River Day 11/22/2010

We had some great weather for this late into November this week at the river: clear blue skies and the temp right around 70 degrees (early on, anyway). As the sun went down, it cooled off but was still pretty mild for this time of year. No one complained, though. You can still tell by the trees though that winter is definitely on its way.

This week Ted, Jay, Tim and I (Mark) were able to make it down. As usual, good company and good conversation. I tried to fish for a little while but only caught a hook full of weeds for every cast.

I brought the stuff to connect my XM radio to Ron's receiver; we haven't done that for a while. All of Ron's XM equipment was either lost or destroyed in the flood(s) from this spring. We all enjoy listening to the 40's channel (except for Pat) but XM has already changed the programming on that channel to traditional Christmas music until after Christmas. So, even though it's a little early, we listened to traditional Christmas music for most of the evening.

One good thing about it getting dark early this time of year, we all spend a little more time around this fire, and as usual, we definitely had the best fire on the river (maybe on any river!).

Monday Night November 8th 2010

So this afternoon Jay and I (Tim) were the only ones able to make it down to the river. It was a beautiful mid fall afternoon. Temperatures were very seasonal.... mid 50's. As you can see by the pictures (which aren't that great because they were taken from my cell phone) all the leaves are gone from the trees on the hillside across the river. You can also see that the sun was much lower on the hillside for the time of day I took the picture, due to daylight savings time change this past weekend. Jay and I both decided not to bring down any fishing gear this afternoon, although we did see quiet a few minnows in the pool of water that collects in front of the river. Didn't bother catching any of them though..... Dajuan was also in the area trying to compete with our fire, as you can see by the picture his was going pretty good but didn't last as long as ours. So needless to say, we DID have the best fire on the river... Again!! We also got some entertainment from watching Dave doing some cooking out on his grill... we still don't know exactly what he was making but he sure did seem to be enjoying it.... Oh well.... Until next Monday.....

River Day- October 11th

OK....I know, I know.... It's a late post, but... better late then never!
So this past Monday night the weather was perfect! The fall colors are really starting to peak across the river, as you can see from the pictures. Jay, Pat and I (Tim) were able to make it down this week. As far as the fishing....... well, let's put it this way..... it was a beautiful evening out on the river fishing, I guess there were some fish out there, somewhere!! Jay did manage to get one, Pat and I both came up empty! But it was fun, Just enjoyed being there. As usual, we had the best fire on the river ....Again.!
The pictures were taken from my blackberry, so the quality isn't that great.

River Day 10/04/2010

Jay and I were the only ones able to make it to the river this week, but we still had a nice evening.

We had a little rain this week, and the temperature was probably 20 degrees cooler than last week; fall is definitely here. I'm not sure if you can tell by the picture, but the leaves are showing a little more color. It looks like more leaves are going to go straight from green to brown though, because of the dry summer we had.

Neither of us tried any fishing this week; just not work the trouble because of the rain and water level.

There are three different thermometers at the camp where we usually have River Day. If you look at the pictures you can clearly see that the temp. on Monday was somewhere between 51 and 69 degrees. Just thought it was funny.

(For the record, the 1st one was the closest to the actual temperature)

River Day 09/27/2010

With a rainy Monday morning, and the threat of rain for the evening, no one went to the river except for me. I think maybe the other guys spent too much time in skirts over the weekend (lol). I decided to take advantage of the low river level and get in some end of the season fishing; rain over the next few days is bound to raise the water level. They're still biting some; I caught four for the evening.

While I was out fishing, I saw a buck swim across the river in the rapids below me. I took a picture, but the camera is just a point-and-shoot. You might be able to pick out the deer in the photo. Definitely something you don't see everyday.

Very quiet at the river. I built a small fire just to say I did. No dinner at the river tonight. I did take a few pictures while I was there. It's amazing how different everything looks and feels as the seasons change.

River Day 09/20/2010

Same crew again this week at the river (wow, two weeks in a row!); Jay, Tim, and I (Mark). We were back at our normal spot this week (picture shows the camp from the river). Once again we had great weather as we get closer to fall; clear skies, temperature around 80. The wind had come up a bit before I got there (late, again) and Tim said it looked like it was snowing leaves. Won't be long till they're all coming down.

For the first time this year, the water was so low that you could walk across the rocks out to the current without having to wade through any water, so we all hiked out and did a little fishing. Despite the locals saying that the fish aren't biting, I managed to catch a total of 18 for the evening; 11 of them before we had dinner. (The other two will have to confess to how many they caught.)

We had hot dogs on the grill this week (thanks Jay!); nice simple dinner. You know, I've come to realize that hot dogs taste better at the river than anywhere else.

Once again, a great evening with good company.

River Day 09/13/2010

Schedules and jobs are continuing to plague River Day attendance, but at least we didn't have to wait a full month this time between celebrations. This week Ted was working, so it was just Jay, Tim, and I (Mark) at the river. We were all a little later arriving than normal because of work, but we made it anyway. We didn't go to our usual spot on the river but instead went about a mile and a half up river.

The weather was really nice; clear with temps in the upper 70's. But as the evening came on, you could really feel fall in the air. A lot of the trees are just starting to show some color (other than green), and many are starting to drop leaves. Summer is definitely winding down.

All three of us fished the whole time we were there but no one had any luck (not counting Jay's "sucker").

All-in-all a great night, with good company, good conversation, and of course the river.