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benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

paraAdams wrote: benlittle wrote: Sombeech wrote: Looks very cool. How was the fishing?

It was awesome. A little slow at first but then the clouds set in and all was well :mrgreen:

I was using a black and red spinner. My brother was catching them on black beatle flies.

Were you near Lake Blanchard? Cliff Lake?

Also, what's with the Gators? Do they help with mud, rattlers or something else? I only wear gators in the snow. Just wondering...

Your pictures were awesome! :2thumbs: We're heading up that way late next week.

No.

They are low gators. If you don't know... I can't tell you :ne_nau:

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4202 Location: somewhere

paraAdams wrote:
Also, what's with the Gators? Do they help with mud, rattlers or something else? I only wear gators in the snow. Just wondering...

i find that gators, or more correctly, gaiters have a lot of uses in the outdoors. certainly they are helpful in the snow, especially when post-holing without snowshoes, or walking/ski touring in powder snow. but they are also quite useful hiking and backpacking. they block small rocks from getting into boots, if a problem. they protect your skin/snagging clothing/shoelaces when walking in thick brush. they can block sand, dirt, and mud ...

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

stefan wrote: paraAdams wrote:
Also, what's with the Gators? Do they help with mud, rattlers or something else? I only wear gators in the snow. Just wondering...

i find that gators, or more correctly, gaiters have a lot of uses in the outdoors. certainly they are helpful in the snow, especially when post-holing without snowshoes, or walking/ski touring in powder snow. but they are also quite useful hiking and backpacking. they block small rocks from getting into boots, if a problem. they protect your skin/snagging clothing/shoelaces when walking in thick brush. they can block sand, dirt, and mud ...

:2thumbs:

Thanks for the spelling correction too.

tapehoser · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 76 Location: Salt Lake Valley

Fires are OK as long as you are east of the Highline Trail (or Mirror Lake). I found out when I called the Kamas Ranger's office yesterday.

So, was that 13 miles IN and 13 miles OUT?

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

tapehoser wrote: Fires are OK as long as you are east of the Highline Trail (or Mirror Lake). I found out when I called the Kamas Ranger's office yesterday.

So, was that 13 miles IN and 13 miles OUT?

Yea, 13 in and 13 out + probably 10 or so average during the trip.

rooster32 · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 100 Location: Sandy, UT

Very cool...

We are heading up there Thursday and coming back Monday. How cool did it get at night?

Thanks!

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

rooster32 wrote: Very cool...

We are heading up there Thursday and coming back Monday. How cool did it get at night?

Thanks!

I think it got into the 50's. I had my 32 degree bag and I had it unzipped fully every night.

brookiekiller · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 83 Location: Woods Cross

I havn't heard of too many great fishing trips up Red Castle, so you must know where and how to fish it.

Did you ever fish the Smith's Fork Lake or East Red Castle Lake? I will be coming from the Garfield Drainage over Smiths Fork Pass and was wondering how the fishing is as I know it is slow at Lower Red Castle.

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

Well I am an expert fisherman :roflol:

This was my first trip to Red Castle. My brother who I'm in a lot of the pics with, has been there several times and always raves about the fishing. I don't believe he's ever fished lower and I think I recall him saying he got skunked at East.

Upper was really slow at first though. We caught on the most random spinners. I'll have to get the pics of the cutties my bro caught.