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:yourock: SOme cool shit down there.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFugitive
dibs, tried to call ya but not sure you're number is the same. got room in a boat for ya if you wanna fish.
Yep this is a thing. I'm in with Telee. Texted dibs and no response, he's preppen the rental fleet I will swing by today holler at him. See yall in the morn.
Good lookin out Snapt wish you could join us...
How the kids doing Schwerty? Hopefully feeling better.
Just looked at the weather forecast. Maybe I shouldn't have. At least it's above freezing...by 1 degree. DJ looks a bit warmer but it seems like so much driving for a day tripper.
i don't works for apple jacks rinky dinks rentals no mores
i guess i wasn't their type and you can be to safe
back at the l9 full times
sammies i thoughts that place was named after a wobbly pop from the land of ski blue waters
i'm on the fence tween just throwin the boat in local in better weather rather than fighting frozen guides
i should head up and lc rancher one last time 4 sum tiggers
went backs to a windy city for ma's 75th
i shouda brought a stick
waked n baked the river every morn saw one poopers
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tucked into a scumline that may or may not contain poop
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cool returning to my teeenage spent a lot of time on home waters
my bros gotta lake on his spread out niu way gotta a couple of the 3 foot sterile asian dont eat flies pets gonna floss one of them bitches someday
that time of year
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my work day is kinda dependent on somebody pressing buy now and a warehouse full of overhead finding a new home
see as were at a new record of 242 days without a frost i aint to surprised skiing equipment aint flyin out the door
so the 6am to noon im gonna cut labor costs and score another poopquest expedition works for everyone
capre today cause mannna is bringin snow to the valley floor
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the duckwhackers are out n force and tween the mudbuddies and jet/airboats most of the waters mucked pretty good
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most of the big poopers are maddenly tucked nose first into timber
stuck a couple smaller ones and saw a few tails of the ones i want but the sunlight visibiity window fades as they seem to become more active
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finally stuck a mirror
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so the old man gots inducted to the just formed utah flyfishin halls of fame last night and seein hows i convinced him the whippystick was worth the effort i should show up
this dude shows up and gives a presentation on flyfishin thru midlife crisis
i so fuckin didn't needs to know about no golden mahseers
nor them being members of the poopfish family
or willingness to eat flies
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fkna how the hells am i gonna up my poopfish bucketlist to include this nonsense, stay married and pull that shit off?
i gots an idea but it doesnt involve skiing everyday till the snow melts.
bummers i am
Its best not to look. Yea DJ is a long haul for a day tripper. I say we cowboy up and do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
My shit's all loaded. Shooting to be on the road by 7am.
Fellas - I gotta stick around these parts for the wknd. Maybe fish over turkey day wknd???
Currier is the man, almost got eaten by a tiger in a place they hadn't seen a tiger in 100 years while chasing those things. Fucker nearly got me fired once.Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
i was impressed i don't watch or follow much fish porn
thank jah he replaced and got
jack d to shut up
sorry but he don't do nuttin for me
i'd fish the red sea flats that shit looked amazing
i'm shocked sudan doesn't allow any forms of commercial fishing
and i doubt any old joe can pull that visa though
by black friday i should be on enough ot to have next weekend free
Oh JD....
Was fishing in a tshirt until dark yesterday on the ocean. Only got a shad from the jetty but watched guys dragging bait hook up with 2 decent sized schoolies right in front of me. Bait is so, lame.
Today is mid 40s with a 25-35mph wind. More like it. Hopefully will catch something decent for my troubles.
Mid 40's? Ouch, that's tough, you must have had to put a long sleeve shirt on? :)
The outside thermometer in the truck read 12 degrees when we pulled up to the launch ramp yesterday.
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Wish I coulda joined you fellas. Next time.
For sure! Although you were a lot warmer not joining us. 11 degrees when we put in!Quote:
Originally Posted by schwerty
The jalepeno bacon burgers made it feel more like 20 degrees. Pretty balmy really. :)
Totally! And if you mix in a little coffee and whiskey it kicked it up to like 24 degrees.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
Almost short sleeve weather.
Whoa. That's shirts off time!
Was warmer up here. good cutty playing on the snake for a couple hours.
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^^^ fuk Underoos wins 2016 like he did 2015 and I think 2014. Can we be friends?
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The family and myself made our annual thanksgiving trek to Western North Carolina, on the southern border of GSMNP. I try and take some time each year to sneak away for some therapy, fishing one of the innumerable options in the area.
Unfortunately the area hasn't had any rain to speak of in months, so water is low, and wildfires abundant.
I decided to take a few hours to fish Deep Creek on Thursday. Fishing in the steps of legendary Appalachian outdoors men like Mark Cathey and Horace Kephart.
The parking lot at the trailhead was full of tourist family's taking their Thanksgiving walks on an easy, but very scenic trail.
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On limited time, I wasn't going to be able to hike in too far, but knew I'd be able to get away from the humans fairly easily as the trail eventually rises pretty high above the creek.
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Forgot my tube, so this wasn't a problem. A few summers ago I witnessed an Indian family dressed in full street clothes walking up the trail with tubes. Unfortunately I wasn't able to document it with pics.
I got in the water at the first bridge past Indian Creek.
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BWOs started coming off, but I never once went to my pack to change my rig. Even after beating the shit out of my caddis with my hemostats on the first fish, fish were still rising to the fly.
