This post is dedicated to Derek, as he has been faithfully checking my blog to see these pictures of Mark's fishing trip on the Clearwater in Northern Idaho. He was fishing for steelhead and apparently he was successful as I now have 2 GIANT fish in my freezer. Anyone know how to cook steelhead? We're ready for our fish fry! I wasn't there so I really can't give any fun facts about the trip, so i thought I would give my own interpretation of the pictures. Too bad Mark isn't here to intercept this post and put the real descriptions on the pictures!
I thought Mark was on vacay!?!?! He looks the same to me as when he is working, same coveralls, same sweatshirt. At least he didn't catch a case of homesickness as the weather obviously was reminding him of his chilly Arco home!
Doesn't this picture look like a picture that could belong in a Walker child's scrapbook? When we were young kids fishing at Warm River Dad would always have to hold our fish for our picture because they were so nasty for us to hold!
Okay, Mark really can hold his own fish. I had to post this pic to prove it. That last picture just brought back memories of our childhood so I had to write it!Mark really did have fun and he caught his limit every day! He enjoyed having a guide to show him exactly where to through his line. He also thought it was pretty sweet to not have to fix his own snags.... the guide would just hand him a new pole! You can only keep the fish that have notches in the fins, the native fish have to be released. (the notched fins = hatchery fish). I can't see the notch in the pictures, so I will have to ask Mark to point that out to me.
