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Black River
Photos Courtesy Of Dan Pennell
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A friend of our in Surprise wanted to know how our yearly Black River trip went last week.

All Went Well Except The Fishing

images/SmokeyMountains2_016.JPG 'Smokey Mountains of Arizona'

Rained hard Thurs, as forecasted & a little each day. Beautiful.

Lots and lots and lots of deer. Bear droppings, tracks everywhere.

But the river----from a ft to 2 ft higher that we've ever seen it before. And roaring along. I tried at 3 different areas to cross it & couldn't. Too high, too strong, totally filled with dirt, all chocolate brown color, my pants were immediately filled w/dirt as soon as getting in the water. Firewood & even some big trunks were floating down river, & fast. If I had tried to go all the way across I probably would have been knocked down, even though I take long broom handles just for that, & then floundered around getting back to shore---probably would have lost the fishing pole & got the pistol, camera & everything else soaked. And if I had made it across, then I probably would have been knocked down coming back.

Last trip (2 yrs ago--we couldn't get in last yr because of the fire) I crossed the river going up river 18 times & then 18 times coming back out (Bill stayed back by the bridge---he's getting too old to do much river crossing now) & no problem. But instead of being just below the knees or at middle of the thigh, the river was over my waist & just too strong. Lot of water.

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I suppose the fish were there, but I wonder how they do with that kind of crappy water going thru their gills. You couldn't see & I imagine the fish couldn't see anything you threw in. At the one big hole I could get to, the water was up so high, it was all the way back to the bushes, so I had to stand in bushes taller than I was to cast----just wasn't working.

We got back home late Fri. If we could have fished I would have gone down to the canyon one more time Sat morning, but after 3 days of sitting or walking around camp, ehh...it was time to come home.








It's A Tough Life
Photos Courtesy Of Dan Pennell
Toro Construction
602/789-6929

Mt_Graham_Sept_2011(10).JPGOne of my brothers & I went fishing 4 days. Beautiful--couple of good rain/hail storms. It's a different world up there.





Mt_Graham_Sept_2011_(4).JPGWe camped about 20' from a stream, & there was this big rock, out in the middle of nowhere, that looked like a big recliner.





Mt_Graham_Sept_2011(8).JPGWe followed the stream down the mountain--beautiful, remote, jungle forest type scenery. & as it dropped down the mountain there were pools w/trout in them. Hard to get to--but that always has the benefit of no one else being there. (except the bears--one black bear cub came out of the stream & ran up the mountain--pulled the pistol, thinking Mama Bear would come charging along, but she never showed up).

Nice to spend some time in a wild place, but now it's time to go back to work.

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A Wonderful Experience by Andrew - 04/16/2009

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