Cabin Fever
 

I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing so

Gotta play and listen to --- more music and watch more movies
but--- Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred

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On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:02:27 GMT, "Fred"
wrote:

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

There is no off season, Fred.

Leave in the morn for Tiera del Fuego.

Cabin Fever
 

"Fred" wrote in message
...
I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing so

Gotta play and listen to --- more music and watch more movies
but--- Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred



I spent a couple hours Fly Fishing this afternoon ... caught a few trout

guess that didn't help G

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On Jan 7, 7:44*pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:02:27 GMT, "Fred"
wrote:

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

There is no off season, Fred.

Leave in the morn for Tiera del Fuego.

Waaah!
Thanks, I needed that.
Frank Reid
(leaving at noon for the Denver Fly Show)

Cabin Fever
 

On Jan 7, 8:03*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
"Fred" wrote in message

...

I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing * * *so

Gotta play and listen to *--- more music and watch more movies
but--- * Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred

I spent a couple hours Fly Fishing this afternoon ... caught a few trout

guess that didn't help G

To quote Achmed the Dead Terrorist, "I KILL YOU!"
Frank Reid
Who's looking at a lot of ice right now.

Cabin Fever
 

Fred wrote:
I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing so

Gotta play and listen to --- more music and watch more movies
but--- Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred

I spend the winter holidays, starting in early November, in the SF Bay
Area, fixing up the house, gardening, reading, going to the gym, hanging
out with my family, and eating too much.

In the New Year I go to Stanley, Idaho, where I mostly ski (XC skating,
downhill in Sun Valley, and not much backcountry skiing because I'm
terrified of avalanches), play a little hockey, tie a few flies, shovel
a lot of snow, lose weight, burn a lot of wood, drink too much, watch
tennis and politics on the TV, and make plans for the summer.

Then back to the Bay Area, usually in May, until the Northern Rockies
fishing kicks off after runoff. This May, however, I'm planning to fish
the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada with an old ROFFer.

I'm leaving for Idaho tomorrow morning.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Cabin Fever
 

Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:02:27 GMT, "Fred"
wrote:


What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?


There is no off season, Fred.

Leave in the morn for Tiera del Fuego.



Aren't you gone yet?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Cabin Fever
 

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:17:25 -0800, rw
wrote:

I'm leaving for Idaho tomorrow morning.

Aren't you gone yet?

Dave

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Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:17:25 -0800, rw
wrote:


I'm leaving for Idaho tomorrow morning.


Aren't you gone yet?

Dave



Still here until tomorrow morning.

Tight lines in Tierra del Fuego. Are you fishing for those big sea-run
browns? I've heard stories and seen awesome photos. Lots of night
fishing, so I'm told.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"rw" wrote

Then back to the Bay Area, usually in May, until the Northern Rockies
fishing kicks off after runoff. This May, however, I'm planning to fish
the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada with an old ROFFer.



I've looked at that area on maps and heard tales

My kid graduates from UOP mid May, then I head towards ... somewhere with
trout and the kind of pretty real estate they prefer, but not exactly sure
where yet

Cabin Fever
 

On 7-Jan-2009, Dave LaCourse wrote:

There is no off season, Fred.

Leave in the morn for Tiera del Fuego.

Rotten *******!!!

Have a good trip and tight lines

Fred

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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:47 -0800, rw
wrote:

Tight lines in Tierra del Fuego. Are you fishing for those big sea-run
browns? I've heard stories and seen awesome photos. Lots of night
fishing, so I'm told.

Thank you.

Yeah, sea run browns in the Irigoyan and Malanguana Rivers on the
Atlantic coast, literally at the end of the road. Fish after
breakfast until lunch, siesta afterwards, then fish until after dark.

Dave

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On Jan 8, 8:45*pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:47 -0800, rw

wrote:
Tight lines in Tierra del Fuego. Are you fishing for those big sea-run
browns? I've heard stories and seen awesome photos. Lots of night
fishing, so I'm told.

Thank you.

Yeah, sea run browns in the Irigoyan and Malanguana Rivers on the
Atlantic coast, literally at the end of the road. *Fish after
breakfast until lunch, siesta afterwards, then fish until after dark.

Dave

Are you still here? Did you miss your flight or something?

Anyway, check out the relevant section of my friend Dan Cook's
website:
http://www.flyfishingtheglobe.net/
He fished that part of the world and had some extremely excellent fish
to show for it.

--rivemran

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Fred a écrit :

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?


