Casting to a big brown and watching it sip my fly is the most religious experience I have ever had.
Fast forward about a decade with a few hiatuses interspersed and I'm leaving most of my life behind, on my way back across the country to the middle of nowhere to build fly poles. And, if the rivers get some fkn water in em, i might even get to fish!
^^ tomorrow I’m going to introduce you to the other religion, the satanic world of Musky fishing.
And Mister Musky won’t “sip” your fly, he will take a sledgehammer to your fly.
Really looking forward to fishing with you tomorrow. It’s gonna be fun.
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Mid to late summer was full of small streams and family fishing
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Quite possibly the highlight of summer, kiddo catching trout on dries using a willow as a rod. Tied on some 4x. It held, and he was stoked!!! Warms my heart!
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This is badass.Quote:
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+100000 wow, damn, that is so coolQuote:
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I did that as a kid with a buddy of mine. We'd buy two dry flies each (and candy) at the general store. Then we'd hike up to tiny creek in the hills above his house and use our Swiss army knives to cut 4 foot poles (long enough to reach the opposite side of the creek). If we crawled up to the edge of the bigger (but tiny) pools and dabbed the flies on the surface we'd catch brook trout. The biggest we ever caught was probably 8 inches. I remember setting the hook on a tiny little fish and sending it flying off into the woods. We found it by the sound of it flapping on the ground.Quote:
Quite possibly the highlight of summer, kiddo catching trout on dries using a willow as a rod. Tied on some 4x. It held, and he was stoked!!! Warms my heart!
+1 on the willow rod stoke!
You're a great dad stapes
X3 gg stapes! Nice!!!!
And @ISBD, I’ve no idear why but I heard that more than once called a “moonshot” lol. Funny, I can totally picture it.
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Met up with StealYurFace today and introduced him to Musky fishing in the north woods of Wisconsin. River X was our preferred spot, but high water temps and a massive algae bloom took that off the table. Backup plan was the legendary Flambeau River. Great day with a great maggot. SyF is built like a linebacker, but his arm got toasted by the big rod with heavy sink line. I think I created a new Musky addict today, and he is welcome in my boat anytime.
Also today was the maiden voyage of my new Stealthcraft 2-person drift boat. It performed flawlessly and is perfect for my needs.
Hooking up my boat stored at my Grampa’s cabin.
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Hell of a time. Best day of fishing all summer and didn’t even hook up.
Seeing those gills flare was something else. Still kicking myself for not letting him eat. I’ll be back for redemption before long. Thanks again for an awesome day on the water. Hopefully I can procure watercraft of my own and return the favor on the beaverhead next spring.
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Oh yeah, forgot to add that we saw far and away the 3 biggest freshwater fish I have ever seen. The first one looked every bit of 60”. Truly massive dinosaurs. Make me think twice when I waded in to get a fly off a snag.
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Sixty Five.Quote:
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Awesome!
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Sometimes it's the one that got away that haunts you. One day I will fish for alligator bass with Harry.
Jumped into a local creek and found something else... Ted Bundies cave!
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Goddamn Harry and SUF, this is the best stoke I've seen on the board all summer. Well done guys!Quote:
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Nothing as cool as mags fishing for dinosaurs, but I'm taking my girlfriend to the winds for a quick backpacking mission to Cirque of the Towers. I asked her if she was cool if I brought a rod and fished and she said only if I taught her. Last year we had incredible dry fly action up there, I'm stoked to go back. Wish me luck!
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No kidding about the dry fly action up there. Probably half of the trout I’ve ever caught came from two weeks of fishing in the winds. Doesn’t matter what you throw, those little fuckers are all over it. That’ll be a blast.Quote:
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ida took the raft and taught er to row;)
have fun stop by before ya go
weber fish for garbage cleanups next sat
not sure if well be back from the hudge ones annual matriarchal bday bake
strong work chedder esox team that boats bomber
i was gonna send that stick but i got high:D
& went poopin the triple digits heat
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lit em up pretty good 3 an hour from 9-2 a week ago tuesday in a target rich environment
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couple toads
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and a couple bonus kittys
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went back sunday with a bird troller sam told him it was game on
got there and the poopers game offed
only saw a few and foulhooked those
he did manage to hellen keller up a half dozen kittys tossing to the deeper cut banks and a slow strip
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Looks like you two had quite the adventure with a small drift boat, gigantic net and huge flies. Glad everyone had fun and kept their fingers and toes.Quote:
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That first one was huge. There are sturgeon in there, but the fins were wrong for a sturgeon, and correct for a Musky.Quote:
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Harry, I'll be in Hayward in a few weeks, for a few days. If I see your pram I'll throw a beer at it.
^^ I was wondering when you were going to film a musky episode. I will PM my digits. Or you can get them from Dibbs.
North end of Wilson Lake off the East end of the Flambeau Flowage was our roost for years. Brings .back memories
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Your drive to your sisters cabin takes you within a mile or two of my island. My little boat may be short on space but always room for Walter.Quote:
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Oh believe me I have considered that. Unfortunately prob wont make it back till next summer sometime. Appreciate the offer and will let Walter know.Quote:
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Took the girlfriend backpacking to the winds for her first backpacking trip/hiking trip/fishing experience/even camping trip ever. Anyone who says that it's a bad idea to take your city-raised girlfriend on a 10 mile backpacking trip is lying. Brought both a tenkara and a 4wt and taught her the joys of sight casting to spooky mountain trout. Excellent dry fly action the entire trip - enough that I was running out of caddis patterns by the end of it.
I can post a full TR later if there's enough interest
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Yes please.Quote:
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Nice work on making her first backpacking trip enjoyable.
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Well done.Quote:
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Except I was expecting an elevenkara report.
Going out on a member/guest stretch of water in Bavaria tomorrow called the Ammer. I’ve heard it’s pretty damn good. Hoping to catch some weight, I’ve been sticking 12 to 16 inch browns all summer but I miss the occasional hog. The river has Huchen too so perhaps??? Pretty good summer on the water. A tad on the warm side middle of August however.
I’d post pictures but I have never figured that out on the TGRs
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I'll be sure to introduce myself. Gone to a few of these, definitely a cool organization and great cause.Quote:
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A little photo dump from the past months
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cool fisherwomen at the Cheat River Festival back in WestBygod
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got my brother-in-law out for his first time in 10 years. He hooked a 20" on a chubby using a 3wt, unbuttoned right before I could net it. He had a blast, though.
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snagged this guy on my back cast. If you look closely you can see a 16 dancing caddis nestled around his wing. Released unharmed.
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Front Range mags, a local shop is having a major sale on Simms and Patagonia waders that they can't advertise. PM me for details.
If someone is willing to ship to a SLC mag I would be much obliged.Quote:
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tgapp - I can pickup and ship if needed. Might not be able to until later in the week though. Lmk
Late summer trying to sneak in the alpine days…
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Great pics!!
Anyone have any experience with Reyr rods? Interesting concept, and they sound like a great travel rod option.
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