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Show THEi PARK Wednesday, May 0, 1371 CITY Eomniw Page 15 Casting in the Wind PARK CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION PARK CITY. UTAH ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND WATER AND SEWER LINES SECTION I SPECIFICATION I NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS 1.1.01 RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS: Stal'd proposals on forms prepared bv the Engineer will be received by the City Clerk of the Park City Municipal Corporation, Park City. Utah, until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, May 30, 1974, from qualified bidders for the construction of road improvements, sewer lines, water line, and appurtenant work for Special Improvements District No. 74--1 and in accordance with drawings, specifications and other contract documents prepared by Bush and Gudgell. Inc. 555 South 3rd East, Salt Lake Citv, Utah. 1.1.02 PROPOSALS WILL BE PUBLICALLY OPEN AND READ at 8:00 P.M. Thursday, May 30. 1974, at the Citv Council Meeting to be held in the City Hali, PARK CITY. UTAH. 1.1.03 OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Drawings, sppcifica lions and other contract documents may be obtained upon application at the office of Bush and Gudgell. Inc. 555 South 3rd East, Salt take City, Utah. Contractors desiring Plans and Specifications for use in preparing bids may obtain a set of documents from the above office upon deposit of $20.00 per set. The amount of the deposit for each set of such documents will e refunded to each bidder who has made such deposit AND WHO HAS FILED HIS BID WITH THE OWNER AS DIRECTED IN THIS NOTICE. Such documents must be returned for each set of documents obtained by a supplier or subcontractor who returns each set of documents to the office from which they were obtained in good condition within ten (10) days after the opening of the bids and if acor companied by a copy of their sub-bi- d material bid. Refunds will not be allowed if the above documents are not returned within 10 days from the date of the bid opening, nor will refunds be made to contractors or suppliers who do not submit bids or material bids. 1.1.04 REQUIREMENTS: Contractors desiring to submit a general contractors bid on the project, shall file with Bush and Gudgell, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 555 South 3rd East, Salt take City, Utah, satisfactory evidence that they are fully prepared with the necessary experience, capital, materials and equipment to complete the contract in accordance with the Plans and Specification. 1.1.05 PROPOSED GUARANTEE: Each proposal shall be accompanied by a Guarantee in the form of a certified check drawn on an acceptable bank in the State of Utah, or a bid bond execut'd by an acceptable bonding company, duly authorized to transact business in the State of Utah, in the amount not less than five percent of the toal amount of the bid. The check or bond shall be made payable to the Park City Municipal Corporation. Park Citv, Utah, as guarantee that if the proposal is arcepted, the bidder will execute the contract and file an acceptable Performance and Payment Rond within ten (19) days after the award of the Contract. 1.1.06 OWNERS RIGHT RESERVED: The Park City Municipal Corporation, Park City, called the Owner, reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or technicality in any proposal in the interest of the Owner. Bids received after the stipulated closing time will be returned unopened. Contractors proposal shall hold firm for sixty (60) days to allow the Owner time to complete its financing arrangements. Mutually agreed upon extension of time mav be made, if necessary. 1.1.07 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT GUARANTEE: The bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond acceptable to the Owner, in the amount of percent (M0) of the Contract in conformity with the requirements of the proposed contract documents. In the event the bidder is awarded a contract and fails to furnish the required bonds and enters into the contract within ten (10) days after the acceptance of his proposal, it shall be understood and agreed that said bidder shall pay and forfiet unto the Park City Municipal Corporation, Park City. Utah, the differenc in money between the amount of the bid sumitted by said bidder and the amount for which the said Oner legally contracts thereafter for said contract but in no even in an amount in excess of the specified proposal guarantee security. THE BIDDER SHALL STATE IN THE PROPOSAL. THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SURETY OR SECURITIES (5) by Dave Mueller With the good weather now the old fishing bug is really biting and weve still got a month to wait. At least for Utahs opener. If you cant wait that long and are willing to travel, Montana waters open up on the 18th of May and Idaho fishing starts the following weekend, the 25th. There are also many places in Utah open to year-roun- d fishing (check the Utah fishing proclamation or call your local Division of Wildlife Resource office). Fortunately there are a few things to do to prepare for our fishing that help tide us over until we can actually get out and fish. I always panic this time of year when I realize that I havent tied as many flies through the winter as I though I had. Fly production tends to increase as opening day approaches. And it is always good to go down to the park and practice flycasting the one phase of flyfishing you dont really need water or fish to improve on. Just find a good grassy area (so you dont wear out your flyline on pavement or gravel) and set up some targets and work on it. Itll help when you finally have to make a first cast for keeps over a rising fish. Otherwise plan on throwing a lot of wasted line those first few weeks of the season until you can get your casting back in the groove. One special flycasting problem that takes a lot of work is casting when the wind is blowing. Every flyfisher knows the frustration that accompanies trying to cast on a windy day. Eitherthe fly finds its way into a tangled pile of leader about six inches from the end of your line, or it manages to lodge neatly in your neck or ear . Very seldom does your offering