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Post 06 Aug 2008, 03:43 • #1 
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I very briefly talked to Cameron this morning and he and Mountainshark are doing well. At least that's their story and they are sticking to it. The guys are going to be traveling around for awhile fishing a lot of different water. (Sounds like vacation to me.) Cam said the scenery is breathtaking and the water is excellent. They are going after some Bonneville Cutthroats today. Just a reminder if you haven't made a contribution, it's not to late and it's for a great cause.

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Post 07 Aug 2008, 01:24 • #2 
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OK ... OK ... here is a quick update ...

Mountainshark and I took off yesterday to a remote creek that holds Bonneville Cutthroats in it. We had a really neat day hiking this stream looking for them. We missed quite a few fish, touched a few small ones, and then I landed this one last evening on a size 14 yellow Royal Wulff ...

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... and the yellow Fenwick four weight with the clicker Edgar Sealey. I was amazed that the 6X tippet held!

We're heading back today to fish this creek up to the lake and we'll see what we find.

Howard is right ... if you haven't made a donation to the Cuttie-Thon and would like to ... please PM or email me. The event starts at 05:00 on Saturday morning. We're playing on other waters until then.



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Post 07 Aug 2008, 02:56 • #3 
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Good job Cam, that is one beautiful fish ... and on 6X. Wow!


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Post 08 Aug 2008, 12:17 • #4 
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I just received a message from Cameron and Mike's SPOT system. It indicates they are at the following location:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=42.6616,-110.6754&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

I'm sure everything is OK. I don't think it was a panic signal ...

Tom


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Post 08 Aug 2008, 17:25 • #5 
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Good Evening from the Mountainshark Lodge. We are about packed up and ready to go in the morning. We'll be leaving the house at 04:00 a.m. and should at the event start location on the Grey's River near 05:00 a.m.

We drove the event course today and fished a couple of places. What a beautiful river. 26 miles is certainly going to make for a LONG day and we're going to make every attempt to complete the entire course.

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Tom ... we'll be sending along location updates about once an hour and appreciate you updating the link as you have time during the day ... and into the night ... and maybe into the next day as well.

Expect many photos ... video ... stories ... and maybe even some audio once we get back ...


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Post 09 Aug 2008, 01:01 • #6 
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Good luck guys, and be careful.

J.


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Post 09 Aug 2008, 03:01 • #7 
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Great fish! So the guys are off and running this morning ...

Tom, looking forward to the location updates! Is there any way to receive the SPOT updates here or is that arrangement locked in at this point?


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Post 09 Aug 2008, 03:25 • #8 
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I'll be periodically updating this post with the location of the Cuttie-Thoners. The links are to Google Maps. If you haven't used this before, click the "Satellite" button in the upper right hand side of the window to see a photo of the terrain.

At 7:00 this morning, they were here: +42° 59' 36.96", -110° 47' 9.60" or 42.9936,-110.786

At 9:00 they had moved 0.9 miles and were here: +42° 59' 0.24", -110° 46' 32.88" or 42.9834,-110.7758 Quote; "wow this is a hike, but we're still alive!"

At 10:00, they had moved a total of 1.9 miles and were here: +42° 58' 17.04", -110° 46' 13.08" or 42.9714,-110.7703

At 11:00, they had moved a total of 2.4 miles and were here: +42° 57' 48.24", -110° 45' 52.56" or 42.9634,-110.7646

The 12:00 update has them a total of 2.8 miles up and they were here: +42° 57' 42.12", -110° 45' 36.00" or 42.9617,-110.76

The 1:00 update has them 3.3 miles upriver and located here: +42° 57' 42.48", -110° 44' 50.64" or 42.9618,-110.7474

At 2:00 they are slowing down (pimento cheese time?). They are 3.5 miles up the river and located here: +42° 57' 45.00", -110° 44' 43.80" or 42.9625,-110.7455

I have a few updates to catch up. I've received waypoints at 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, and 7:45.

The last location at 7:45 was +42° 53' 18.24", -110° 42' 28.44" or 42.8884,-110.7079. They have fished their way up 9.9 miles of river.

10:00, I haven't received any updates for a couple hours. I'm pretty sure Cameron and Mike were scheduled to attempt the entire 26.6 mile length of river. News when and if I get some ...

Tom

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Post 09 Aug 2008, 03:28 • #9 
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Those are very nice cutthroats and great photos. Have fun and be careful guys.


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Post 09 Aug 2008, 04:17 • #10 
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Great information and photo guys. We're with you all the way.


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Post 09 Aug 2008, 08:04 • #11 
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Tom, thanks so much.

I'll just check in on this thread every few hours, hope you'll update the progress photo on the thread now and then also so we can "one stop" here for info ... unless you need sleep later of course ...

GO TEAM!


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 02:15 • #12 
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Looking forward to the photos and accounts of the trip. I haven't gotten any SPOT updates in a bit, but it has been fun tracking them.

Morty, glad to see you fishing with a Royal Wulff again ...


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 02:28 • #13 
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Well ... sending this from the iPhone ... so the short of is that weather (heavy rain/lightning)..and very sore knees and feet brought our Cuttie-Thon to an end. We had a really great time ... but by late last evening we knew it was time to be done. We are going back up there today to fish a few sections that we didn't get to yet. The Grey's River is an amazing river. It was very cool experience to travel that much water on foot.


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 03:12 • #14 
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Cam, at least you and Mike gave it a go, and had fun. Thats what really counts.

J.


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 03:31 • #15 
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Well done!

I can't imagine ten-plus miles in that time frame, much of it in the water ... enjoy the return trip today!

PS I caught a "Cam-call" on my cell this morning around 11AM EST, but the connection s@cked so we couldn't catch up.


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 04:08 • #16 
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Way to go guys! Thanks for taking us all along with you. I know we are all looking forward to a lot more photos and stories.


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 05:13 • #17 
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Cameron reported in on his cell phone at 1PM EST. He and MS are headed back out for the afternoon to "around Marker E or F" on the Google map to fish a braided section where MS had seen some fish stacked up, then on up the river to eventually join other folks from the Thon.

Looking forward to "The Reeeest of the Story!"


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 10:48 • #18 
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Cameron and Mike are back out there. Here's their latest position; +42° 57' 26.28", -110° 43' 14.88". I've received a couple of location signals from them today, all in about the same location. I hope they are still catching some trout.

Tom


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 16:32 • #19 
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Well ... Mike and I headed up into the Grey's River Valley this afternoon and intended on fishing the upper stretches of the river and checking in on the progress of those still in the Cuttie-Thon, but got side tracked and fished this little braid of the Grey's River for about four hours.

Mountainshark wore this fly out ...

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... but he caught many of these ...

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In late afternoon a storm blew through that began with rain ... but ended with dime sized hail falling on us. To the car we went!

We headed back down the mountain to the Mountainshark Lodge for dinner and I have been packing for an early morning leave back to South Carolina via a flight out of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Mountainshark (Gracie too) have been wonderful hosts ... but I have two ladies (wife and Hadley) waiting for me at home.


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Post 10 Aug 2008, 23:14 • #20 
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Mike and Cameron,
I'm happy for you both. I know what sore knees and feet are like and I am very impressed at how far you guys were able to tough it out. There is no way I'd have made it more than a mile or maybe two. Congratulations on a job well done!

dane


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Post 11 Aug 2008, 08:26 • #21 
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Awesome accomplishment guys! Congratulations to you both and the photos are stunning so far.

Mike


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