June 9th - Day 3

Today is Kim’s all day of fishing with a guide. We had eggs benedict, fruit, & muffins for breakfast. There was an assortment of other things available as well (i.e. cereal, bagels, english muffins, etc.) The guide came in and introduced himself during breakfast and told Kim to meet him outside to get geared up. 

 Waiting for breakfast

 Do you have size 14?

 Mike Kruise - the guide

 After donning waders & boots they headed down river to fish.

 

 A few instructions

 It doesn't take long to hook one

 I watched for awhile and then went on a short hike into the National Forest, which abuts North Fork. It is a beautiful day with sun shining and blue skies.

This memorial stone bench sat in a quiet, shady spot, overlooking the river.

 Engraving on top of the bench

 Many of the guests went on a trail ride today. 

Notice this most amazing stone bridge and how thin it is. I was nervous walking across it and then I saw the horses crossing over it. Whew! It must be an engineering feat.

Kim has been catching lots of fish. They are so big that its difficult to land them before they snap the line, but he’s managing quite nicely. 

Here are a couple of videos:

Lunch today is a mexican food buffet with warm, gooey brownies for dessert, but I only had one bite of the brownie.

I decided to sit by the river and read this afternoon, take a little nap, read some more...hmmmm. I could get used to this; however, I may need to take another hike because tonight is the big barbeque dinner and right now I don’t know where I will put any more food. 

Kim landed a 26”er this afternoon. It was so big he couldn’t get his hand around it for the photo. He had a great day of fishing and doesn’t know how many he actually caught. 

 Trying to hang on

The interesting thing is the guide was in the Marine Corps at the same time as Kim, stationed at the same place, had the same job (helicopter crew chief), but in a different squadron. They had a great time reminiscing about those days.