I've tried ice fishing, but it's hard to hit the hole with a 9 weight. :-S


--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

You'll have to eat the SPAM to E-mail

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On Jan 7, 5:02*pm, "Fred" wrote:


Well what Ive been doing the last few weeks is trying to deal with the
weather. Snow first (15") for which we are weenies, and power outs,
for which my old kitchen wood range makes up for just fine. But the
rain is getting to me, and the wind is a ****er. I am on a hill, and
the coastal winds whip from the Southern Olympics and the Willapa
Hills in a straight shot for 70-80 miles from the coast, then bang
right into my house. I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

Then there are the FLOODS!!!!!!! Our hillside is soggy but at least we
are not floating like some. Most of the rivers in Western Washington
are flooding. All the passes between Eastern Washington and Western WA
are blocked, by avalanches, snow or landslides. As a result, X Country
which we enjoy is out for now.

North/South, IE Seattle to Portland is blocked, with 10ft of water
expected over I-5, and the Amtrak rail lines are flooded. Its expected
to take 3-4 days till its all passable. Consequently, I can't get out
of the Puget Sound area to check on a camper Ive got in E.Wash, and
the nearest river with a hydrograph is cresting as we speak near to
flood stage. The farmer i lease to is an old hand at this stuff so Im
pretty sure he can get his stock back from the river or at least up on
an old levee. Stuck here I cannot do a damn thing.

Ill head out to Florida in a few weeks for some welcome relief.

Dave

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On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.


On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

Dave

I don't live tooooo far from you in NW MT and we have similar weather
but Luckily no high winds
We had 3 ft of snow which I loved as we do back country skiing
Then we had 4 days of heavy rain and the skiing is gone - all ice
Its crazy to even leave the house - dangerous driving - You can't drive on
ice

Re leaks - us too - in some places we never had them before

Fortunately our structures and barn are sound - I had to shovel the roof of
my hayloft and chicken pen

So for now just staying home and fiddlin' around
Drinking a bit and a puff or 2

Like you - I am headed out for warm sunny Long Beach CA in 2 weeks for
business

TL
Fred

Cabin Fever
 

"Fred" wrote


I don't live tooooo far from you in NW MT


I intend to make it back to that area soon to fish the Blackfoot lakes.
My bride and I did the tourist thing two summers ago at Glacier and up into
Canada but I never uncased a rod that trip. I fish the Missouri near
Craig on a semi-regular basis but never further West.

Have you fished the Blackfoot area?

Cabin Fever
 

On Jan 8, 12:07*pm, "Fred" wrote:
On *8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

*I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

On *8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

*I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

Dave

I don't live tooooo far from you in NW MT and we have similar weather
but Luckily no high winds
We had 3 ft of snow which I loved as we do back country skiing
Then we had 4 days of heavy rain and the skiing is gone - all ice
Its crazy to even leave the house - dangerous driving - You can't drive on
ice

Re leaks - us too - in some places we never had them before

Fortunately our structures and barn are sound - I had to shovel the roof of
my hayloft and chicken pen

So for now just staying home and fiddlin' around
Drinking a bit and a puff or 2

Like you - I am headed out for warm sunny Long Beach CA in 2 weeks for
business

TL
Fred

Wow, 3 ft! No we don't get anything like that in the Puget lowlands. I
think the max above sea level for this Island is about 350 ft. I love
the deep stuff to play in (carefully). Every couple of years we go up
to Scottish lakes High Camp, in the East slope of the Cascades. Nice
dry powder, real deep. They snowmobile you into primitive cabins/
outhouses. Miles of back-country and Xcountry trails (kinda trails:-))
The Special forces guys do some training in the area. Mostly for
hardcore, but non-whiner kids love it and fact is even reasonably fit
old-farts can enjoy a week of this stuff. At weeks end its real fun
to ski all the way down for miles to the valley. But with all the
screwy weather this year, avalanches etc this is probably not the year
for it.

Do you fish up into Canada? Like up the Frasier past 150 mile house or
wherever?

Dave

Cabin Fever
 

On 8-Jan-2009, "Larry L" wrote:

I intend to make it back to that area soon to fish the Blackfoot lakes.
My bride and I did the tourist thing two summers ago at Glacier and up
into
Canada but I never uncased a rod that trip. I fish the Missouri near
Craig on a semi-regular basis but never further West.

Have you fished the Blackfoot area?

Larry

When you come to this area again Pls let me know
I will put you into some unwary 5lb rainbows - right in our lake

Re Blackfoot - yes
There is an Indian guide - Joe Kipp
He can take you to some of the most unbelievable places that only tribal
membners can get to

Fred

Cabin Fever
 

On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

Every couple of years we go up
to Scottish lakes High Camp, in the East slope of the Cascades. Nice
dry powder, real deep.

