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Robin Matthew blew our personal Golden contest wide open when he returned from O'Dell lake at 9:00PM all bloody and scratched up. His Golden made the Reno Evening Gazette as the largest unverified weight pure golden (not Goldbow) ever caught in California. 22-1/2" length. He caught it with a # 18 Mary Lake dry fly on a number SEVEN tippet.
My personal biggest was a 14" two pounder taken at Goethe Lake at 12,700 ft elevation in 1983. But I did limit out at Gibbs Lake on OPENING DAY with 10 fish. Small eight inchers.
I don't think the largest Sikorsky can fly that high. My last trip was a TEN MULE extravaganza each animal hauling 150 lbs. Dunnage trip. Two packers. The camp stayed set up for three months. I back packed forty pound loads in, for weekends. Five miles, gaining 1,500 ft to East Lake.
There is presently an RV park on the old Armitage Ranch property and a few dozen Californian houses. Madison River MT. All catch and release now. Can't Go Home Again dept.
Wouldn't it be NICE to have heat for those now ten times more often visits to the bathroom between dusk and dawn? Toward my 40th birthday I made a shower at East Lake. Tarps to cut the afternoon wind. Solar shower five gallon bag filled with campfire hot water. Floor was a dozen burlap sacks. I fit a full on inflatable mattress inside the tent. Screened 12x12 enclosures for galley and dining. One night it was me solo vs a huge black bear with a white patch on her chest.
Down here, it's bring it or do without. Camping on a Baja beach the wind roared at 50 mph. I parked a trailer endwise to the wind nose into the wind and bedroom on the far end.
Organized Camping Ain't Me....
My personal biggest was a 14" two pounder taken at Goethe Lake at 12,700 ft elevation in 1983. But I did limit out at Gibbs Lake on OPENING DAY with 10 fish. Small eight inchers.
I don't think the largest Sikorsky can fly that high. My last trip was a TEN MULE extravaganza each animal hauling 150 lbs. Dunnage trip. Two packers. The camp stayed set up for three months. I back packed forty pound loads in, for weekends. Five miles, gaining 1,500 ft to East Lake.
There is presently an RV park on the old Armitage Ranch property and a few dozen Californian houses. Madison River MT. All catch and release now. Can't Go Home Again dept.
Wouldn't it be NICE to have heat for those now ten times more often visits to the bathroom between dusk and dawn? Toward my 40th birthday I made a shower at East Lake. Tarps to cut the afternoon wind. Solar shower five gallon bag filled with campfire hot water. Floor was a dozen burlap sacks. I fit a full on inflatable mattress inside the tent. Screened 12x12 enclosures for galley and dining. One night it was me solo vs a huge black bear with a white patch on her chest.
Down here, it's bring it or do without. Camping on a Baja beach the wind roared at 50 mph. I parked a trailer endwise to the wind nose into the wind and bedroom on the far end.
Organized Camping Ain't Me....
