Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

Fly Fishing Reports => Local Trip Reports => Topic started by: The Dude on July 31, 2011, 21:55:40 PM

Title: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: The Dude on July 31, 2011, 21:55:40 PM

Smite me, label me a dick, call me out to back it up - I don't care.  But, when it comes to fly fishing, I am truly psycho - trust me.  The rest of you who call yourselves PFFs should call it Pussy Fly Fishers.  On Saturday I fished some rugged streams at elevations that ranged from 5800' down to 4200', and then back up.  One of the streams I fished wasn't just a blue line with no name on a topo - it didn't even show up on a topo map other than just some contour lines that showed a draw.  But the springs flow everywhere up here and my suspicions were confirmed about the presence of just enough water to hold brook trout.

Bloodhound Gang - Mama Say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6AdRB_wrBI#)

Dropping in on the stream from the top.  I swear the blackberry bushes were 8-10 feet tall here.

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Some high country angling shots.
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Here is a lame video.  Don't mind the audio.
hospodarj - IMGP2446.mp4 (http://s1021.photobucket.com/albums/af337/hospodarj/?action=view&current=IMGP2446.mp4)

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I had the biggest brook trout I've ever seen break me off in this pool.  That's right, I said break me off.  Sure my tippet probably got a bit nicked up coming through the briars to get to this stream, but this fish was big enough and wild enough to have some teeth and shoulders enough to pop my fly off. 
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I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure this was/is a meth lab site.  It was so remote, miles from the nearest trail, and no backpacker in their right mind would bring 7 pans with them.....and then just leave them.
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I did a TON of crawling on all fours that day.  I'm not kidding, but I bet all totaled I probably crawled over a mile and a half to two miles throughout the day.
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Not a good place to be with thunderstorms in the area.
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Somehow I got myself stuck in a pickle on the side of a mountain with no place to go but across some sheer rock faces.  I literally had to carry my dog by the scruff of his neck to get across.  The craziest part, I found an old busted up shakespeare fly rod - like a 12-wt.  How it got there, I'll never know.  There are no trails above it, and only I could be stupid enough to claw up that rock face to try and access the stream on this side.
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It took me 7.5 hours of hiking, crawling, scaling, swimming and jumping from the time I stopped fishing to finally making it back to the car.  At one point I almost gave up and prepared to spend the night out there, but stuck with it and made it back eventually.  In the end, I decided that I am not going to go fishing on streams that have no trails near them by myself anymore.  If anybody wants to fish some remote streams sometime, give me a ring, cuz I ain't doing it alone no mo'.  Peace out.

And now it's time for another workweek back to the land of.....
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Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 31, 2011, 22:30:44 PM
http://youtu.be/Vh78T--ZUxY (http://youtu.be/Vh78T--ZUxY)
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: croaker on July 31, 2011, 22:44:39 PM
Don't know, if you don't go...
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: ScoutHikerDad on July 31, 2011, 23:14:54 PM
Jeez, and I thought I busted some brush today, but 'twas no match for our very own Bear Grylls! Nice specs, especially that fattie you're holding in your right hand. And Buck seems to be in good health after his brush with death. As for the cookware, are tweakers ambitious enough for a hike like that? I wouldn't know.

I think you're smart not to do that again alone. You get in trouble down there, and those meth-heads will steal the DryShake from your pack to snort after you're dead! :'(
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Transylwader on July 31, 2011, 23:21:13 PM
http://youtu.be/O7fsM9q27sc (http://youtu.be/O7fsM9q27sc)
Fuck yeah, fly that blueline flag. Fuck the road side  :;!'s
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: benben reincarnated on August 01, 2011, 06:48:16 AM
That's some mighty fine work and looks like a ton of fun, albeit crazy in parts, but a ton of fun.  Glad you got down in there, conquered some brookies, then were able to get out.   'c;

Those small streams can be fun and hold some surprisingly good numbers and sizes of fish.
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Stuart R. on August 01, 2011, 09:51:15 AM
Dang fine show! Those are some of the darkest brookies I have ever seen. What kinda snake was that, is it trying to strike in that pic?
STU
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Grannyknot on August 01, 2011, 10:30:41 AM
Very Nice!!
I need to remember the random music video for my next trip report.
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: The Dude on August 01, 2011, 10:44:50 AM
Quote from: Stuart R. on August 01, 2011, 09:51:15 AM
Dang fine show! Those are some of the darkest brookies I have ever seen. What kinda snake was that, is it trying to strike in that pic?
STU

