It’s no secret that I enjoy fishing.  Absolutely love it!

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There truly is no better way to totally decompress from the stress of work and life than heading for the nearby mountains and spending the time with friends (or without) and casting a hook into one of the many high altitude lakes here in Utah–specifically the Uintah Mountain Range. 

I spent a lot of time here as a kid, having grown up quite literally in the Uintah foothills in a small town called Kamas.  I was raised with three other brothers (I am the oldest) and one sister who quite frankly was just as good as being a “boy” as the rest of us were…

So getting out during the summer and fall months is pretty natural to me.  Here are a few photos of one of my last fishing trips of the season.

I went with a bunch of friends I work with and one day we played “hookey” and loaded up the ATVs and headed off to one of my secret fishing holes–a very cool lake located in such a place that you can only access it with ATVs and a horse.

It’s pretty safe to say that most of the time I have it all to myself up here, and the lake produces some great trout as well.

Now that winter is approaching, I will have to pack up my rods and reels since I don’t do a whole lot of ice fishing–too cold and there are way too many other fun activities to do like snowmobiling and stuff.  (And I play volleyball three nights a week on city rec leagues, so that takes some time out of my schedule too)  So as winter approaches, I will sadly store my fishing gear and look forward to the day next spring that I can unpack it and take my son and kids up to the lakes to wet a hook from time to time…