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Damn dfinn way to get your first fish squeeze in style! We socially distanced in browns park with the team where fishing was tough but good times were had. I really needed that getaway to reset the soul before wading back into society
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Nice work HFB, The fishing on the South Fork has been ridiculously slow. But man it is nice to get out on the water.
tooks a road trip in crazy times we find ourselves in
the lei and ppe on a no stops not to brykln interstate mission
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unitas holding a fat snow packs
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Haz a line on some dirt cheap dirt in browns park
it dirt cheap cause current dagget county zoning laws seem to allow you to only day use your 1/2 acre of dirt with a leave no trace no camping no structures etc.
Daggetts fucked right now the tax base is gas and oil and rec based tourism
they badcopped the fuck outta the jail into bankruptcy and a financial fiasco.
DJ is uberfucked the have no tax base and no longer get much fed funds for the damn.
daggets also shittybeervirusfree not that theve even tested anyone
I stopped by tcf to see whose runnin the show since my bro left and moved to az and score my season river pass a bag of ice and smokes
Good dude theyre runnin minimal no lodging, no guide trips, no raft rentals etc
1/2 the outfitters are running no trips or shuttles, others case by case honoring some bookings, rescheduling or funding others
Fg lodge wants to run pretty nmuch business as usual extra cleaning and social distance guidelines and run early season specials
general consensus is theyre gonna git us all locked down
and it looks like the fs has already closed part of the Ashely access outside manilla
headed out of dj to hang in browns
lumpy and the kc tp plant manager bro j had already launched and shuttled down to swallow by the times toaster and I rolled in at9
gods stoked to git the float and be happy on
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poundkeybustellobro akasspanserme
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stickers still there
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toaster threw hard thinks he had one on I threw hard to the tune of a couple week bumps
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Sheldon looked for friends
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switched shit up
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didn't hurt the catching as toaster rowed j into one under the bung
and the lumpster bent the whippy
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fucked that fish in the face lowfat style and put em in the nets
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It really warms my balls to know that sticker is still there.
Thanks! Windy as fuck but it was a productive couple of days up there. Figured it would be busier but it was pretty quiet.Quote:
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didnt suck
Back on the bench.
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They’re not giving up easy this spring. Bought the skunk again, so damn windy today I had to retreat to the cove of shame for a beer
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In other news I tried to test the waters of an AZ outdoors FB page for other local fly fisherpeople and wouldn’t you know it some guy posts about his UL tenkara setup. Didn’t have the heart to break it to him
I haven't hit it too hard but think I've only brought 4 or 5 fish to hand. Things will start picking up in the coming weeks.Quote:
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Meanwhile, tying has been a life saver during the quarantine.
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Some nice bugs you're whipping up swimmy. I tie something very similar to that ^ and have had it work really well around here. I like the tall but slim head and the hackle tail makes it very swimmy in the water. I usually throw some rubber legs on the head as well.
This thread is shaping up nicely!
Wyoming just joined Idaho in halting the sales of non resident licenses indefinitely.
[QUOTE=teleee;5959892]Wyoming just joined Idaho in halting the sales of non resident licenses indefinitely.[/QU
That's a real drag, we're a mile from State line road.
[QUOTE=new yabyum;5959966]Yea l, am about 18 miles. My understanding is if you already have one you are solid. But no bueno if you want to buy one now.Quote:
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Telee, Just got mine, but it's a season license. If your looking at a one or five day tag you're basically screwed. The State wants that 14 day quarantine. Everything is subject to change in these weird times.
Was going stir crazy and needed to get out of the house. So met up with a buddy and fished social distance style. We each had our own boat, car pooled, and kept our distance. Kind of weird but it worked and felt great to be out.
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Although water temps are still cold (air temp last night got down to 17 degrees) I couldn't wait to swim some new streamers.
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Didn't move a fish all day on the big stuff but the pink wire worm bite was hot
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My fish of the day.
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We did have company. Her calf was right behind her but thankfully she kept her distance.
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Good day. Tomorrow could be even better.