STU, that thar's yer cottonmouth moccasin.  It's actually dead in the photo (got runned over by the John Deere), but I assume it was striking at the mower when it met its fate.

p.s. - Wow, I was able to double my smite count and I didn't even have to wade into a dirty political discussion.....all I had to do was take a poke at the sacred PFFer club and act like a holier than thou jackass.  Eh, it is still better than being a sycophant, I guess.  But the truth of the matter is, I crossed that line from being psycho in my desire to feed my fishing addiction to just plain stupid on this last trip and I realized that I need to release whatever it is that I feel like I need to prove to myself before it turns into a death sentence. 
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: brownhunter on August 01, 2011, 10:56:09 AM
That is a mighty fine report right there, Dude!!!! Excellent photos and it was a pleasure to view  -0-
Thank you
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: OldDominionAngler on August 01, 2011, 11:27:12 AM
I can't even tell which way is up on the sheer rock wall.  :o

Awesome on many accounts.   bd;0
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Gofisher on August 01, 2011, 11:35:43 AM
Looks like a tough (but worth it) day of fishing. Pretty feesh.
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: The Dude on August 02, 2011, 10:23:12 AM
Quote from: ScoutHikerDad on July 31, 2011, 23:14:54 PM
As for the cookware, are tweakers ambitious enough for a hike like that? I wouldn't know.

Well, my thought process was that they hiked the stuff in there over time, and then left it, figuring that they can come back with fresh ingredients to cook up batches every so often.  Maybe I am just being an alarmist, but it just seemed odd to me.
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 02, 2011, 11:05:04 AM
Quote from: The Dude on August 02, 2011, 10:23:12 AM
Quote from: ScoutHikerDad on July 31, 2011, 23:14:54 PM
As for the cookware, are tweakers ambitious enough for a hike like that? I wouldn't know.

Well, my thought process was that they hiked the stuff in there over time, and then left it, figuring that they can come back with fresh ingredients to cook up batches every so often.  Maybe I am just being an alarmist, but it just seemed odd to me.


all the meth heads have moved on to the shake-n-bake small batch single bottle no flame method, it's so easy that you can make it in the car while driving


http://www.wcyb.com/video/28377343/index.html (http://www.wcyb.com/video/28377343/index.html)
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Jfey on August 02, 2011, 12:03:26 PM
Well done dude.   Finding brookies in an unamed stream makes any effort worth it 'c;
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Ham on August 03, 2011, 18:36:25 PM
Very nice work!
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Get Bent on August 03, 2011, 20:49:17 PM
Dude... That is some hardcore shit, and all in the name of char! Nicely done. I guess the name Mr. Hardcore does fit you!

As for the smites, don't worry about them! Most (notice I said most, not all) of the smites come from pussies that lack the balls to actually chime in and fire back at your comments. I could go on and on about said people, but I would rather just stir the shit pot, because that is what I do. Heres one for ya, I accrued 100 smites in three days over a comment. I look at smites as a badge of honor.

Don't tell Tranny where you fished, or he will over run the place. On second though he would probably hack up a lung and get lost! :P

This is MFCEO approved!

0:0
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Transylwader on August 03, 2011, 22:03:15 PM
Quote from: Get Bent on August 03, 2011, 20:49:17 PM
Don't tell Tranny where you fished, or he will over run the place. On second though he would probably hack up a lung and get lost! :P
Ease up Powers. I have fished both cricks (teetering in the gates of hell). Dude was way over the line. Mark it zero Smokey :laugh:
Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: Get Bent on August 03, 2011, 22:17:21 PM
Quote from: Transylwader on August 03, 2011, 22:03:15 PM
Quote from: Get Bent on August 03, 2011, 20:49:17 PM
Don't tell Tranny where you fished, or he will over run the place. On second though he would probably hack up a lung and get lost! :P
Ease up Powers. I have fished both cricks (teetering in the gates of hell). Dude was way over the line. Mark it zero Smokey :laugh:

Since I feel like throwing poop, I gave you a smite. Why you ask, cause its the " New Black".....

Title: Re: Beyond Bluelines
Post by: The Dude on August 05, 2011, 07:17:54 AM
Quote from: Transylwader on August 03, 2011, 22:03:15 PM
Ease up Powers. I have fished both cricks (teetering in the gates of hell). Dude was way over the line. Mark it zero Smokey :laugh:

Ha, there were three cricks.  Don't forget about Wash Hollow.....although you didn't miss out on much there as that stream just doesn't fish as well as the others.

"And you know Smokey has emotional problems!

You mean--beyond pacifism?

He's fragile, man! He's very fragile!"

:'(