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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 10, 2018 - 11:08am PT
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Very nice!!!!
The big walk pays off!
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Sep 10, 2018 - 02:33pm PT
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I don't know Keesee. You watched me catch one about like that in a four foot wide creek last year, why would I want to do the hike out of Yucca Point?! Have you ever done it? I have and it kind of sucks.
Speaking of fishing, you want to fish next weekend?
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Sep 10, 2018 - 02:48pm PT
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Thanks for the invite Crabs, sorry I couldn't join
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 10, 2018 - 03:17pm PT
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Because, G_gnome, it’s not stocked so they’re all wild natives in their historic range! Ok, I admit, that doesn’t really matter when there’s a fish on the line. My brother and I are odd I suppose.
Also, that hike out does suck. The Rough Fire burned off what little shade there was and the poison oak organized a takeover.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 10, 2018 - 04:31pm PT
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I'm proud of you young padawan. I've been down there one time. It was the best fishing day of my life. That place is magical.
And yeah, the hump out is a bit of a leg burner for sure. Reaching the road after a long day down in there feels like you have been birthed from the womb of the Middle Fork.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 10, 2018 - 06:24pm PT
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Looks like that gets you into the beautiful color in the high teens club, of which I’m still a member.
20” will happen for us down there someday. (Side note, when I was a worm fisherman my dad, brother and I all broke the 20” mark on the same day on that river, but I need one on the fly to feel fulfilled)
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 11, 2018 - 09:53am PT
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WTF the three pound club at Pyramid is like being in the 5 push-up club at your local Cross-fit gym. I want a big one. I know they're out there and I want one.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 01:50pm PT
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We'll get a big one next time, Mico. Remember, we just have to use the Fresno strategy of going further out with our ladders than everyone else.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 11, 2018 - 02:36pm PT
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You and me Limpingcrab....Fresno style.
Maybe we need WTF and Stimbo to hold the base while we paddle out.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Sep 11, 2018 - 04:16pm PT
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So why don't you just bring a larger ladder than anyone else? I think a nice 12 footer should get you a bit further out. But you will have to swim the ladder in place and then you probably won't want to leave it.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 15, 2018 - 08:19pm PT
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Maybe we need WTF and Stimbo to hold the base while we paddle out.
I seem to recall WTF tipping over backwards in his ladder rig and going for the full immersion. Thank Gawd for a good sense of humor in frigid water.
Change of subject:
From last week's fish-a-thon. Rainbows are the most prevalent trout now in this fishery but this one afternoon I happened to land not only some nice rainbows, but a nice brown, and this cutthroat. This guy took a dry.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 17, 2018 - 08:33am PT
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Some beautiful fish ^^^
QUESTION
I was at a family reunion in South Lake Tahoe this weekend and my brother and I snuck away for an hour of fishing on the Upper Truckee. Does anyone know if these monsters are juvenile stream form Lahontan Cutthroat? Asking because they would count towards the heritage trout challenge.
CADFW would call these "sub catchable" but we were born to catch baby trout in streams.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 17, 2018 - 08:45am PT
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Limpingcrab: Those mighty little monsters look like the hungry baby Rainbows I catch on small streams in Idaho.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 17, 2018 - 09:15am PT
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Thanks. Ya, they didn't look out of the ordinary to us, and we weren't way up in the headwaters where they did the Lahontan restoration, but I was hoping there was some subtle difference I didn't know of :(
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 17, 2018 - 09:40am PT
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Stimbo that is an absolutely stunning photo of that last hawg. Where did you pull that one from. Looks like a lake. Crowley?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 17, 2018 - 09:46am PT
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WTF -- Have a great trip. I cannot wait to see the photos.
jim
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 23, 2018 - 07:59pm PT
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Looks like it was a great trip WTF.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 23, 2018 - 09:08pm PT
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WTF! Thanks for sharing your adventure. I did a long one-day trip on that stretch with a guide-friend back in the mid-80's, then made it into a yearly 2 night trip almost every year into the mid-90's.
I finally gave it up when I could no longer find a camp that someone else had not grabbed. I can't believe how crowded it got.
I still have chills about casting a hopper under a tree & seeing a cut the size of a lab puppy slide out of hiding & slowly tip up to sip in my hopper. I jerked my hopper out of its mouth just before it closed.
Night casting big attractors for the Browns was another thrill.
Good times.
A 2000 overnight trip still produced some nice cuts.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 24, 2018 - 11:21am PT
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WTF! Thanks for thinking of me. Choss Creek is about 35 miles NW of Twin & has nice sunsets too.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Sep 24, 2018 - 09:39pm PT
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So Keesee and I are heading in to the Kings Canyon back country on October 6th for a week. We sure as heck hope to catch lots of nice fish. Maybe Guy will even take some photos. And I hope it doesn't snow or rain on us! We'll try to keep count but that might be hard if the fishing is as good as last time I was there.
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