I’m up in Glacier National Park this week on a family vacation. My folks live up near here and once a year we get the family together (two older sisters, one younger brother and their families) for a shin-dig in Glacier.
We decided to try our hand at fishing today. I used to fly fish quite a lot but it’s been a while. The wind was picking up and the water was too cold to wade out too far, so we took the rubber rafts across the lake to a calmer spot. My brother, relatively new to fly fishing but an amazing athlete in every sense, pulled in a little 10” Rainbow on his first cast—I’m not kidding. Not to be outdone, I spent the next 2 hours casting while the rest of the crew sat on the shore. Nothing. On the way back across the lake I tied on a spinner and trolled. I pulled in a little 12” Cutthroat! Ha! (No camera on the boat, dang it!) Since the mountains are still patched with snow, the water was too cold for swimming. Besides that, I’m on vacation!
Also a few GEC athletes did some fishing this weekend—fishing for podiums and PRs! Bec and Scott P. both qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships at Vineman—HUGE CONGRATS—and Brian and Caryn both PR’d (Brian by 36 minutes!!!) in Olympic Distance at the Camp Pendleton Int’l Triathlon. Congrats!
For me, it’s more fishing tomorrow and I’ll try to bring the camera!
Brian
We decided to try our hand at fishing today. I used to fly fish quite a lot but it’s been a while. The wind was picking up and the water was too cold to wade out too far, so we took the rubber rafts across the lake to a calmer spot. My brother, relatively new to fly fishing but an amazing athlete in every sense, pulled in a little 10” Rainbow on his first cast—I’m not kidding. Not to be outdone, I spent the next 2 hours casting while the rest of the crew sat on the shore. Nothing. On the way back across the lake I tied on a spinner and trolled. I pulled in a little 12” Cutthroat! Ha! (No camera on the boat, dang it!) Since the mountains are still patched with snow, the water was too cold for swimming. Besides that, I’m on vacation!
Also a few GEC athletes did some fishing this weekend—fishing for podiums and PRs! Bec and Scott P. both qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships at Vineman—HUGE CONGRATS—and Brian and Caryn both PR’d (Brian by 36 minutes!!!) in Olympic Distance at the Camp Pendleton Int’l Triathlon. Congrats!
For me, it’s more fishing tomorrow and I’ll try to bring the camera!
Brian
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