AZ, DOGTOWN LAKE Soiree

WHAT TO DO?  Swat flies & tell lies around the campfire, fish for trout in the lake or go kayaking, take a unique hike up Davenport Hill, go to Bearizona or the Deer Park.  Don’t what to cook there’s nice restaurants, micro beers, and wines in Williams.  There will be a dinner/potluck in the evenings for those wishing to participate and a group campfire...bring your marshmallows and adult beverages .

PRAY-TELL, WHEN?   June 8th thru the 10th, 2018.

NOTES. The lakes at the 7,000 foot level, mas o menos, days will be around 75 and nights 40 degrees.  AZ’s monsoon season begins June 15th and ends September 30th.

Fast Eddie, there’s only 3 miles of well maintained gravel road to transverse...no excuses.

Mr. Perkin’s nice R Pod jacket 

MORE TO COME SOOOON!

Dogtown Lake is prodigiously stocked with trout for two reasons, first for sport fishermen and secondly for the osprey, fishing eagles, that summer there each year and have their nests south/east of the lake high up in the pines.  Ospreys will out fish the sport fisherman 4 to 1 to feed their hatchlings.  They’ll fold their wings 40 to 100 feet above the water dive in to catch a trout.  Once caught the osprey will maneuver the trout to a head forward position before taking flight.

There,s also a small alpine like lake in a remote area, without the extended mountains, that’s barbless hooks only.  Would like to fly fish it with waders some day.

In addition there are two other lakes in the general vicinity.

Reta spent an afternoon photographing the osprey I’ll try to include a few shots in one of the gallery albums at some future point.  She also got a shot of a young osprey, pre flight age, still nesting high in the Ponderosa Pine nest.  Shot was taken at the far side of Whitehorse Lake, another adjacent lake in the general area.