Got back from my trip and went to see one of my fishing friends. He had pictures of two 23" browns a 20" brown and an 18" brown he took that evening spin casting on a certain section of river near by... We went back in the morning and i landed a few fish on the fly but nothing that big. Landed a real nice Rainbow and some browns...

Enjoy!

October Fishing Trip

So i got back yesterday from my Fall Fishing trip. Ill explain it fast and simple and let the pictures talk...

The fishing was slow.
The people were Generous, kind, and knowledgeable.
The Landscapes were breathtaking.

I Started my trip with a great guy named Kent, a Brand new pair of waders (Thanks to Kent), fishing some new water, and catching my first fish out of a float tube. Photos Below.





Next Day i headed up to the middle of nowhere to meet up with BlackGhost and Bushbuck... We explored some of the nicest looking water ive ever seen. Enjoyed my time with them, and will look back on it with great appreciation.
Yes thats snow...












The following evening i slept at Pontook Dam and froze my butt off in the 20 degree temps that evening. Woke up. Fished ALOT of water. Saw no fish... That aternoon i headed to the Pinkham notch AMC center to spend a day with a few friends who work there. We hiked to Glen Boulder that afternoon and went bouldering in the snow. The next day i took him out on one of my favorie brook trout streams in all of NH.... Didnt see a fish all day. But it was beautiful.









That evening i met up with Zak on the Connecticut river. Had a great time fishing and getting to know zak. We had a blast exploring beautiful water for wild fish. He will be posting a full length post about that






Headed off to Burlington that evening to spend some time with my lady. Had a great time and now im back in VT catching fish at 6:00 AM the next morning...

15 Degrees of love

Noverber 9th-10th

Northern Presidential Range

Crag Camp, Mt. Adams, Mt. Madison

For the past three weeks i have been planning my first winter overnight of the season. I wanted snow, ice, wind, and all of the fun stuff you get with winter hiking. After a very dry November for Northern New Hampshire we finally got a dumping of 3-6" locally and upward amounts of 8-12" in higher elevations. I was lucky to have planned this trip for the day after this big Nor'easter spun over the north east. For an added bonus we also had another 1-3 forecasted for the 9th-10th. I'm not sure if the timing of this trip could have been any better.
I planned this trip for the Outing Club here at Lyndon State college were i am studying Mountain Recreation Adventure Leadership. We had seven spots open and after figuring out gear, cost and all that jazz we had five people ready to send it. Our Plan was to hike from Appalachia to r.m.c's Crag Camp. We were then going to spend the night there, and peak Adams and Madison in the morning. This plan was subject to change do to weather conditions, or unpreparedness, but we knew we would at least spend the night at Crag.
12:30 PM We left Lyndon State College and headed out to the Appalachia trail head in Randolph, NH. We arrived in Randolph about an hour earlier and we started hiking by 2:10 PM. When we started hiking we were planning to allow about three and a half hours to hike.

Conditions at the base included 3 inches of snow, 30 degrees, partly cloudy, and almost no wind. As we were leaving we made sure to double check everything and send it up the mountain. We knew we only had two more hours of sun light, and that we would be hiking in the dark shortly.

Soon into the trip we had the map out checking to make sure we were headed for Crag Camp and not for the center of kings ravine! (Note to self: Get some Gaiters)

We Were also the first people to have hiked this trail since the storm, so we were breaking trail on this beautiful fresh snowfall.

Our Tour plan for the beginning was to take Air line trail, to Short line trail, to Randolph path, to Spur trail. On our first major stream crossing we came upon this pristine snow covered bridge.

 The view upwards over the river was beautiful also. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful creation to explore, and enjoy.

 Before we knew it, it was getting dark and very steep. The hiking was a little tough if you didn't have any sort of traction device, but although it was steep, dark, and ice covered; these variables are what made the hike in so enjoyable. Around this time we also came to realize that all of our cheese was forgotten in the car!

After three hours and twenty five minutes, and three and half miles of hiking we arrived at Crag Camp. Crag camp is a owned and operated by the Randolph Mountain Club. It sleeps twenty and is open all year to hikers. Its best attribute is that it sits on the edge of Kings Ravine, and has a spectacular view.It was not heated but it was a great place to spend the night. The full moon that night was a nice treat that lit up the entire ravine, and made for an amazing night time view.

That next morning we took our time getting ready and making breakfast. We woke up to 4 inches of fresh snow, with more to come. We decided to change our plan and head over to another r.m.c cabin located a half mile to the west. When we arrived at Grey Knob Cabin, we paid the care taker and then headed out to peak Adams.

On or way up Adams a few members of our crew were having issues with there feet getting cold, so we cut the trip short and we decided to stop around 5300' and take in the views that we had. Up above tree line there seemed to be about 8-12" of snowfall with drifts as deep at three feet. The winds were light, and temps were around ten degrees.

Once we decided that this was the highest we were going to go, Brady whipped out a bag of Snickers to celebrate the success. Although they were rock hard they were enjoyable!

Brady and I ran up on top of the highest rock we could find for a final photo before we headed down the trail.

The way down was beautiful and snow covered but we passed a nerve racking scene of  6 people wearing jeans and summer hiking boots... and they were looking like they were going to be spending the night up on the mountain. I'm not really sure what they were thinking, or if they ever checked the weather. That night was supposed to drop down into the negative digits, with high winds and snow showers.

 Finally at 3:40 PM we arrived back at the car with our taste buds ready to dig into the cheese we had forgot the day before. With 4 bars of cheese, peperoni, and left over tortillas we had a feast. Over all it was a great trip, and we all had a blast. It was the first winter camping experience for some, and the first time sleeping over 4000' feet for many of us.