GM<<><