Heritage Trout

[jburge]

Sure have missed you guys.

I've been off the grid for a while now. You know, life. Job changes, family members passing, new family members born, and a lot more have made for sporadic fishing at best over the last year. And that's OK. However, I get to now celebrate what was over a year in the making -- Heritage Trout Challenge.

I was able to pick up six gorgeous fish in a variety of trips that took me as far north as the California/Oregon border in July of 2010, as high as 10,000+ feet, and as far south as the Golden Trout Wilderness in Sequoia and Inyo National Forests. In the order they were caught (and released), they are:

Goose Lake Redband
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/gooselake.jpg

Warner Lakes Redband
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/warnerlakes.jpg

Lahontan Cutthroat
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/lahontan.jpg

Little Kern Golden
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/littlekern.jpg

California Golden
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/cagolden.jpg

Kern River Rainbow
http://bdigitaldesign.com/htc2/kernriver.jpg

Hopefully, I'll be spending some more time fishing and more time contributing to the forum again.

It's good to be back.

John

[Fly Guy Dave]

Congratulations! Those are some nice looking specimens of the CH trout. Nice job!

--F.G. Dave

[Darian]

Those beautiful photo's only show part of the story. The travels, cost and effort expended to accomplish catching those fish are the real story.... :) Congrats!!! You get an attaboy!!!! =D>

[gene goss]

Congrats.....sure do like the colors of that California golden.

[jburge]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate. It's hard to put into words the details of all the trips, experiences, good times, and bad. Darian, you're right about the travel. I hesitate to add up the miles (in the car and on foot), but they're all part of the adventure, right? Ha!

John