Dover Delights

Went fishing today with Mike Dover.  He has every other Friday off.  Lucky me--I was here on the off Friday.  We went to a couple of his favorite spots, the Provo River below Jordanelle and Diamond Fork.  We each caught a fish but the angler to fish caught ratio was about 43:1 so we headed out for roomier climes.

Diamond Fork wasn't as active as when Heather and I went, but it was still producing.  We fished several different stretches so saw some new territory.  In one of them we caught the beast pictured below.  Notice how thick he is in the photo from the top.  Mike was ready to net him but then the fish took another run downstream and with 6x tippet, you go where the fish wants to go, so Mike dropped the net and down we went.

I had a delightful time with Mike, hence the title on the post today.  Done fishing in Utah for the season since we head for home tomorrow morning with Brian and Tory from EFY @ BYU.  It has been a fun week and it's been great to stay with the Dovers, see and have dinner with Bill & Kristy Winskowski see Heather and Simon, fish with Heather and Simon, fish with Mike.