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The Chief
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Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Hey Wade... get out and do it. It actually works. Got 191 days on the waters some where on the Eastside so far to date. Most all by myself on waters that no one is any where near.
These three were my fav secret tubing spots in the Owens Valley up until the end of May...
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Hey Ron, ya gotta get one of these bad boys cus they get ya onto ponds etc that no one can access otherwise...
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Hey Rdog, that wouldn't be at the Carson City Sportsmans Warehouse would it now???
If so, that place rocks as far as Fly Tying Materials. You all have the biggest assortment of Fly Tying goodies in the entire Reno/CC area and for that I am grateful. That includes Cabela's and the other big joint off of 80.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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The Chief . . . much respect for your fishing ethics.
Beautiful photos too, thank you!
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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NIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!!1
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 11, 2015 - 07:48pm PT
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Anita and I decided to celebrate our First Year Shagaversary by going climbing at Bon Echo. But the fishing was so good, we never touched the rock!
Here is an 18" 3 lb 12 oz smallmouth that we caught on a Rebel Pop-R, right next to a deepwater weedbed. I put the fish on the stringer for a moment so that Anita could hold him up for the photo, but we live released him moments after this picture was taken.
So instead of going climbing, we hit the beach.
Training for big walls, you know. {wink}
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 11, 2015 - 10:10pm PT
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In fishing parlance, Anita is most assuredly a "keeper". I put her on my stringer. ;)
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 13, 2015 - 05:47pm PT
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I was really into flyfishing from about 1985 to around 2000 and then suffered "fish-burnout." I still enjoy fishing, but I'm just not going fishing 70-90 times a year. Please bear in mind that I live a mile from Choss Creek, which is a great little trout stream.
So ------back in the day, my pal Ned & I enjoyed going into less visited streams in Idaho and having big days catching & releasing mostly little fish. We collectively knew of 3 small streams that few folks bothered to hike into, where we could catch & release over 100 native wild trout each in a long day. The fish (mostly rainbows, but also brookies & an occasional cut) however only averaged 10" and ranged from 4" to the occasional giant of 16"
We once had a 200 fish each, day. Ned has passed on, and I haven't done that stuff since the mid-1990's.
However!
After a high mountain hike this week, I fled thunderstorms & got to a streamside car-camp close to middle-of-nowhere Idaho, about 5:00 PM, set up camp and went fishing. Within 100 yards of camp on a stream that averages twenty feet in width. (About the size of the stream by Donini's Patagonia place) I caught 22 native wild 8" -11" rainbows in one hour. I decided to eat three for dinner, due to the fish-killing influence of The Donini. (I had not killed & eaten a trout from 1980-2013, until we visited Donini's place in Patagonia in 2013, & I was informed that worthy guests catch & kill trout)
The next morning, the weather looked really putrid with low lenticular clouds rolling in from the west and the mountain area to the east I wanted to hike to an old mine was actually hidden by clouds.
So I went fishing again. I started at 9:00 AM at a really nice hole & caught 16 rainbows in 10 minutes. I decided I was going for a 100 fish day, something I haven't tried since the mid-1990's. The weather improved, but I blew off hiking to some stupid mine to look for stupid & heavy mineral specimens. (Besides, I had found some nice garnets & hiked 1,600' vertical the day before.)
I soon fell well behind my initial goal of a fish a minute. I then lost the Parachute Adams I'd been using and couldn't find another in my fly boxes. The trees and willows closed in tightly on the stream and it was soon like fishing inside a green telephone booth. I left the stream and hiked upstream to where things opened up a mite, but fishing still was slow. At one point I went more than 10 minutes without a fish & none of my flies seemed to be working.
Finally, in desperation, I looked in my small Caddis-only fly box, and found two more Parachute Adams in size 14. Life improved, but the creek closed in again, and I hiked to another open spot with only 52 fish caught so far, in 2 1/2 hours. I had a stretch of nice fishing holes again, and the fish were more than willing. I caught 15 out of one hole & at least a few in every decent spot. I suddenly reached 100 native wild trout caught & released & stopped at 104.
I suspect an average of a fish every two minutes during a total elapsed fishing time of 3 hours & twenty minutes isn't bad for an old guy, although 20 years ago I would have went for the gusto of a 200 fish day. The fish mostly were 9”- 11" with a small of 4" & a big of 12". There are some bigger fish in the creek. I saw a Bull trout years ago that must have been 18-20". I caught two much smaller Bull trout this trip.
Yes! The water was nice & cold & other than the three I ate, no trout died in the making of this story.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 13, 2015 - 07:07pm PT
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Wow, you are far more of a "numbers" guy than me. Try as I might, I cannot get remotely excited by a ten-incher, no matter how many you catch.
Got some nice 18" native speckled/brook trout in Algonquin Park this spring with my dad. They tasted good.
I'm a day early with the Friday night post. Having some margaritas and beers down here in Cave City, Kentucky. Off to the World's Longest Cave tomorrow. We're going to make it longer still -- a New World's Record!!!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 14, 2015 - 01:59am PT
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Wow Pete, that is some catch!
And I thought boob threads were long gone...
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Just got back from Alaska. Caught some nice silvers.
tag = Bob Gaines fly fishing alaska silver salmon
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Very Nice BG!
I caught this Volcano Creek Golden today and it's keeper:
Some real ones we let go last Saturday:
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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nice goldens!
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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fijibrian
climber
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Post title says "The very large trout lovers thread" Here is a 60 pounder-kinda cheating since it is a salt water species called a coral trout,oh well.
P.S the trout fought harder when it saw my 90's haircut.
also note shark attempt at trout lunch near fishes tail
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The Chief
climber
Down the hill & across the Valley from......
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Sep 19, 2015 - 12:58pm PT
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Hooked up this Monster DFW "Trophy Serial #'d" Tagged 25" Bow in Sabrina last Weds with my 11' 5wt St. Croix Skagit Stick. What a fight and awesome day as well with over 30 other Bows hooked and netted... nothing smaller than 14".
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 19, 2015 - 08:23pm PT
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Nice catch and release
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The Chief
climber
Down the hill & across the Valley from......
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Sep 19, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
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BG, you should of seen the faces of my buddies at the Bishop DFG (to confirm the tag serial # etc) and at the local Tackle shop when I told em that I released it!!!
I never touched the Old Man btw. Thus the net only close up photos.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 22, 2015 - 10:04pm PT
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alaskan rainbows
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The Chief
climber
Down the hill & across the Valley from......
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Sep 22, 2015 - 10:08pm PT
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NIIIIIIICE BG!
Hooked up this 20"er Bow yesterday...
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