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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Nice rainbows johnkelly!
Potatohead, that is one truly impressive brown. Did you get a tape measure on him?
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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That is an amazing brown. Congratulations and thanks for putting him back to make more just like himself!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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total time maybe 10min
Amazingly short for a fish that size on a 7 weight. Surprised he did not break off.
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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That first one of my friend in the green float coat was 32"x20". Plus it had a crooked/bent spine. Here's another friend with one around 28". Usually a 7wt. for the bigger water but anything from a 6wt - 9wt. Usually 4x tippet so 6lb I think?
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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A few more same day
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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John Kelley!
Awesome trout!
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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This is more like what we usually see on a good day 18" - 22" range.
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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A few normal size steelhead
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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Another one of an earlier fish and a long skinny one.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Timed it right and got optimal conditions on the Chetco River, Oregon this week between storms...got some nice steelhead on the fly.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Nice fish, Bob!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Awesome trout folks.
With my new Christmas present scanner, and lots of time on my hands, I've been scanning some more of my huge collection of old slides & photos.
Thought I'd share some fish shots.
1998, Heidi, her sister, & I flew off to Little Cayman Island from Grand Cayman in a Twin Otter. Little Cayman had a dirt airstrip, some small dive resorts, due to its wonderful coral reefs, & not much else. No school, no cop, no crime & about 150 people for population.
We were staying in the sister's ex-husband's beach cottage & driving his rusted out Suzuki Samuri. The cottage was a one bedroom shack right on the beach. For 6 blessed days, the sister would rise early & drive to a dive boat, I would stroll down to the beach, wade out & fish the shallow waters that ran out 100 - 200 yards to the reef. I was just learning how to see bonefish & usually if I saw some they were already running from me, or I spooked them with my first cast. I finally broke down & went fishing for half a day with the one bonefish guide on the island & caught some.
After that, I did a little better on my own, but mostly I caught small jacks in the 8 -12" range and on occasion, what I think were baby Permit in the same size range.
Heidi's sister would get back from her dive trips about noon every day, and in the afternoon we would drive the dirt road around the island looking for good snorkle entry spots. The sister thought we were seeing as good a fish on our snorkle adventures as she was seeing while diving.
We didn't bother locking the Suzuki. We strewed our possessions between the vehicle & the beach, and really enjoyed the safeness of the island.
One afternoon out at a place called Point of Sands, the current pulled me past a 5' baracuda. I saw him from about 10' away, and did my best to quietly avoid running head-first into him. He moved over as I drifted by about 3' away. Awhile after that, I was fishing in the same general area & hooked what felt like a bigger jack than usual. Suddenly, I saw a shadow darting towards the jack, my rod bent double for a few seconds, then snapped back upright. I reeled in just the head of the jack & assume the baracuda took the remainder.
The only flaw in our paradise was the nightly assault of no-see-ums. As soon as the sun set, billions of the little bastardos swarmed the island. We usually dined inside, but after dinner one night at a dive resort we went down to an outside bar with a beach view. After a few drinks, we rolled back to our shack & the next day each of us had about 50 new bites on our legs.
Please note that Little Cayman has grown considerably in the last 18 years & none of my previous experiences may still be true.
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Didn't go fishing for trout last year, can't even find any pics of the salmon, but figured I'd share a few.
after knocking the wiggle out of them
Last year was unbelievable for whales and dall porpoises. One trip by the end of the day we'd had at least two dozen whales and 100 porpoises circling the boat every time we stopped to fish. Under the too close for comfort we had a whale surface under out boat and lift us out of the water. Probably only raised us a foot out of the water but that was a once in a lifetime experience I don't want to repeat.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Mar 17, 2016 - 09:10am PT
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 17, 2016 - 11:33am PT
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Very Nice !!!!!!! Dry fly or???
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MegaStoke
Trad climber
Boise, ID
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Mar 17, 2016 - 02:19pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 17, 2016 - 06:58pm PT
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Great Idaho Cut Megastoke.
You also get points for holding it extended out in front of you, so the camera makes it look larger.
Back in the 1970's, we did not take stoves into Idaho's mountains, & instead grilled those trout over campfire coals.
As it should be.
But, I haven't grilled a mountain trout over a wilderness campfire for about 30 years.
Sigh.
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