My daily catch, as many fish pics, and words as I feel like 2026

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It's a Large Scale sucker....

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Some days are pretty fun even when they don't go quite as I plan. Today I caught plenty of fish, but most of them were whitefish, only one was a trout, and the twenty incher I caught was sort of homely.

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A couple years ago I watched a fly fishing video of a guy catching one cutthroat after another using what he called an egg sucking leach *AKA hot point leach), and I was so impressed that I went out and bought some. However though I tried using them many times, I never caught a trout with one, and...

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The tour shirts I recall said "Velveetaaaa, cheese it up Bobby!"

Interestingly, last night I dreamed that Phil Lesh visited me at my old studio apartment, he was unimpressed when I told him I was always a Phil zoner, but perked up when I told him I always aspired to give him a...

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Tonight I was hungry when I got home, and having a surplus of bell peppers, I was motivated to whip up some spaghetti. It was mostly vegetarian, except for some "meat flavored" sauce I used as a base ( I was hungry so sue me if I didn't slow cook romas into sauce, though it certainly is the...

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I was not a fan of Bobby's cheesy antics, but he was an essential component of the band, and co-wrote some of the greatest songs ever made. I just had a Dead show dream the night before last, complete with levitation, and dancing in the air. I don't recall seeing Bobby, but it figures I'd have a show...

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It was a rather slow day on the river, I only managed a couple fish in six hours or so, in spite of relatively warm weather, but the larger of the two fish treated me to three jumps, and strong pulling before showing off her beauty for the camera. I threw a streamer at the end of the day for a while,...

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Last year I posted a thread with the intent of posting copious amounts of fish pictures, and loquacious accounts of my days on the river. For some, my enthusiasm, and relative lack of filter, was not their cup of tea, and they attempted to educate me on the correct way to post in the thread I created....

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Way to catch us up Lumpy, strong work!

My fishing year ended quite well, with a couple nice rainbows. Happy New Year everyone, may it see many a big one in the net. Tight lines to all!

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Downtown browns:

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I didn't realize I'd forgotten to bring my camera today, until I had a 19" bull trout in the net, the question is, would he have bit if I'd remembered it? (caught on olive/black rubberlegs)