Uncle Bingo Herds Whitefish
Last Monday Uncle Bingo and I decide to fly fish for whitefish on the Weber River. We arrived at our first hole at around 11:00. The hole was in the shade. We managed to catch a few whitefish even though we had to clear the ice out of our guides and off of our lines about every forth cast.
We also managed not to have to touch any of the whitefish. This is a good thing because whitefish are quite stinky. If you find yourself using your net to land a whitefish you will find yourself washing your net in dish soap when you get home. Otherwise it will smell like you have an open can of sardines wherever your net happens to reside.
After our first hole we proceeded to Bomber Hole. This hole is on private property that Uncle Bingo has permission to fish. It is named Bomber Hole because of the many 5 pound browns that Uncle Bingo has pulled out of it. Uncle Bingo fished this hole with limited success. Upon leaving Uncle Bingo decided to cross the river to a vantage point where he could look down on the river to see if there were any fish in the hole. Low and behold there were no fish in the hole. The fish were all in the shallows before the hole. Bingo decided to get into the water and to herd the fish into the hole where they belonged. He then cast to them. He managed to catch 12 whitefish and 4 browns in as many casts before we left.