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Missed a few more, had one to hand that "prereleased". At this point, it was time to get back to the fam. Was pretty much walled out from the trail, but didn't feel like sloshing back where I'd come from so decided to bushwhack and claw myself up the steep bank thru the rhodo.
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The point of egress.
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Can't wait to get back in there when I have a full day to explore...but for a few hours, it was good therapy.
Had a great time in the surf over the holiday weekend. I think I put in over 30 hours from Fri-Sun. It was tough going back to work today.
Woke up Friday morning to birds working north on peanuts. Fished well away from the hordes and was rewarded with a couple shorts that I was able to reach otf
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Things quieted down later in the morning, broke for lunch and when I returned the bait was still around in abundance but had moved south. Even with no fish harassing the bunker the pods were moving faster down the beach than you could walk. The best you could do was to get out in front of it and have at your 10 casts of glory as it moved by. Being the holiday weekend, the buggy bandits were out in force, all on snag & drop
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There were smaller pods of bait that were overlooked by those only waiting for the latest text updates and watching for bent rods… Had a good blowup right at dusk with no one around, another short
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The next morning was slower, didn't bother fishing in the mob but it eventually caught up to me. I managed another schoolie right in the midst of the pack otf. I'm normally happy about sharing the wealth, but seeing the dumfounded expressions on 30 faces when the only one to hook up was this freak doing some tenkara shit was awesome. I thought the fly cast would spare me more room, but I was wrong. Almost hooked a couple guys that were stoopid enough to stand right next to me. "I thought you were a righty" some guy said as he almost took my clouser to the face. fuckin rubes
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Battery died unexpectedly after lunch, luckily at the house and not a couple miles down the beach. But most of the afternoon was lost.
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Sunday was a bust. Bait more sparse than the past two days and was unable to seduce any rogue bass, but it was another gorgeous day
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I had another great season in YNP this year! Here's a few from fishing in and around the park.
I'm still in search of big brook trout, but we have a few pockets with reliable 13-15" ones.
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A couple from work:
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Not quite the biggest cuttie I've caught in the area, but certainly one of the purdiest.
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A nice lil' 26" brown on a rainy day. I had the entire spawn off, and it was glorious.
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Nice pics! Did you guys bring up a lot of macks this season?
About 344,000, which is the most we've ever caught in a season. Not sure when the population will crash, but it sure seems like it has to, with that kind of pressure.
Thanks for being out there and doing what you do! As much as I dig fishing for those things in the spring and fall, I would like them them out! Especially in Jellystone Lake.
I love that Roos lives across the street from me, I know which house is his, he fishes all the same spots I do, and we've never met (I saw him once at a party but I'm to anti-social to say that I know you from the internet). Plus, he's got mad photo shop skills copying all these giant Montana fish into the pictures.
Haha
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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
Don't be a stranger, man. Come over and drink some shitty beer with me. Come ski with us on Thursdays. We can fish next season.
I meet and fish with random dudes from the internet all the time. Don't sweat it. Right now, I'm in a house in south Louisiana with 10 guys I met from forums. Besides all the butt sex, it's not weird.
No big ones for me this trip. Conditions were shit. We didn't even fish yesterday. Great times though.
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We ate all of this goodness.
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There was boat trouble.
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Others had better luck than me.
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Followed the rainbows...
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Hoping it wasn't my last time on the water for the year.
Wife has been working on a woodcut trout print. Almost finished.
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Sweet fish Aenigma! Really dig that Cuttie, incredible.
This gets a little creepier every time I read it. Do you live in Junction Ranch?Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
That's why I was laughing when I wrote it. I live across the big street, Hwy 40, in Pole Creek Valley. I think you park your raft on the side of your house which faces what ever the Meadow Creek Road is called. I'm (much) of an internet stalker however I read your posts because they are some of the best humor around here and I love the pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Underoos
I think we were at a mutual friends house on the 4th maybe. I get pretty bad anxiety and I really wasn't feeling good that day and just wanted to go home. After the fact, I saw a picture here of your wife and kid and connected the dots.
I really should come skiing with you guys. I looked for your a couple times last year on Thursday but didn't see you. I'm a fairly standard Fraser Valley Contractor Type I just am pretty guarded in social situations. That said, it's good for me to get out and about and I get along well with almost everyone.
This is my favorite thread every year. Thanks guys.
Xmas break fishes, and probably the last fish of the year.
I think I caught one of the same fish I caught last time out...
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Yep. That's me. Right across from the house where Brad W is doing the addition, which is taking fucking forever. Let me know if you ever want to borrow the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
Best humor/bitter asshole. Same, same.Quote:
I'm (much) of an internet stalker however I read your posts because they are some of the best humor around here and I love the pictures.
My wife is friends with Monica, that was the first time I met Ryan. I bet you were hanging with all the dudes around the bar while I was kid wrangling. Adam H is a good friend of mine, or rather, our wives are besties.Quote:
I think we were at a mutual friends house on the 4th maybe.
Yes. You should. Every Thursday. We usually meet in the lot around 9 and ski till around noon. Then party time. If the weather is shitty we go to Pep's instead. Look for us doing something like this, usually with more people:Quote:
I really should come skiing with you guys.
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Posting this publicly because that's a public invite for skiing at Winter Park, and the same goes for fishing.
^^^^^^ What he said. I enjoy seeing the pics. Definitely on the short list of great threads. Right up there with snow for the euros, skin track stoke, the wasatch thread to name a few.....Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFugitive
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Gotta fish more alpine lakes.
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Summer is too damn short in the high country.
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Wydaho mags know this one.
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FTW! ^^^^