Jealousy and Sibling Rivalry

Tony and Tom Redmon

This is a hole Tony and I fished in just a few days before...

There is only one thing that distracts me more at work than knowing my two little brothers and my dad are fishing. That is having them send text messages to me all day and knowing they are catching lots of big fish! Not to mention that they borrowed two of my rods and my fish finder...

The phrase "the early bird catches the worm" doesn't mean a thing to these three.

Tony Redmon

This bunch of fisherman is the kind to sleep in, take their time, and refuse to fish all day.  Usually I criticize that kind of behavior but now and again they prove all my theories dead wrong.  This morning, to their credit, they actually did get up somewhat early but they got caught in a white out blizzard. When they arrived at the lake they were unable to find the holes Tony and I fished in just two days before due to the poor visibility and not to mention we didn't mark the spot with a GPS.  After wondering around for quite sometime, the sun finally broke through long enough for them to find the holes.

As soon as they got their jigs to the bottom they started laying into the fish.  Within a short time they had a double hook up.  A short time after that, they hooked up another double!  My youngest brother, Taylor didn't even have much time to fish as he was running back and forth between Tony and Dad helping them land fish.  All in all they had a great day with catching around 10 fish. A few were over the 20 lb range and a couple dipped into the 30's. Man I wish I could have been there!   

Tom Redmon

 The following day I actually took the day off work and went with Dad back out to this same area.  To see what we caught that day click here... it was one of the best days of fishing at Flaming Gorge I have ever had... I would say that for all the jealousy I felt while they were fishing, that day made it all better.

Taylor Redmon

Spring Trip to Lake Alice, Wyoming

When you are fishing high country lakes and get into a competition to see who could find a hook that doesn't catch fish, you know you are on a trip to remember!  This was definitely one of those days.  This trip was with my brother in law, Cody Anderson, of Richmond, UT and his son, Thayne, in late May.  The weather in Logan, UT that day was quite warm and we left the valley prepared for colder weather but hoping for the best.  We got into the snow about the time we passed through Cokeville, Wyoming and it just kept coming down. By the time we reached the trail head we were into some deep, fresh snowfall.  Although it was late afternoon when we arrived we decided to take the short hike into Lake Alice.  We were glad we did! When we got to the lake we could see clusters of cutthroats balled up right on the shoreline and they were as aggressive as cutthroats ever get. A modest estimate of the number of fish we caught that afternoon was 60 fish.  None were of any significant size but we had a great time pulling in one after another.

That night, after hiking all day in the falling snow, we were unable to get any dry tinder for a campfire and ended up sleeping in our wet clothes.  To say it was a long night is an understatement!  The next morning, still chilled to the bone and soaking wet, we decided to go back for more. The lake was absolutely beautiful after the snowfall the night before. Once again, the fish were stacked up against the west side and very aggressive. We caught fish on everything we threw in the water! Jigs, spoons, spinners, nymphs, dry flies... it did not matter!  I had a great time with Cody and Thayne and hopefully we can line up another trip this spring.