Last two are BC beauties my buddy got.

more pix from BC-today

Awesome stretch there that first one looks gorged.. crayfish or shad ?

Thanks for the pic's.. we may have more in common then you realize ...lol

I will get those Vegas ones up tomorrow..

I will try not to bore you too much and only give some highlights.. Sometimes you see one rock , you seen them all..

so here is the only place we ate on strip.. decent food for reasonable price, unless you buy drinks..


Sitting in hard rock this place was right across the street.. Just the looks alone I had to go in..Low and behold the home of 120 oz beers..


Now I guess this is why people love Vegas..


so enough of that crap.. Here is where I felt good..
Red Rocks Canyon, great place $7.00 carload.. Spent all day in 105 deg temps. hiking around. Trails galore and free roam..





We wanted to hike up to the base but in the heat only made it a little past the pines..


Would have loved to hike up into the pass but only made it to the base... Still AWESOME but 105 is just too darn hot..


Now on to the Grand Canyon, not many pics here .. The helicopter could only best be described as YOU HAD TO BE THERE..


standing on the canyon floor was awe inspiring to say the least..


Jumped on a boat and headed up the muddy river, every bit as good as the chopper ride..


finally to the "other" tour.. Lame as lame could be.. if I had one thing to suggest.. Go to the South or North Rim.. I have been there 4 other times.. WAY better for FAR LESS money.. $25.00 got the carload into the National Park for 7days..
Here at the West rim (skywalk)it is privately owned and the cheapest entry was $45.00pp which gave a lame 2 stop bus tour not including skywalk (extra) .. They keep you pretty corralled so you don’t wander..
Still the Grand Canyon is a must see for anyone.. I'd just suggest the South or North, much cheaper and nicer with free roam..

They call this Eagle Point.. can you see why ??


And the other stop.. Guano Cave Point..



Now obvously I have hundreds of Grand Canyon photos, past & present.. Jut a few recent ones here..

Really folks I have found Arizona to be one of the Most Free states.. My Daughter lived there for 4 years and I made many visits spending a lot of time there. I was totally amazed at the amount of land there is to explore for free be it , atv,foot,4wd vehicle,dune buggy,horse or camper.. Tons of National Park that you just GO.. People squat in motor homes all winter there.. And like I said the entrance to the Nation Park pat of the Canyon is DIRT cheap.. You can stay there per CARLOAD for 7 days on only $25.00.. p.s. heard they raised it to $30.00 per carload..

only got stuck on reservation property at the West Rim where , yes it was not cheap there..

Thanks for the pics HT. The view from the bottom. And the ones from the Grand Canyon are good , too.  Have you ever been through or to, Prescott, AZ? It's a great town, with alot going for it.
 
Charlie
 
 

fichy:

Dime, T already gave me the exact step for step, the pics are for reference points. I've fished  many new waters and new fisheries with success. This time I'm going in with a ton of info to work off of. I'll probably get skunked. But that's not the fault of anyone except the fish and me.  I'll send you some contact info before I split. I hope I run into you. I can fish OK and am  pretty quick on picking up new techniques, but watching Tuna or yourself would shorten the learning curve to about dead straight.  
 
Charlie

Drove from Phoenix to the Canyon one nice day in February a number of years ago. Everything from cactus desert to great rock formations to Pine forest to the Canyon itself. Saw Pigs, Mulies, Elk and  Pronghorn. -an not just one of each either.
 Snowed like hades most all the way back- those folks must not be used to snow cause the accidents and rollovers were commonplace.

2011

this was a cold early december day back in 97... hooked steelhead all day long in the joss hole, this hen was so fat from head to tail...

this is th UFZ as most would recognize; although this shot was back in ''01... notice how much more the water was spread out then; a lot has changed since then... i think this area is at least half of the width from bank to bank in these days and the north bank has a high bed of rocks now...

heres october of 1990; this was the first year i went to the river... my actual first trip was in early september.... second trip was in october; needless to say ive been hooked ever since...

Just read what it says on that guys red shirt-KNEW there was a retirement job for me someplace. 

WB, I think I have alot of itis and osis and a few other latin ailment things. Maybe some torn alphabet soup on top.  I'm just too stupid to quit.  Carp ain't steel or shark, but they are pretty fun when the others aren't to be had. Have to talk someday about them. 
 
Charlie