the SHIMMY Sheides

Greys river with the Stevensons

2008-08-31T14:14:00.001-06:00

My wife and i, mom and dad, brother Tanner, and Pat and Erica and their kids: Haley, Sierra, Kendrick, Savannah, and Natalie, and last of all, Kents kids Doug and Chance. Wyoming is gorgeous and is worth the trip. We saw more than enough deer and i was stalked by a moose. We did a lot of dirt biking and four wheeling and had a blast. Never saw any bears. The weather was amazing and the bugs weren't as bad as we anticipated. The fishing was alright but if that was the main purpose of us venturing off to Wyoming that wouldn't have been worth it. But thankfully it wasn't our sole purpose and what ever size fish we caught, we were somewhat content. I did however catch the biggest and sadly it was a cutthroat only 16 and half inches. Pat is quite the fly fisherman but the fish were not in the mood for a fly. I just don't like fly fishing as much so i spend my stream time fishing with a spinning rod and develope my own stealth skills for catching the big boys. I refuse to use live bait. Too boring, and i think it is cheating. I like to horse the fish in cause that way you feel all of its weight and then some. With a fly rod, you kinda have to let them swim themselves to sleep or near death exhaustion and can never haul them in with such light tipit line connected to the fly. Breezy and i are quite the campers now. She can't stand when people want to go camping near public facilities. She can't stand complainers and people who don't tough it out. She is a southern girl who was raised on a lake and went camping on their own island for days. So, it's best not to complain about girly things with her or she will lay the smackdown. Thankgoodness for my sake she still acts lady like around me. And If Breezy ever did complain, i would have to establish my dominance and authority and lay the smackdown on her. She is not watching so it is ok for me to type this.

The Bass Hustler

2008-08-30T19:19:00.000-06:00

2008-08-12T13:56:00.002-06:00

Breeze and i in our little boat. It is awesome! At full speed it creates a little wake behind the minikota motor of 25 pound thrust. This boat has proven to be a bundle of nastiness for the fish.

2008-08-12T10:28:00.002-06:00

This is a 6 pound 2 ounce bass caught in Minnesota. Just another day on the lake. Breezy and i and Eric had a triple header as we all had fish on at the same time so this was interesting but luckily Eric had his in first so he could help lip my big guy next to the boat.

2008-08-11T23:53:00.003-06:00

Breezy attempting to ski. She did great as always. It would be best if the Clarke family not watch this video.

Breezeasy on pebble lake

2008-08-11T22:19:00.004-06:00

Breezy on pebble lake wakeboarding. She is behind a bass boat which did not provide the biggest wake but she held strong. Later on when the neighbors took her out on their ski boat she dominated continually jumping from one wake to the other clearing ten feet or so. I am sure there is a term for that but i will call it the "wake jumpty jump" for now. Later on i took a ride because it had been a year since i was dragged around a lake looking like an idiot on the wakeboard. Surprisingly i did not fall this time and i managed to make a 3 inch hop off of one of the wakes, and i did not fall. Breezy continually made 180 degree turns with the boat launching me 100 miles an hour on every turn and she thought i was looking great while i was too scared to yell and honestly thought that if i faceplanted i would break my face. By my survival instincts i managed to stay afloat. Im kind of a big deal now when it comes to wakeboarding. Not gonna lie.

2008-07-29T21:12:00.005-06:00

MINNESOTA FISHIN
- 2 Largemouth Bass 5 lb 1oz & 6 lb 4 oz
-1 Smallmouth Bass 5 lb 2oz
-1 Northern Pike about ten pounds which bit my finger.

Me and Breeze

2008-07-29T03:50:00.000-06:00

Tanner beating me 4 years ago

2008-07-29T00:33:00.003-06:00

breezy vid

2008-07-28T22:36:00.000-06:00

Random fish pics

2008-07-27T20:10:00.001-06:00

Me and a big rainbow, Tanner, Breezy, and me

2008-07-27T18:31:00.000-06:00

A Ginormous 19.5 inch
Brown Trout. Rip'n'lips baby

breeeeezy!

2008-07-27T18:23:00.002-06:00

Monster 17" trout. Yeh, she is good.