find its desired place in the water. And there is absolutely no way of telling before you go out if it is going to blow or not. Cloudy or sunny, chances are very good that a fine mid-da- y breeze will start blowing just as the fish begin to feed. I . suspect many of the characters who claim trout bite rally in the morning and evening say so because they have given up trying to cast in the wind. But most of us have too few days to fish. If we hung up our rods every time the wind blew wed end up fishing about one day in four. Here are a few things you can practice before the season starts to help you take fish on windy days. If you are casting directly into the maw of a good breeze remember one critical thing: no matter how heavy your line, no matter how strong and long your fiypole,.no matter how perfect your casting technique, you cannot cast as far against the win. Question your approach. Slow down and tread softly and get as close as you can to your fish before you cast (if you are really careful you can come to within rod-ti- p distance of a feeding trout without putting him down). The closer you get the more even the odds get of casting against the wind. You can improve your cast by 1) trying to lift your backcast straight up behind you (as if you had a bank of willows at your back), and 2) (once you have felt the tension of the extended backcast) bringing the line forward with an exaggerated whipping motion of the rod (as if you were administering lashes in the public square). Follow through with this cast so far that your rod tip is actually slightly pointed toward the ground. There is nothing delicate about this cast. You will look like some kind of hack and youll probably have a sore arm when the day is over. But you will also put your fly into the water over some good trout along the way. Try to look for one key indicator that youre doing this correctly your forecast will shoot out in a tight loop close to the ground, under the strongest gusts of wind. If the wind is at your back you will have altogether different problems. Although you can cast a mile, the trout may not like your presentation because at the end of the cast the leader straightens and the fly lands tight lined, giving your fly an unnatural float. To get the proper slack leader when casting with the wind, try these two methods, or a combination of both. First, keep your backcast short ( this is the phase of the cast that is going contrary to the wind, anyway lengthen it and youll snap off a lot of flies when the line bogs down - and cant straighten behind you) and shoot the line on your forecast to just before it lays your mark, braking it firmly with your line-han- d recoil somewhat line leader will and make the down on the water. This and allow a good slack leader presentation. Or, just aim high, about two feef directly above the target. The same recoil effect will result. Cross winds are the toughtest wind condition to cope with of them I suggest trying to maneuver into all. Before trying to work cross-win- d a position directly up or down wind of your quarry. If you cant help but cast cross wind, try to keep your forecast in a low, tight arc ( much as is done into the wind) and aim to one side or another to correct the wind. The lower arc will keep your fly from fluttering off the mark. g Two other variations of flycasting are possible. If it is really blowing, put on an extra four feet of leader and dap. Get to a of the fish you are after and approach him as point directly carefully as you can (kneel, crawl, burrow just stay out of view ). out of a line think will the fish from your reach length you Strip raise rod and and let line, leader position; your tip fly be carried to a point above the fish. Carefully st the fly into the water and get ready for some action. Many times because you are out of view of the fish and fish is out of view of you you will have to listen for the rise. The longer leader and a careful approach will let you come very close to the trouts position in the water without being seen. With a little practice, this technique is deadly. wind-defeatin- up-wi- kite-fashi- on Another method I like (especially in a cross-win- d situation) is to cast completely across the stream land then jiggle the fly off the bank and over the fish. The closer you can make the fly land to the opposite bank the better will be your success. A longer than usual leader is also a necessity for this method. Also, dont wait too long before you pull the fly into the water or your line will have been carried by the current downstream of the fish and the fly will drag or pull unnaturally through the water. I have taken fish on windy days casting directly into the wind or across it, as well as with it. The big thing is not to let the wind discourage you. Some of the finest trout fishing of all can be had on a windy day in the bright sunshine of early afternoon, and next week Ill go into the reasons why. Between now and then, dust off your flypole and get down to the part and work on your casting. It will pay off. into-the-wi- nd kg&i DELICATESSEN and LIQUOR STORE SPECIALIZING IN Imported & American Delicacies HOURS 12:00 am to 10:00pm 7 days a week PHONE 649-895- 7 PARK CITY, UTAH 436 MAIN STREET Books Spring Western Americana hours: Finery for Men, Wednesday thru Sunday 1 1 am 6pm 11am-9pFriday . &I1CL m WHO WILL SIGN THIS BOND. IN EM1.1.08 NONDISCRIMINATION PLOYMENT: Contracts for work under this proposal will obligate the contractors and subcontractors not to disci minate in em- ployment practices. LICENSE CONTRACTORS 1.1.09 REQUIRED: No proposal will be considered from a contractor who does not have Utah Contractor's License in the proper category and classification. Information regarding the license may be obtained from the 'Utah State Department of Business Regulation, Salt Lake City Utah. Bruce C. Decker, City Recorder Published one time in the Park Citv Coalition, this eighth day of May, I97L nd pufeLic Qpg ... W 0321611 (ftveableS Notice NOTICE TO OWNERS OF CEMETERY LOTS IN PARK CITY CEMETERY May 31st will be the final day to pay perpetual care fees at the reduced rate of $25 per adult gravesite and per infant gravesite. As of June 1st, rates will be $75 per adult gravesite and $30 per infant gravesite. $10 |