Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

Fly Fishing Reports => Local Trip Reports => Topic started by: Dougfish on July 08, 2018, 06:46:54 AM

Title: We go fishing...
Post by: Dougfish on July 08, 2018, 06:46:54 AM


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J has been a bachelor for most of the week and the rains have been timely. So I talked him into a new stream we had targeted for our spring hike/camp/fish trip.
Nobody would commit, the weather would not cooperate, and that trip did not happen. Let's do a stupid road trip?! Get on the road early, hit it and be back by 6.
What could go wrong?
Ring, ring.
Wifey is coming back hours earlier. Plan B. A closer stream that should be flush with water. Finish by 2?
We still started early. It's a pretty good leg stretcher.
Rigged up at 7:30 streamside. Cool temps! Nice.
Overcast. Dark! It had just finished up raining. J had reel issues, I couldn't see to tie knots or thread on a fly. Fukkity.
Up the path. Humidity was about 125%. 45 minutes later we hoped into the water.

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The camera was having a tough time in the low light focusing on the wet fish. I just gave up and did my best.  b';
Dry dropper action.

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Good fungi day. Everything was wet. Tribs were pumping. Newts abounded.

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We hustled it up, scrambled, hit the trail at the top and cruised back to the car. Only 15 minutes late.

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Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Big J on July 08, 2018, 07:03:37 AM

Good day fishing.  Stream had a lot of water pumping from the previous rains.  Most of my rainbows came off the dry and most brookies off the dropper. 

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Rhoda for Ben

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False Solomon's Seal fruit

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Doug missed this fish and couldn't get her to recommit, told me to give her something different, boom.

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We saw about a dozen of these newts.

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Doug going the "easier" way

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Rattlesnake orchid getting ready to do it's thing.


Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 08, 2018, 09:40:18 AM
Good chit guys! Eastern newts (Red Eft) in the terrestrial phase are cool creatures!


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Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Onslow on July 08, 2018, 10:31:53 AM
Cool little box canyon there.
Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Fishbug on July 08, 2018, 22:34:15 PM
Schweet.

That mossy crossing looks treacherous.

You ever harvest/eat wild mushrooms?




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Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Big J on July 09, 2018, 08:46:45 AM
Quote from: Fishbug on July 08, 2018, 22:34:15 PM
Schweet.

That mossy crossing looks treacherous.

You ever harvest/eat wild mushrooms?




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I can't even ID a daffodil bulb so I figure I should stay away from eating wild mushrooms.
Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Dee-Vo on July 09, 2018, 10:08:01 AM
Doug is getting ballsy.

Cool gorge. I likey.

I never see those newts. They're cool.
Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: itieuglyflies on July 09, 2018, 13:06:22 PM
In the mountains where I grew up the old saying was " there aren't too many OLD mushroom tasters around"
Title: Re: We go fishing...
Post by: Big J on July 09, 2018, 13:29:39 PM
Quote from: itieuglyflies on July 09, 2018, 13:06:22 PM
In the mountains where I grew up the old saying was " there aren't too many OLD mushroom tasters around"

The other saying is "every mushroom is edible at least once"