George Abernathy Last year was very rewarding for those club members that participated in the 20 plus one day and overnight fly fishing trips we went on. Members landed everything from tilapia, bass, sun fish, carp, crappie and trout, including a five lb. rainbow that was landed at the San Juan River on a size…
George Abernathy Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club’s members went on several trips in the past two months with great success. Fishing is always the objective and catching is the primary goal. Most of us exceeded our goals. In October seven members spent two days floating the Colorado River at Lee’s Ferry and everyone caught numerous…
George Abernathy With summer in full swing and 50 to 60 percent of the club members gone for the summer, fly fishing trips are still going strong as ever. In the past few weeks several of us have ventured to fisheries on the Rim and to different lakes in the White Mountains. Whether or not…
George Abernathy Fly-fishing trips started gathering momentum at the end of March and will continue all the way through November-December this year. By the time this article is read, club members will have gone on multiple trips to the Mongolian Rim, White Mountains and local waters. In addition to befriending fellow residents while fly-fishing, our…
George Abernathy On February 5 seven members and I drove two hours up to Cottonwood and fished Dead Horse Lake. While I was fishing a cove where the stream inlet is located, someone asked me what I was using to catch trout. At that moment, I had switched rods and was using an unsuccessful dry…
My quest last year to start up the Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club (previously known as the IronOaks Fly Fishing Club) was jump started by bringing in a professional fly fishing instructor, Jack Houck, from the Scottsdale’s Orvis Fly Fishing Store to teach Orvis’s 101 and 201 fly fishing classes. After learning the basics of…
Do you remember when your son hit his first home run or when he opened a Christmas gift that got him so excited he couldn’t stand still? Do you remember the smile he had on his face that kept radiating forever? Well, that’s the kind of smile the four of us big boys over 60…