2013 Random Collection of Photos not fit for a TR

Good stuff guys.

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One week till skiff time.

I dig this thread! I'm a gaper in the world of fishing but love getting out there and this thread gets me psyched to get out on the water.

Here's a little Cutty stoke from the Gros Ventre yesterday, below Kelly in Jackson Hole. Anyone fish it much? Doesn't seem to have the biggest fish population (?) but has some great scenery and accessible wading options.
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I fish that stretch. The only time of year it really shines is for about the 2-3wks after the water clears in summer. You will find a decent population of fish from the snake in there plus the resident fish. The population is pretty low by late July on a normal year due to irrigation demand. The water in that stretch warms very quickly as it get lower. Late July water temps are sometimes too warm to support cutthroat in all but the deepest holes. Fun and scenic water though!

If time permits the upper river is a whole different story.

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I fish that stretch. The only time of year it really shines is for about the 2-3wks after the water clears in summer. You will find a decent population of fish from the snake in there plus the resident fish. The population is pretty low by late July on a normal year due to irrigation demand. The water in that stretch warms very quickly as it get lower. Late July water temps are sometimes too warm to support cutthroat in all but the deepest holes. Fun and scenic water though!

If time permits the upper river is a whole different story.

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makes sense, thanks for the info schwerty! It's one of my favorites just because it's conducive to wade fishing. I do like the Snake but there's something about fishing to specific spots that I really enjoy

Hopefully nobody gets pissy that I am posting this much detail but we are not talking about a secret stream in a secluded spot down a forest road.

PSki- if you dig the GV right below Kelly , give it a shot at Golf and Tennis. Irrigation plays an even bigger role than across the hwy but still worth fishing. I've found it fishes better than the other side at this time of year. Obviously you will be running into private property south of the spring cr bridge. I am not suggesting poaching it cuz those folks can be bitchy but there is some quality water down there.

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Hopefully nobody gets pissy that I am posting this much detail but we are not talking about a secret stream in a secluded spot down a forest road.

PSki- if you dig the GV right below Kelly , give it a shot at Golf and Tennis. Irrigation plays an even bigger role than across the hwy but still worth fishing. I've found it fishes better than the other side at this time of year. Obviously you will be running into private property south of the spring cr bridge. I am not suggesting poaching it cuz those folks can be bitchy but there is some quality water down there.

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thanks schwerty! i've heard murmurs about that section but not fished it.

Got out on the Snake yesterday and found some pretty good fishing- mostly nymphing but a bit of dry action as well. Looks like warm temps and fun fishing ahead until runoff!

Good stuff dudes! Spring just started up again around here. I'm headed to float the Green for a couple of days before a 6 day Yampa permit. I just visited one of my best friend who moved to Victor and patrols at Targhee. His new crib at the base of Pine Creek Pass is fishing central. Fishing is good!

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The last month of the season was pretty nice but we've still been getting out and about...

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Fuck yeah, this thread delivers!
Hope to contribute soon.

Carry on.

Was able to sneak off for a few hours yesterday and fish a North Carolina Creek..landed a few 10-12" Brookies, a Brown and this 20 something rainbow..Attachment 137163

Pretty bow!
Bugs showed up in force on the Henry's Fork this weekend. I bumped into the Hank Patterson (and crazy Reece) Hank was kind enough to show me how to take down a bear should the need arise. Super nice dude.
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Good to get back out.
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Went for steelhead today with Vinman, on a notorious VT steel fishery in the cold months, but when it warms they head back to Lake Champlain and the smallmouths move into the trib. Looks like we were a week late on the steel, but these guys more than made up for it. Switched from egg and nymph patterns pretty quickly once we realize what was going on and landed a bunch of beauty bronze bullies. Haven't had sticks bent this far in a while, been a long ski season. Stoked to be back on the water.

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Nice smallies! the red in the eyes is really cool. Got to float a river in Wyoming last thurs/fri and ran into a few hard fighting local residents. My buddy pulled out the biggest brown ive personally seen caught. Thing measured 25'' and towed us around the river like moby fucking dick.

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Damn nice way to start off Monday morning at work! Prime conditions over there.

