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Started by Dougfish, June 02, 2023, 21:35:32 PM

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I had been talking to a new neighbor a few days ago.
She found out I fly fished and mentioned that her husband/vet/fedex pilot/golfer wanted to learn to fly fish.
I told her you should only have one really obsessive, frustrating hobby.
But hey, if he took some casting instruction from a certified instructor (not me!), I'd take him fishing.

Meanwhile, Bobby and I conspired to fish the yearly fountain of youth test for me.
But it had been 3 years. The last two years had conspired against me.
Schedule, weather, surgery, family, you know, the normal stuff.
After the good slug of rain, it should be flush.
So, for the first trip of June it was off to the top of the Widowmaker.

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Up the trail we went.
Hey Mr. Copperhead!
The first poisonous snake I've run into in many years.
Good sign?

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Fish were slow to come, many fly changes were made.
Bobby scored a few. But it was frustrating.
I was skunked.

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The nettles and growth in general was rightous.
The rough was rough.

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We carried on. Up we went.
Fish were slow to come, many fly changes were made.
Bobby scored a couple. But it was frustrating.
I was skunked.

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Lots of good botanizing was done.
Gray's? Lily was a few weeks away from blooming.
Not sure I want to struggle back in there to witness.

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We carried on. Up we went.
Fish were slow to come, many fly changes were made.
Bobby scored a couple more. But it was frustrating.
I was still skunked.

The bug activity was encouraging.
Big stoneflies were out and about.
Nymphs and adults.
And Green Drakes.
First time I'd seen them here.
Oh shit. How magnificent.

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We carried on. Up we went.
Fish were slow to come, many fly changes were made.
Bobby scored a couple more. But it was frustrating.
I finally caught a fish.

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We climbed up and around the last series of torrents and we were at the exit point.
A whopping 10ish fish.
No bloodshed, broken bones, or serious scrapes.
Bobby did throw a felt sole off one boot climbing out.
We did not break any clubs or lose any balls.
Just a few flies.
Botanized the 3 mile hike out and solved zero problems of the world.
I'm glad I don't golf.

Woke up this morning felling pretty good.
Finished a long day at work feeling beat.
I'll do it again next year.
Like golf, we keep our own scores.
Except the score card is not just numbers.

:cheers



"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
 Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? "
Kelly's Heroes,1970

"I don't wanna go to hell,
But if I do,
It'll be 'cause of you..."
Strange Desire, The Black Keys, 2006

Woolly Bugger

Venomous not poisonous!

 d:b
ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

trout-r-us

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 02, 2023, 22:13:41 PMVenomous not poisonous!

 d:b

Very doubtful that the snake pictured is either. Looks like a Northern Water snake.
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
― Heraclitus

Dee-Vo

Quote from: trout-r-us on June 03, 2023, 06:04:49 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 02, 2023, 22:13:41 PMVenomous not poisonous!

 d:b

Very doubtful that the snake pictured is either. Looks like a Northern Water snake.

That's what I was thinking.

itieuglyflies

Northern Water Snake

Woolly Bugger

I wasn't IDing the snake, just pointing out that snakes are venomous not poisonous!

However, the rest of the trip report was excellent!
ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

Mudwall Gatewood 3.0

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These photos will make me go fishing.  Kudos!

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 03, 2023, 09:03:34 AMI wasn't IDing the snake, just pointing out that snakes are venomous not poisonous!

However, the rest of the trip report was excellent!

I believe the garter snake is "poisonous". 
"Enjoy every sandwich."  Warren Zevon

Woolly Bugger

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on June 03, 2023, 14:41:03 PM
Quote from: Dougfish on June 02, 2023, 21:35:32 PM





 

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These photos will make me go fishing.  Kudos!

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 03, 2023, 09:03:34 AMI wasn't IDing the snake, just pointing out that snakes are venomous not poisonous!

However, the rest of the trip report was excellent!

I believe the garter snake is "poisonous". 


I'm going to need more details and reverences for this!
ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

Mudwall Gatewood 3.0

"Enjoy every sandwich."  Warren Zevon

Fishbug

Well that is one way to get a newbie hooked.  :cheers

Dougfish

Bobby is not the newbie.
"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
 Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? "
Kelly's Heroes,1970

"I don't wanna go to hell,
But if I do,
It'll be 'cause of you..."
Strange Desire, The Black Keys, 2006

Woolly Bugger

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on June 03, 2023, 21:01:02 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on June 03, 2023, 20:50:57 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on June 03, 2023, 14:41:03 PMI believe the garter snake is "poisonous". 


I'm going to need more details and reverences (WTF?) for this!

Just don't eat them!

https://wildlifeinformer.com/are-garter-snakes-poisonous/



So they may or may not be poisonous depending on their diet??
And I have no desire to eat a snake!
ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!