![](https://i0.wp.com/blackmanonatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/0EF8AB80-ED7A-4117-8BCA-00DAA7400480.jpeg?resize=480%2C640&ssl=1)
Day one was rain, rain, and more rain, and some fog. We drove logging roads all the way to the trail head. We were only on the trail for a bit. The next thing you know, we are working our way through the brush. Not lost, but not on the trail. I wip out the orical, get a heading to the lake, and we are off.
![](https://i0.wp.com/blackmanonatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/F754B2C6-5B18-44D9-A233-3AE251B4AAA5.jpeg?resize=480%2C640&ssl=1)
Before we get to Shaw Pot we find the trail. We do some quick work on the trail and keep walking. You cross a small creek just before you get to the lake.
![](https://i0.wp.com/blackmanonatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/15BBE29E-0188-4584-B877-B7DF2DF562C3.jpeg?resize=625%2C469&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/blackmanonatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7474D54A-2307-4502-8C1B-D4062C6917E7.jpeg?resize=625%2C469&ssl=1)
I use my Tenkara rod for a few minutes. We pick some garbage out of the Fire ring. And we are off. We take the trail all the way back to the truck..
Day 2 was “dry”. This time I was by myself, so I couldn’t drive up the logging roads. I found the closest gate and I was off. Per google maps you walk the logging road 2.5 miles and make a right turn.
![](https://i0.wp.com/blackmanonatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/76415929-B914-48E1-AF6B-A4E179E06D41.jpeg?resize=488%2C650&ssl=1)
The trail was tight, wet, overgrown, and had some graupel.