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BG
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JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 23, 2015 - 10:57am PT
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nice fly chief
float tubing?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 23, 2015 - 11:19am PT
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Nice Fish.
BG.... Is Alaska Fishing as good as its billed?
Chief.... right out your back door, nice.
This is my First Fish on my own rig..... Please don't laugh.
From Rock Creek, at the road end, up close to the first lake.
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The Chief
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Down the hill & across the Valley from......
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Sep 23, 2015 - 12:13pm PT
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^^^^^ Awesome GUY!!! Great to see ya getting out now.
BG... Negative.
11' or 10'9" Skagit Sticks with either 300 or 350 grain heads. That is all I use now for everything except bass. I find sand bars or rock bars and walk out as far as I can, sometimes that'll get me 80-100' from shore, then Single Spey or C-Spey shoot out 70-100'. 12 foot Butt/Leader/Tippet with my heavily weighted 12 or 14's that I tie (as in the photo) and BAM!!!!!
Pretty badass technique and tons of fun. Been doing that regularly for a month or so now 2-3 times a week. Now I see why guys like Howell, Ward, Pinczkowski and Larimer have been strictly Double Handed for most of their fly fishing careers. It is really so versatile once you get all the assorted casts down.
These two videos are what sold me on going two handed for everything.....
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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And this of course this one....
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 23, 2015 - 10:14pm PT
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Great videos chief...thanks for sharing.
I'm thinking of getting a switch rod and going for some kings and steelhead this winter
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 23, 2015 - 10:38pm PT
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BG.... Is Alaska Fishing as good as its billed?
Alaska, they say, gets in your blood. Just a taste and you'll be addicted. I first went in 2000 and have been returning every summer. For numbers, size, and variety of fish it's hard to beat.
I love catching big salmon on flies, and I've had days where I've wrestled with dozens until my arms were pumped and my wrists and elbows ruined, but this year I got an assignment for Northwest Fly Fishing magazine to write an article on float tubing the Kenai Peninsula, so my wife and I hiked in to a bunch of backcountry lakes with our float tubes.
The most eager and utterly enthusiastic fish I've ever seen to take a dry fly is without a doubt the Arctic Grayling. I've seen them actually leap out of the water and take the fly on the way down. Had one afternoon on this last trip where my wife and I caught 111 Grayling in 5 hours, give or take a few. In one instance I saw two fish leap out of the water and collide in mid air while going after my fly!
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 23, 2015 - 11:25pm PT
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The scenery's not too bad either...
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 24, 2015 - 08:22am PT
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Bob... sounds fantastic!
Ill put graylings on my bucket list.
You must be getting the fly just right, to get them to fight over it.
THX
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Sep 25, 2015 - 01:11pm PT
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Caught a few brookies up at Minaret Lake, CA, over Labor Day weekend. They loved my bee-looking fly. Not a terrible view either with Clyde Minaret as a backdrop.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 25, 2015 - 03:16pm PT
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wow...I've never seen the Minarets that devoid of snow and ice!
nice brookie btw
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 28, 2015 - 12:33pm PT
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The fall colors are nice in the backcountry.
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Sep 28, 2015 - 02:10pm PT
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Hey Stimbo, do you hail from Crowley Lake near Mammoth? Heard the fishing there is on par with Pyramid Lake in terms of giant Cutthroat.
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The Chief
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Down the hill & across the Valley from......
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Sep 28, 2015 - 02:46pm PT
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Nice Stimbo....
They were also very nice 40 something miles to the north on Saturday.
The biggest of the day hooked up by my buddy Brad...
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 28, 2015 - 02:51pm PT
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Turns out Nelson lake has some great fishing,... and you can stare up at potential first ascents while you cast...
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 28, 2015 - 05:51pm PT
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Rick -- That brown looks awesome! Brad must have been stoked.
Laine -- Yes, Crowley is right down the street (literally). It can yield some incredible fish; rainbows, browns, and cutthroats... but nothing like Pyramid Lake cutthroats. Those fish are in a league of their own.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Sep 28, 2015 - 05:54pm PT
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... and Bob -- Those rainbows and grayling look fabulous. Damn!
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 29, 2015 - 03:13pm PT
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Thanks Stimbo.
Hey Chief, that's a nice brown! Parker Lake?
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 29, 2015 - 03:26pm PT
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more from alaska...
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The Chief
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Sep 29, 2015 - 03:49pm PT
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BG... Awesome and Beautiful Char!!! Did you keep a couple to eat??
Nope not Parker... Saddlebag. The wind was howling but we still hooked up on over two dozen Bows and seven Browns. Saddlebag is well known for producing some Monster Giant Browns.
These aren't real but are part of my metal art work that I just finished for a show here in Bishop this weekend. I thought ya'll would appreciate em.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 29, 2015 - 04:21pm PT
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Nice!!!
Do you sell any of your metal artwork online?
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