Hex and Fathers Day

 Greetings from the Manistee River.  Today was a beautiful day on the Manistee River with rain this morning and sunshine from noon on and a great breeze that was a break from the humidity and 90 degree temps of the last few days.  Mike made a great egg and potatoe breakfast...he call it "a mess" .  Patrick and Heather came out in the afternoon in their yellow jeep so we had a great time catching up with them..Patrick has been away for work and Heather updated us on how she is feeling....I assume most of you know that they are expecting a baby at the end of August.  Very exciting for everyone to anticipate!! She sure looks beautiful doesn't she!!  A great Fathers day to be able to share some time with them.  We had a call from Timothy in Vermont and he is enjoying his summer time off from his first year of teaching...time to recharge his batteries.  We had our third dinner with the Smith and Purvis's but on our deck this time...kabobs on the grill!!  yum

 The jeep only goes about 45 miles an hour and it took them  a couple of hours to get out to us...Patrick now has a can of gas in the back as he does not have a working gas gauge.  He and I ran out of gas last summer when we were geocaching!!  He is now prepared for that emergency.  It is fun to ride in...very breezy.

It is now hex hatch time...the time of year that the big mayflies hatch and all the big fish come out of their hiding places to gorge themselves on the BIG hex flies.  This is one that has been on our deck table leg all day...they hatch at night...10pmish and fly into the trees and mate with each other.  Then a few nights later they fall to the river and lay the eggs also  after dark. The fish go crazy and you can catch some big big fish.  Last night I caught an 18 inch fish and Thursday night I caught a 14 inch fish....the Big Boys are in the 20 inch range.  I will have to do another blog on the fish Mike has caught...inches to be determined.  A 25 inch fish was caught upstream last night. So the hunt is on for the big hogs!!  Time to fish...love and hugs to all. 

Kathy and Mike