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For the last four years, my family and I have been spending a week every summer in a cabin in the Trinity Alps in northern California. We just got back from another great week. The highlight for me is fly fishing. Last year I got a tenkara rod and started doing some of that too. I wish I lived somewhere I could fly fish for trout more often. For me it doesn't get much better than watching a perfectly placed dry fly floating down a beautiful mountain stream and getting gobbled up by a trout early in the morning.
The main fishing hole by the cabin changed quite a bit this year. A lot of rocks got moved and filled in over the winter. It turned out to still have quite a few fish in it and there were some new holes that opened up.
I caught some of the native trout too. They are much smaller but very pretty.
I threw everything but one rainbow back. This one I kept. I caught him on my tenkara rod which was a lot of fun. The production kephart cleaned it up no problem. It is so nice being able to get these bad boys wet and not have to worry about it. The handle and grip on the production kephart is really nice too. I have used it quite a bit and I really like it.
I wrapped it up in wild grape and a few maple leaves and cooked it on the coals during our end of the week campfire. It turned out great. Everyone got in on it including my 6 year old son eating the eye for a five dollar dare. I wish I would have taken a picture when it was on the coals but we were playing guitar and telling stories.
The little axe I made last year is still hanging in there, splitting wood for our campfires.
I used my handyman to carve a feather stick that I lit with a fire steel to start the fire.
We did a few hikes to some of the beautiful alpine lakes.
I got to try out my new warbonnet blackbird xl hammock. It was hard to get out of once in, only because it was so comfy.
There were some serious bmx tricks going on all week with the kids.
While fishing the river one evening my flip flop blew out. I had hiked quite bit in and it would have been interesting hiking out without it in the dark. Luckily I had some paracord on me. I knew I would have a survival situation someday where the paracord would come in handy! It actually lasted the rest of the week.
There are some great swimming holes.
The kephart getting a little kitchen time in the morning.
There was some cabinetry construction going on and we found some wood scraps in the camp fire the carpenter had thrown in. Along with some nails dug out of the campfire, I helped the kids make a little dragster that they got a good hour of play out of.
I played around one afternoon making a little try stick with the wsk I made out of a condor hudson bay. For a redone $40 knife, it actually works pretty dang good.
When it came to the hole through the stick, the wsk was not up to the task and I had to call in the kephart.
On Saturday, the day before we left, this bad boy showed up. I thought shipping was on Tuesday but it is now on Wednesday, so it barely made it to me before we left (not to mention it was $2.58 short on shipping and so the mail carrier almost didn't leave it
. Alas, I received it and it was a good way to end the week. Thanks for looking!
The main fishing hole by the cabin changed quite a bit this year. A lot of rocks got moved and filled in over the winter. It turned out to still have quite a few fish in it and there were some new holes that opened up.
I caught some of the native trout too. They are much smaller but very pretty.
I threw everything but one rainbow back. This one I kept. I caught him on my tenkara rod which was a lot of fun. The production kephart cleaned it up no problem. It is so nice being able to get these bad boys wet and not have to worry about it. The handle and grip on the production kephart is really nice too. I have used it quite a bit and I really like it.
I wrapped it up in wild grape and a few maple leaves and cooked it on the coals during our end of the week campfire. It turned out great. Everyone got in on it including my 6 year old son eating the eye for a five dollar dare. I wish I would have taken a picture when it was on the coals but we were playing guitar and telling stories.
The little axe I made last year is still hanging in there, splitting wood for our campfires.
I used my handyman to carve a feather stick that I lit with a fire steel to start the fire.
We did a few hikes to some of the beautiful alpine lakes.
I got to try out my new warbonnet blackbird xl hammock. It was hard to get out of once in, only because it was so comfy.
There were some serious bmx tricks going on all week with the kids.
While fishing the river one evening my flip flop blew out. I had hiked quite bit in and it would have been interesting hiking out without it in the dark. Luckily I had some paracord on me. I knew I would have a survival situation someday where the paracord would come in handy! It actually lasted the rest of the week.
There are some great swimming holes.
The kephart getting a little kitchen time in the morning.
There was some cabinetry construction going on and we found some wood scraps in the camp fire the carpenter had thrown in. Along with some nails dug out of the campfire, I helped the kids make a little dragster that they got a good hour of play out of.
I played around one afternoon making a little try stick with the wsk I made out of a condor hudson bay. For a redone $40 knife, it actually works pretty dang good.
When it came to the hole through the stick, the wsk was not up to the task and I had to call in the kephart.
On Saturday, the day before we left, this bad boy showed up. I thought shipping was on Tuesday but it is now on Wednesday, so it barely made it to me before we left (not to mention it was $2.58 short on shipping and so the mail carrier almost didn't leave it
. Alas, I received it and it was a good way to end the week. Thanks for looking!
