Ham's Fork - Sportsmen’s Access Points

Along the Ham’s Fork River are several Sportsmen’s Access points.  The first evening we went to the one closest to town. 

We ended up catching a grand slam - Cutthroat, Rainbow, Brown trout and White Fish.  These fish weren’t very big but they sure were fun to catch. 

We caught these on either dry flies like the Adams or on small nymphs like Pheasant Tails.  There were Yellow Sally Stoneflies in the air but I had left my stonefly fly-box at home. 

I also found a few leopard frogs.  I haven’t seen these since I used to catch them as a kid.  The mosquito’s, however, were quite annoying.

Looking out over the valley in which the river flowed, we saw a few more moose. 

In fact, on this trip we saw over a dozen moose, several with babies. 

We also saw elk on the mountainside across the river from our camp and antelope along the roadside.  There were cattle along the roadside. 

One particular calf bull wouldn’t move out of the way even when I drove right up to it.  Not until we started to get out of the car did it move. Then when it did it changed directions, ran back right in front of us and ran off the opposite side of the road.

For dinner we had Breakfast Burritos.  Jennifer had cooked these up a few days before and we froze a couple in foil for the trip.  They warmed up easily on the grill and sure were good.  Even though this trip was in mid-June, it got below freezing the first couple of nights.

Something I brought on this trip was a marine battery and power inverter to charge our phones at night.  This worked out great.  The only problem was we could only get reception at the lower stretches of the river.  Our cell phones were charged for when we were able to use them.