Re: [Philmont]: Fishing on #12

If you want to tie flies and practice your casting, Fish Camp is great.
  If you want to catch some trout, take a packable fly rod and fish the
streams and beaver ponds. Fish Camp is a beautiful place but it
receives so much fishing pressure that the fish are very wary. I last
fished there in 1972 and none of us caught fish, and there are probably
5 times as many people fishing there today. On the other hand, every
time I have cast to trout in the streams along the trail, I have caught
fish. It can be difficult to find time to work in a little fishing
while hiking, but every beaver pond you pass holds hungry fish that
have rarely seen an artificial fly. Just stop for lunch next to a
stream, eat quickly and fish while the others are resting. You can
always rest when you get to camp. The thrill of catching wild trout
rising to a dry fly in spectacular surroundings will never be
forgotten.

Dan Preston
Philmont '70, '72, '02
On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Bill Summers wrote:

> I just noticed that trek #12 includes a visit to Fish Camp on day 4
> and the program description reads “Fly Tying, Lodge Tour @ Fish
> Camp”.  All the other treks that visit Fish Camp have a program
> description that reads “Fly Tying, Fishing, Lodge Tour”.  Is there
> some reason that #12 doesn’t include fishing or was it just left off
> of the description?
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Bill Summers
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Received on Wed Mar 23 13:35:19 2005