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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Alaskan Silver
Oregon Deschutes Rainbow
Great hole on the Sonora Pass
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Briham89- I am jealous, keep fishing and stay warm! I love the shot with all the sockeyes in the background!
-Hugh
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Thanks Hugh! That was on my first trip to Alaska. Man what a cool place.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Cool painting/collage....looks like a largemouth bass
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jan 19, 2014 - 08:27pm PT
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I know some of you folks have been taking advantage of this dry winter to catch up on some fish.
Post up.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jan 19, 2014 - 08:44pm PT
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Ron,
How does one go about preserving a large fish to get to a taxidermist for mounting? Leave it intact or gut or what?
Fed Ex from Page to Reno on dry ice? You into that?
There's bigger ones than this little guy caught on the lake every year.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jan 21, 2014 - 09:25pm PT
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There sure are some beautiful fish photos on this chat.
BG, what rig were you using to sight fish carp some pages back? There have been times I have seen a thousand or more sipping on Powell. More common to see a dozen or two on the surface. Would be fun to catch one on a fly rod I imagine. Same goes for the summer striper boils...
Tight lines!
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jan 22, 2014 - 04:52pm PT
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Thanks Ron, I'm hoping to land a nice whopper before the Quagga mussels destroy the Striped Bass fishery.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 27, 2014 - 11:11am PT
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Here's a rainbow caught and released from this past Saturday. Judging from the scarring along the torso, this trout was caught and released (dropped) by either an eagle or osprey. There has been a resident bald eagle residing along the river this winter. Not only were there talon marks but the snout was partially eaten away as well. Then, to make matters worse, this fish fell for a stonefly pattern in the upper lip. Ouch! But hopefully, this trout will thrive and grow.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Jan 27, 2014 - 11:44am PT
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Stimbo- I was kinda thinking motor boat prop. Either way,very interesting. Never seen that before. If only trout could talk. ;-) As far as that Bald goes,yup. Been seeing one up on the UO and been seeing one down here on the LO. Could be the same one tho.
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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Jan 27, 2014 - 11:51am PT
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Jan 27, 2014 - 12:15pm PT
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If only trout could talk. That young bow is probably already a legend among his homies on the Lower O! Has a couple wild 'shit happens' tales to share with them anyway, eh?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 27, 2014 - 12:37pm PT
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Hey Capt -- There are no boats around..... plus, what you can't see in the photo is there is one, lone scar on the flip side of the rainbow, the "thumb" talon? Anyway, pretty beat up trout.
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Jan 27, 2014 - 01:52pm PT
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Pretty amazing that it got away, and wasn't dropped over dry land since the river is fairly narrow. I wonder if the nipped snout occurred during the eagle encounter, or someother altercation? It would've earned several purple hearts by now if it was in Nam. Maybe should call it Rambo da' Rainbow. ...just sayin'!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 30, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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Go with sticky.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 30, 2014 - 06:28pm PT
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I went to the Trinity in November, good trip. Now that it has rained, I'm heading up in a few days. I can't wait! Yes, I have a set of studs screwed into the soles. They seem to work well.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jan 30, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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BG, what rig were you using to sight fish carp some pages back? There have been times I have seen a thousand or more sipping on Powell. More common to see a dozen or two on the surface. Would be fun to catch one on a fly rod I imagine. Same goes for the summer striper boils...
I'd just try to match the hatch with whatever's goin on there. When carp are actively feeding they let their gaurd down, and that's when you can catch 'em on a fly rod. It's just a matter of you putting the fly right in front of their face without them knowing you're there.
My biggest one yet is this 26 pounder from Lake Perris I caught sight fishing on a 6 weight rod stripping a damsel mymph.
Check out Fly fishing for Carp by Barry Reynolds- I learned a lot from that book.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jan 30, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
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Thanks BG for the tips on carp. Though I have caught 7 species of fish in one day on Lake Powell, I have not yet caught a carp. It is amazing to see thousands of them sipping on the surface.
Let me know if you want to check out the lake.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jan 31, 2014 - 12:59am PT
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thanks alba,
What's the biggest striper you've ever pulled out of there?
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 31, 2014 - 01:30am PT
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Bob, I've got one of those XP 6wt saltwater models. Great rod! Nice fish too.
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