Fishing in Ecuador

 Here is where we went fishing in Ecuador, I forgot to change the white balance so the color is a little off, but the views were breath taking

 Another view of the mountains

Wes fishing for Trout

Friday, we went fishing for Trout in the mountains near El Tambo. What an experience that turned out to be! The journey began with a 1 hour drive up the mountains on dirt roads. Just as we thought the roads couldn't get any worse, they did!
At Tambo we sit at about 10,000ft, the lake we fished at 14,000 ft., which means more wind, more cold, more sunburn. 
The ride up was beautiful and we saw many wild animals including a field of llamas. They were so cute and many different shades. Once we were up on the top of the mountain we had a half an hour walk to the fishing spot. Between where the car was parked and our fishing spot were  several cows, but these were no ordinary cows. They were wild bulls. In fact the brother said its from these cows the bulls used for bull fighting are taken. Naturally we begin to get a little nervous, but the brother assured us they will leave us alone as long as we respect them. So we begin our walk and a lady (speaking English)  hiding in the bushes yells at us to look out for the Bulls, they are dangerous. This was a little unsettling, but once again the brother assured us we would be fine and that she was just a tourist. So we literally had to sneak by the bulls, at times crouching low to the ground to get by without them spotting us. To be frank, Brittany said it was one of the scariest moments for her, knowing at any moment a wild bull could come charging at us. Fortunately in the end, we made it to our destination without incident.

Once at our fishing spot we dug up worms and grubs and along with the shrimp parts we had brought, we began to fish. Soon after it started to rain, continued to rain, and then rained some more.  After a few hours of nothing but rain, we decided to call it a day.
The descent down the mountain was another story. Because it rained so much while we were fishing, the rain was beginning to come down off the mountains. Here are some pictures of water running over DIRT roads.

Fortunately, the roads didn't get completely washed out.

As we were coming off the mountain, we noticed what looked like snow, so we checked it out and come to find out it was hail!

 

Even though we didn't catch any fish, it was quite the experience.