Del Valle - NCKA "Fishin" and "Chillin" 10/12-10/14

me too!(what he said).......I got to catch up, here at work, but will post many pics at lunch...stay tuned!

pic1= looking for love!

pic2= the CALM after the STORM (morning at Valle Camp)

pic3= Frank and Jeff trying to do something that has never been done....just like how you guys planned it!

and Compa's rice...from some other country and many more other dishes (could not keep track),

From Peru Joel. You'll find a recipe here. Not exactly what I did but it will do.
Arroz con pollo

Friday pics....

Adam / FishHunter and I - packing up the yaks for the short paddle to Hetch Hetchy camp site.

It was nice - for a change, to simply have an NCKA gathering which focused more on the "getting to know each other" rather than the just the fishing itself. And besides, not everyone likes to fish for competition....it's just simply about "being out there"  RELAX was the key word of the weekend...we even gave ChuckE a much deserved vacation from his deep frying skillzzz 

Ditto.  It was sure nice to be able to kick back for a change.  Everything was good, but the BBQ was off the hook.  The Pilipino style BBQ pork that Kiel "ReelKnots" brought was incredible.  I'm salivating just thinking about it. 

I had a great time and so did my dog Aki.

We need to do more kayak-in-camping!

Friday pics...


Met Jason at the cove across the narrows...as he hooked up casting right next to some stick-ups.

Got a LMB to hit a trolled shad rap along the shoreline.

Here is Joel doing a demo of his man dog circumcision techniques on a trout. J/K 

He is actually showing how to clean a trout. And I must say this is the first time I have seen someone clean trout without a cleaning surface to work on. Nine!

Friday pics...

*me and my trout - caught and released from shore...

* A view of the campsite

Saturday pics...

*Jeff and Janice enjoying an early morning fire...

*the campsite....

Ben trying to show Joel his new found friend.




Don't you come near me!

* kayak rockstar parking...

* Ben was was kind enough to bring an extra tent shade to keep our cloths and fire wood dry during the Friday night down pour....

I thought you guys were kidding about finding a giant tarantula. Ben, I've been told that, when you handle one of those things, you should wash your hands before touching your eyes with your fingers.

Mooch, maybe that's what you heard walking around at night. 

* one of the few catfish caught from the shore (released) - soaking a live minnow...

* Ben (and his Capt. Morgan man pose) with a nice rainbow caught slow trolling a live minnow from the scanoe.....

Looks like everyone had an awesome time. Really sorry I missed it but I don't want to risk having Omar blaming his emotional issues later in life on my not having taken him to a birthday party.   

Saturday morning...it was such a cool thing to see familiar faces paddling to the site, with another kayak in tow.

* Shark Attack Dan (also kown as "check out my sexy legs") peddling in and helping a brother out. He helped Frank tow in one of Franks kayaks..
* And so did Pat R and his lovely wife....

This is what NCKA is all about = true camaraderie  

Joel,

Great get together. Are you planning on making it an annual event?