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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 28, 2017 - 07:56pm PT
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I did hear the theme music from Jaws, when the 28" trout was torpedoing 30 feet upstream towards my fly.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Nov 29, 2017 - 05:24pm PT
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Jeez those are some hogs!!!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 29, 2017 - 09:32pm PT
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An "old" friend of mine, who was the first Chouinard Rep in the Northwest, used to live near Medford, & was in a fly-fishing club there.
He told a story about new members who had suffered the embarrassment of a large trout turning & running between their legs & then breaking off the fly in the ensuing tangle.
The fishing club awarded a velcro knee-pillow to those unfortunates, with instructions to keep the pillow tightly clasped between their knees.
My first 18" trout tried that ploy yesterday, but I closed my knees tight as a teen-virgin & it veered away at the last second. One explanation is, the panicked fish is running for cover, & you & your wide open knees look like cover.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Nov 30, 2017 - 09:47am PT
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Outstanding Large Trout you got their Fritz...
way to make the Supertopo Fly Fishing Hall of Fame.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 12, 2018 - 08:13pm PT
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Skiing just was not in the cards today with the temps in the low 60's, so... fishing seemed like a good idea. There are some big trout cruising around.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 12, 2018 - 08:20pm PT
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Nice & wonderful big trout "hawg" Stimbo!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 12, 2018 - 08:32pm PT
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Nice & wonderful big trout "hawg" Stimbo!
Thanks so much Fritz! And back at ya!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 12, 2018 - 08:53pm PT
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from Acklins Island December 2017. Some big bones
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 13, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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Anyway I’m heading out Monday to see if I can wrestle one or ten.
WTF
I've been meaning to give you a call. I almost went to Pyramid this past Monday-Tuesday but with that latest storm that rolled thru, I opted out and bivy'd at the East Walker instead, which was a good call it seems. Let's keep in touch, I am overdue either for some steelhead or cuttys at the 'mid. Jim
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 13, 2018 - 09:32am PT
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.... and NICE bones Mike!
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jan 14, 2018 - 09:09am PT
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Nice bonefish Mike. Were you using a floating or intermediate line?
And nice lookin rainbow there Stimbo, Upper O?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 14, 2018 - 09:28am PT
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Upper O?
But of course. They are few and far between, but worth the tug.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 14, 2018 - 08:15pm PT
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Hi Bob -
I always carry a spool with an intermediate line for those holes on the flats when the tide is dead low, but have never once used it. If you have a car on Acklins, you can pretty much always be someplace where they are tailing in mid-calf-deep water. So, floating lines all the time. Mike
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 15, 2018 - 07:14pm PT
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WTF! A great-looking big Cut! Thanks for going out there in Jan. & working to catch that fine fish & share it with us!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 30, 2018 - 09:20am PT
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Trying to keep the stoke alive.... not much snow this year, but the fishing has consistently been solid.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 31, 2018 - 04:09pm PT
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I feel a little guilty about not being into cold-weather fishing any longer, so I'd better tell a cold-weather fishing story.
In early Sept. 1988, I stopped by Jackson Hole WY. for a few days at the start of a two-week sales-rep road trip to Montana from South Idaho. It was the long-hot summer of the fires that had burned much of Yellowstone National Park & I took little cool-weather gear on the trip, but of course I brought my fishing gear.
Although I have fly-fished since age 12, after a divorce in 1984, I "immersed" myself in fly-fishing & got fairly good at it, sometimes going fishing 90 days a year. One of my Jackson dealers was Jack Dennis Sports, which sponsored the annual "One Fly" tournament, & Jack's fly-tying guru, my friend Scott Sanchez, was my host for a couple nights on this visit.
The One Fly tournament had started in 1986 & drew some of the big names in U.S. Fly fishing & a select group of rich fly fishers too. As I was trying to make a sales presentation to the manager of Jack Dennis Sports on Friday morning, Jack Dennis himself saw me, quickly remembered I was way into fishing & said heartily:
“Hey, it’s good to see you!” “Are you in town for the weekend, because we need another person on our One Fly team?”
After I got up off the floor, Jack explained that one of the co-owners of Jack Dennis Sports had cancelled attending the One Fly that morning, due to an emergency. Although there were better fisherman than me on staff in the store, they were all engaged in working during the tournament. The considerable entry fees were all paid & participating wouldn’t cost me a dime.
Blinking away my astonishment, I assured Jack that I could help them out by being on the team.
Briefly, in the Jackson Hole One Fly, the cardinal rule was, you had one & only one fly per day, for a two day tournament. If you lost or destroyed the fly, you were out for the day. There were two contestants & a guide/score-keeper in each drift boat or raft & there was a lottery to see which sections of the Snake River near Jackson each fisherman would float. Of course it was all catch & release, but the size of each angler’s fish were recorded & added up, with the largest total winning the individual championship & the largest 4-person team total winning the team championship.
The hot summer ended on Friday night with a big storm & the next day was cold & wet, with high temperatures in the low 40’s f., with snow visible in the Tetons, when the clouds lifted. I had borrowed a pair of rubber chest waders, but I froze my ass all day. I managed to keep my fly & caught fish, but it wasn’t a good day fishing, for anyone.
Fritz on the right with the Tetons in the background.
More Tetons background.
At the big event dinner party that evening, I learned the forecast for the next day was worse. It was supposed to snow all night & day & temps were going to be in the low 30’s, at best. Worse yet, I was picked to fish the “Canyon-stretch” of the Snake, which has considerable white-water. It was going to be a really wet & miserable day for under-dressed me.
In sudden desperation, I told Scott Sanchez, if he wanted to take my place fishing, I would work in the store for him. He instantly agreed & Jack Dennis (undoubtedly hoping for a more productive team member), agreed to the switch.
Next day in Jackson, there was 6 inches of fresh snow & it snowed hard all day. Scott had a great time fishing & I had a great time working in the store & not bouncing through white-water in those conditions. Sadly, our team didn’t win.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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What a cool story Fritz! Thanks for sharing. I love that part of the country. The Tetons never disappoint.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Formerly TMJesse
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I spent a summer season at Lake Eleanor (YNP). During the heat of summer, fishing is not dependable. But, in fall it's fantastic. Average rainbow is 16" One morning, I was on top of some cliffs on the north side. The lighting was perfect and the lake was totally still. There were dozens of HUGE rainbows visible. in 1994, the record size was 30.5"
Snakes, bears, biting flies and gnats, along with thick brush and tough going, make Lake Eleanor unpopular. Getting to the inlet without a boat is next to impossible.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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saw these on the way to thislast sunday.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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WTF & Stimbo! Glad you folks liked my story. A free Jackson Hole One Fly was my lifetime lottery win, but of course the weather took some zest out of it.
I haven't fished the Snake in Jackson Hole from a boat since that memorable day, but I did a lot of S. Fork Snake trips on the Idaho side in the 80's & 90's, We usually camped our way down the river below the lodge. Fortunately, I never got bit by those dam flow increases & decreases.
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