First the story. Don't jump ahead, be patient GrassHopper....
Ron and I hit the brazos below the Falls yesterday for a little R&R overnighter. I was just a liitle concerned about the fishing as a front had just blown thru and the River was dropping. We always have a great time regardless of the fishing so it really did not matter too much. We got started about 3:00 and stopped and fished a couple of places along the way.
We messed around for a couple of hours and headed on the place we were going to camp. We really like this spot as it is not muddy, fairly flat, and has abundant fire wood (we always have a fire while camping).
The evening wore on and we caught a few small Channels and Gaspers. The cooler it got the bigger the fire got.
About 8:00 or so we decided to start supper and let the fire burn down to cook the Ribeyes.
It is hard to beat a steak cooked over an open fire.
About Midnight we decided to turn in and get some sleep. We had both bought a tent that straps to your cot and we both were pleased with them.
We awoke pretty early and just sat around had some coffee and shot the bull. Neither of us were in a hurry to get going and it felt really good to be able to relax. We were sitting in front of the fire as the temps were in the mid Forty's and a stiff North wind when I looked over and one of my poles was bent if half. I grabbed it and immediately knew it was a good fish. After about ten minutes or so I finnaly got him to the bank and Ron grabbed it by the gills and pulled it up. Before ever weighing it I knew it was a PB Blue for me. She weiighed #35 on two different sets of scales.
I needed a bigger cooler.
We fished for another couple of hours woithout much luck and decided to load up and head upstream. Loaded and ready.
It was not a bad paddle back upstream and we were soon at the take out. just in time for a great Sunset.
Couple of pics from the house.
As always it was great to spend some time with my paddling partner on a River we both like to paddle/fish on.
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