Nice swimmy! Beautiful day to be out today!
didn't suck to poopfish the bear
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well yeah
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im hudge
slow day today, but caught this guy on a beadhead rubberlegs I tied and it felt great. only recently started tying, and thats one of the few patterns i can crank out. haven't seen any skwalas but allegedly they're around. my whitefish count was absurd on this fly. was surprised I can tie something that doesn't fall apart.
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Slow as fuck all day today, then we caught one thousand fish in an hour. Then it was over.
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Social Distanced my way up to a headwater to see if the March Browns were coming off. My experience with the hatch on this stretch; while it is not a blanket hatch, if they are coming off fish are usually on 'em.
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I did end up seeing a handful but fish weren't really looking up. Unfortunately I think I was late.
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Oh well, I ended up going sub surface and found a couple. As you would expect the average size fish is smaller than the main stem. But they are absolutely gorgeous.
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I think this is a Dipper.
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Love this little boat.
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HAPPY 420 !
I got out on the Gallatin yesterday, several strikes but nothing in the net.
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Swimmy, what kind of raft is that?
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Tried my best to lose the crowds in JH yesterday. This stream doesn’t fish that well pre runoff but the solitude is worth less action! I never remember to take pics. Thought of it once yesterday on the walk in.
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Cool stretch stretch right there due to the recent geography of it! Ion
I hooked into four nice ones today but didn’t manage to land a damn thing here in Southern Germany.Quote:
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It is the Striker made by Outcast aka the perfect little boat to piss off entitled landowners.Quote:
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Took it back out today to one of the local bird sanctuaries.
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Lots of birds flying around. I watched this guy come down and grab the fish. Unfortunately I was late with my camera but still grabbed a couple.
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Mating pair I assume?
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They had company.
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I also brought along a couple of fly rods and nymphed buckets.
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Found a few
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Including this guy. Wonder what happened?
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Chill moose.
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Check out that moose’s eyes, d00d is obviously celebrating 4/20....Quote:
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A few sablefish, pulled up from 2400’.
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It’s been pretty tough fishin here in the hood. So I was unusually stoked to fondle this guy last night.
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Nice fish, Teleee!
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Yeah buddy!Quote:
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Socially distanced from people, and apparently fish
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Thanks we have been getting out for a few hours most nights. How is the water on your end looking? J and I have kicked around coming over and floating some different water one of these days.Quote:
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Flows were bumped a couple days ago. Still good floating though. Water is, (as of yesterday), clear on the Snake. Green is on the way up but definitely fishable.Quote:
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Boat hatch, (every kind of craft possible), was wild last wknd. As in boats on top of each other. With the park closed and sheep gulch still under snow, it’s tough finding solitude on the big river. Late afternoon-evening on a weekday would be my choice.
Night temps seem to be creeping up both in the valley and at elevation. Not enough to unlock the flood gates but...
The snake should hold up for a little while as far as the feeshin goes but if the long term forecast holds I’d guess we will start getting some color in about a week. Maybe before. And as u know, the snake ain’t known for good off color water catching.
Buddy of mine owns one of those 1/2ac lots. Sucks to hear that as we figured there would be pretty easy zoning in Dagget. We were talking about how sweet it would be to build a tiny cabin of some sort (frequent trips to the RS Home Depot during the build would get old though). No wonder why those lots are going for next to nothing.Quote:
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Same boat hatch we are having here. Weekdays are pretty much our only time to get on, it doesn't seem worthwhile to go out on the weekends. I would like to hit the Snake before it turns off color. Are the lower ramps open? And yep, I think we are in for some big flows shortly.Quote:
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Last I heard elbow is the lowest. West might be good to go now tho. Sheep is still gated. I should have snapped a pic of Astoria last wknd! Cars out to the highway! Pritchard was crowded but still had spots. Don’t get it.
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Great story about the Taylor's flat "subdivision", it was plated to be 1/4 acre lots to be on the shores of the Echo park dam down on the Yampa, it even had (has) air strip. The lots sold for 750$ back in the fifties, the dam was heavily protested by the Sierra club and river runners and was dropped, As the owners died off the lots became available for back taxes, I got my first for around 75 bucks and had 6-8 at one time. Daggett now says you have to have 6 to do anything, Fishing pard has a dozen and has his trailer ( always currently licensed ) and a few out buildings. BP is scenic place in the middle of East Jesus nowhere.Quote:
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