Nate O Taylor

Food, Fishing, and Outdoor Adventures

Mayflies and Cervical Disarticulation

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Some big mayflies running amok on the Colorado these past few weeks, large in size and plentiful in numbers.

Large Mayflies

 

Streamers

Mayflies

More Streamer

Even had someone try out the bait-caster off the raft for fun. Much to my surprise it was incredibly effective when it wasn’t free spooling line into the bottom of the boat.

Plastic Baits & Such

More Plastic

Aside from the fish we found this putrid animal sample in the river. Based upon forensic data we determined it fell victim to the railroad sometime around November of 2016.

Cervical Disarticulation

Fishing has been good, best hatches I’ve seen in years for April. Get some while you can.

Food, Fish, & Why Eggs Benedict is Awesome

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So we have this discussion about egg patterns and some different ways people rig the things. Somehow this conversation quickly moved into a doctoral dissertation on why eggs benedict is the best breakfast “ever created”.

Hollandaise sauce is amazing. I mean, I might as well be injecting peanut butter straight into my jugular but you know, it’s just so good.
-Michael Gracie

So I’m thinking at this point that we are going to have a nice little eggs benedict camp breakfast the next morning. I play dumb, not wanting to clue him in that I figured out his little contribution to the weekend. He keeps strict watch over the cooler throughout the day, further heightening my suspicions. We continue on through the day, fishing some great streams and lakes.

We sit down for dinner and enjoy an above average dish of chili cheese dogs. They were good, but left me feeling unfulfilled, the anticipation of eggs benedict the next day consumed my thoughts. To make matters worse we’re sharing what is essentially a one person tent which causes the humidity to approach 117% and turn our shelter into a sweaty torture chamber.

I awake to a beautiful morning, the neck is a little stiff, and my skin is stuck to the sleeping bag but nothing some eggs benedict can’t help. I go outside, brush my teeth, and turn to ask what was for breakfast…

We had fucking hot pockets.

Turn Back the Clock

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There was a time when things were perhaps more simple. When a rod was purchased for its quality and beauty, not how lenient the lifetime waranty was. Many can argue about the beauty of modern rods, but nothing compares to hand made bamboo.

Off to give the Soeffker a workout.