A good fishing trip doesn’t require much. A few fish, decent company and a couple beers is all it takes for me. This past weekend shop youngster Scotty B and myself set out to find those things. With the weather projected to be in the mid 50s in Salida it didn’t take much convincing on fishing the Ark for a few days. We decided on an early Sunday morning departure with the plan of hitting Rudy’s up for breakfast on the way down. Yes, the same Rudy’s Ivan and I stopped at last week. Rule 1… If Rudy’s breakfast tacos are even remotely on the way I suggest the stop every time.

Now, let’s get back to the action. As we crossed the Ark for the first time it was pretty clear the recent cold wasn’t gone yet. The flows were a bit slushy. After about an hour or so things began to clear up. From that point on everything else pretty much fell into place. Fish were caught, laughs were had and an evening spent between the Boathouse Cantina and Benson’s provided the beers. The following day can be summed up in just about the same way. Spending a few days bouncing around the Ark on warm spring days is pretty tough to beat.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…