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[79Ford]

So a friend of a friend heard about my dads health problems and offered to take my Dad and I out on Flaming Gorge in his boat. We were going to go after some big Mac's, but were told the Kokanee fishing was pretty hot so we went after them instead. On the lake at 6:30am and back off at 9:30am. We caught 7 Kokes (put 3 back to fight another day) and one little Mac. All of my Dads fish were bigger than mine and it was a lot of fun to see him hook onto that harder fighting Mac. It was a beautiful day and much fun was had by all.

Dad reeling in his first Kokanee






Dad's biggest koke


Dad's "little" mac


Look at the color of that meat.

[chet]

WHOA! toad koke dude!!!!
Good on ya!
And good on the friend of a friend!!!

[79Ford]

Thanks Chet, it was a blast. We hit it again this weekend, but it was one of those days where it seemed like everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

[Brinx]

What a great day. It's part of what the sport is all about. Good for you and all the friends involved.

Brinx

[Inconnu]

It just doesn't get much better than that does it? A lot of us who flyfish tend to forget that we can harvest as well, looks like you guys had a great time!

[chet]

A lot of us who flyfish tend to forget that we can harvest as well

so true...... I kept a nice cutthroat last week, forgot how good and nutricious they were! MMMMMMMMmMMMMMMmmmmmMMMmmmmmMMMMmmmmMMMmmmmM

[Inconnu]

[yankeepride]

As much as practicing conservation is a great thing, it's always nice to see some good ol' fillet-and-release fishing where the fishery can handle it!

[highcountry]

Gotta love that big ol' smile on Pop's face... Way to go, man!

[flyguy]

very nice