Last Thursday, May 17, I had the opportunity to go fishing with my brother Paul Gunn and his friend John English. I suggested we go to Bear Canyon Lake, since I had heard of a guy catching a lot of fish there only two weeks before on a weighted White Crystal Bugger. Paul and John are not experienced fly fishers, but they readily agreed to the plan. We met the night before in a nearby campground and got up the next morning for about a 10:00am start on the lake.

I had brought enough float tubes, fins, and waders for us all. I even tied up a bunch of flies for them, including the supposedly secret weapon. They caught nothing, but got bumped a few times - each of them hooked one but did not land it. I caught only two fish the whole day, one on the Crystal Bugger and the other on a Beadhead Black Woolly Bugger.

That wasn't the highlight of the day, however. As we entered the lake, we noticed a group of folks airing up these huge floating platforms that people can sit on, lay on, etc... Another couple of guys were setting up cameras and lights. My first thought was that they were shooting a pornographic film, but as I kicked over for a closer inspection, it looked like a fashion shoot for swimwear or maybe a commercial shoot. Either way, it was kind of entertaining to watch and listen to the director telling the "actors" what to do.

You never know what you'll run into out there. It's always interesting though. Need a rod? Give me a call. I'd love to discuss what constitutes your dream rod. By the way, I delivered a rod to a guy (Bill Bendt) in Tucson (my wife and I were headed there Friday night anyway). It was an odd request, and I hope the rod does what he wants it to do. It was a 10' 3wt. very soft rod for dynamic nymphing. He says he'll let me know how it goes. This is the kind of request I get all the time - something unusual.