Friday, March 10, 2006
Frigid Fly Fishing
When it is to cold to golf, what is one to do? One naturaly turns to fly fishing. And who better to do it with than with friends. Mel and I were in ACE Hardware and they had their fly fishing equipment on sale. Can you say bargain? So we are now fly fishers, OK maybe we aren't good yet but at least we look good and have the right equipment. (we have since found out that there is more to this sport than meets the eye)
Three of us packed up my Highlander and traveled to the North East Corner of Iowa in search of some trout fishing. Our friend Tom Tiedemann, an acomplished fly dude, invited us to his hunting cabin which is in SE MN. Tom has hunted and fished these parts for many years. We based out of his place and fished the streams in NE IA, which were about a half hour away.
We arrived to a new 6+ inch snow fall which added a little spice to our first fly fishing adventure. I soon found out that it was almost more of a challenge to keep in an upright position than it was to cast the fly; what with the cold, the clothes, funky boots, snow covered rocks and icy banks. What follows are some snaps of the country side, the fishers of men, my first ever Rainbow trout, Tom's shack and a few other odds and ends.
Three of us packed up my Highlander and traveled to the North East Corner of Iowa in search of some trout fishing. Our friend Tom Tiedemann, an acomplished fly dude, invited us to his hunting cabin which is in SE MN. Tom has hunted and fished these parts for many years. We based out of his place and fished the streams in NE IA, which were about a half hour away.
We arrived to a new 6+ inch snow fall which added a little spice to our first fly fishing adventure. I soon found out that it was almost more of a challenge to keep in an upright position than it was to cast the fly; what with the cold, the clothes, funky boots, snow covered rocks and icy banks. What follows are some snaps of the country side, the fishers of men, my first ever Rainbow trout, Tom's shack and a few other odds and ends.
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