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Well this trip had changed a couple times. Plan A was to camp on a certain stream and fish it for a couple days, but the weather decided to be in the single digits at the altitude we would be fishing. So Plan B was to just camp at a campground and fish a few streams in the area, but they added snow to the mix and dropped the temps in the valley as well. Also got a stomach bug early last week and my body wasn't at 100% or in no condition to be in those temps. Plan C was to stay at Mudwall's place and have heat and access to the NCAA tournament games. Plan C ended up being a good choice.
Hit a stream on the way to his place, treated me well.
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Nice long snakey brookie. One of the only skinny trout I caught, most were real chunky.
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Hemlock growing out of a Hemlock stump.
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Some action on the dry.
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Kiss my tail.
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Got this guy out of a nice run. Surprised by the size of some of these fish in this stream. Thought it was a stocker that traveled a heck of a distance, but think it was a wild bow after looking at the picture.
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Love the chalky color of this stream.
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Headed up to the cabin and beat Mudwall there so admired his son's deer.
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Seared a steak.
We woke up the next morning to 21 degree temps and snow.
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Boots were frozen solid. Had to unthaw them in the stream. Hit the stream around 10, at 2 pm it was 28 degrees out and the stream temp was 32 degrees. Cold wasn't what was bad though, it was the 20 mph winds that made the day interesting. The zippo hand warmer helped a lot today and a mid day fire.
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Virginia Pine Doug? If not, it was Hiner's bad ID.
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But the fish didn't care about the wind and cold.
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My brute of the day. Lost one that was a whole lot bigger, Mudwall can attest to it.
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Mudwall's big fat brookie.
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Fire break.
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Getting the stream temp.
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Some good cowboy coffee.
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As far as Mudwall's camping gear made it.
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Sad Aaron couldn't make it so we watched some of his Kin on tv.
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Woke up Sunday to 12 degree temps.
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I look forward to returning to that area. Thanks for having me Hiner and letting me pillage your home waters.