[QUOTE=thin cover;3982620]Went for steelhead today with Vinman, on a notorious VT steel fishery in the cold months, but when it warms they head back to Lake Champlain and the smallmouths move into the trib. Looks like we were a week late on the steel, but these guys more than made up for it. Switched from egg and nymph patterns pretty quickly once we realize what was going on and landed a bunch of beauty bronze bullies. Haven't had sticks bent this far in a while, been a long ski season. Stoked to be back on the water.

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Nice job TC! You and Vinman need to come out and we will float some of the west!

YMOM nice work! I have been wanting to get out to that particular stretch.

^^^^ That is a high priority, your hospitality is outstanding. With kid number 2 coming in July, this may not be the summer I get it done, we'll see.

Well... I suppose another kid is a priority, but if you get out Skifishbum and I will make it worth your while!

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Dammit Underoos! Every time I think I have something to put in this thread you throw down. Nice work!

I want to trade places with Underroos for a couple weeks.

The shop I teched for this winterShameless spam
Took us all to the big isle in HI. as a season ending bonus
Took the stick and made some casts
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Not a lot of flats mostly fly eating lava and waves
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Still being a member of the church of fly chuckers I went to mass daily passed by the other peoples place of whorship enroute to ours
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headed down south as far south as you can in the united states anyhow.
Ive circus nymphed with balloons but the garbage bag indicator was a new one for me:wink:
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crew did some huckin
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poured a sip out for the pursuers of the fishes that are no longer with us
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Hiked over to some green sand beaches

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dogs and shelters
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So hopin for a shot at some big HI bones we island hopped over to Ohua had a local company grab us at the airport and drop us and a kayak off next to the airport on the triangle flats
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loadeded er up and headed out
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easy acess to cool water
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the bones were there and they were big green tinted torpedeos
fish on
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and the fish off look of frustration as another diched him in the coral
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Had a few shots and some fish on but none came to hand
substained ourselves w/ beer and bongos
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Of coarse the closer it got to my 6 pm flight the tide came up and more fish came in
and of coarse that ended w/ me having to run to the airport.
should of grabbed this but he'd seen better days
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as had this craft
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Wife showed up and we headed up n and hiked a bit round the Valley of kings Waipio
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found a reminder of the wasatch
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nice shots sfb looks like a good time

It's a cool world we fish in

Good stuff all !

Nice HI Stoke! Same experience on my part from shore (including the many missing flies and coronet fish). Now I did meet some locals that were fly fishing from kayaks, that looked very interesting but I didn't try it.

That's damn fine to get a trip to HI for the end of a season!

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Really nice stoke all and kick ass trip SFB. Looks like yous guys had a blast.

This is not my fish, but the doods over at "Vermont Fly Guys" pulled this one in this past weekend from a little Vermont Creek. One of the best browns I have seen landed on a fly anywhere in VT

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Some VT small stream fishing yesterday.

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Went home to see my parents and fish with my dad this weekend

Friend's pond saturday evening

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Caddo lake Sunday Morning...cool (relatively), windy and rough

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This lake was home to some of the first offshore oil production. As a result, there is trash in the form of "sucker rods" (rebar and old pipes) all over the lake that are difficult or impossible to see and will fuck a boat up in a hurry if you hit them at speed. So despite many parts of the lake looking wide open, it's not safe to run anywhere close to full throttle except in the network of marked boat roads.

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We did find some spots that were sheltered, one little bass that inhaled a popper in some lily pads and what I think was a chain pickerel that shook off during a botched netting.

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One of my buddy Bill from last night. I usually don't bring a camera but this creek warrants the risk of me getting in deep shit with my Wife if I drop her fancy camera in the water. Unfortunately, this was the only time I took it out of my pack. The fishin' and catching of these hogs was too good to fumble around with a camera.

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Beautiful colors on that fish!

It is a sexy fish! Took a 16 Adams.

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Damn, I obviously need to come visit! I just got my boat back from Hyde (5 years of slamming into rocks) and am thinking I need to get it up to your neck of the woods soon.

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Doesn't get any better than that. Old school! The past several years I have found some picky bastards, mostly in lakes, that won't go for anything else than an Adams.

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