Please give me the info on these cabins
It sounds great
i would lobve to go - but w the avalanche warnings - not this yr
Perhaps next


Do you fish up into Canada? Like up the Frasier past 150 mile house or
wherever?

IWe fshed our way to Calgary last Oct on the Crowsnest and Bow Rivers
and I have fished arounf Rocky Mt house
but Not the Fraser
i am ready to go now
Anything
I am going a bit nuts!

Fred

Cabin Fever
 

"Fred" wrote in message
...

On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.


On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

Dave

I don't live tooooo far from you in NW MT and we have similar weather
but Luckily no high winds
We had 3 ft of snow which I loved as we do back country skiing
Then we had 4 days of heavy rain and the skiing is gone - all ice
Its crazy to even leave the house - dangerous driving - You can't drive on
ice

Re leaks - us too - in some places we never had them before

Fortunately our structures and barn are sound - I had to shovel the roof
of
my hayloft and chicken pen

So for now just staying home and fiddlin' around
Drinking a bit and a puff or 2

Like you - I am headed out for warm sunny Long Beach CA in 2 weeks for
business

TL
Fred

Last total 40 miles north of Spokane (Spokane has gotten around 80 inches)
we are just over 100 inches. (just over 8 ft.) It's been crazy. I've
shoveled the house once and thankfully it unloaded on it's own within the
last day or two. I've shoveled my storage/shop 30x40 twice... My back will
never be the same. The scary part is that we are only a week or so into
January.

Cabin fever has come way to early this year,
JT

Cabin Fever
 

On Jan 8, 2:26*pm, "Fred" wrote:

This is their website.
http://www.scottishlakes.com/Home.shtml
It looks like they did a bunch of upgrades on several of the cabins.
You bring all your own food. They also have this deal where you go up
in the autumn and work for a few days, for which you get a a very
significant credit on costs. My son and his wife have done this.

Its a very old school place, family run, pretty unique, not money
grubbing, not for complainers expecting groveling service, and goes
out of its way to recognize mountaineering folk who live and sometimes
lose their lives in the back-country. It is also not a place for
people overly sensitive about logging, as there is responsible active
logging in the area. I think Montanans will feel right at home. :-)

Dave

Cabin Fever
 

On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

This is their website.
http://www.scottishlakes.com/Home.shtml
It looks like they did a bunch of upgrades on several of the cabins.
You bring all your own food. ...

Thanks

Sounds great

Fred

Cabin Fever
 

"Fred" wrote

Larry

When you come to this area again Pls let me know
I will put you into some unwary 5lb rainbows - right in our lake

Re Blackfoot - yes
There is an Indian guide - Joe Kipp
He can take you to some of the most unbelievable places that only tribal
membners can get to



Years back when my fishing was shoe horned into times between work I fished
lakes a lot. California has many quality stillwater fisheries, but only a
very few moving water ones ( that suit my style and preferences ) and they
are always very crowded.

Unlike many anglers I meet, I enjoy FFing lakes and find it challenging and
in important 'cosmic' ways more mysterious and intriguing than most (
freestone) rivers

BUT

when I retired I decided to mainly fish the places that most appeal to me
and try an 'learn' them while I still had a few years left to do so ... thus
I spend many hours each summer on a relative few rivers at this time.
There is NO WAY I can ever 'master' waters like the RxR Ranch in my
remaining time and that is it's biggest appeal, to me.

When, as is certain to happen to us all, I find getting around on streams
and fishing tiny insect imitations to be physically too demanding, I plan to
return to stillwaters where a good watercraft does much of the work, and big
flies are a norm, as is heavier tippet. Each year I think about going to
the Blackfoot lakes but the best time there is also the best time elsewhere.
August is the hardest month to find quality FFing and I often return to
lakes then, Hebgen is at it's prime time in the 8th month. Are the lakes
in your area good August destinations? What bugs/ flies/ tactics are likely
to be used to best advantage?

Cabin Fever
 

On 9-Jan-2009, "Larry L" wrote:

Unlike many anglers I meet, I enjoy FFing lakes and find it challenging
and
in important 'cosmic' ways more mysterious and intriguing than most (
freestone) rivers

BUT

when I retired I decided to mainly fish the places that most appeal to me
and try an 'learn' them while I still had a few years left to do so ...
thus
I spend many hours each summer on a relative few rivers at this time.
There is NO WAY I can ever 'master' waters like the RxR Ranch in my
remaining time and that is it's biggest appeal, to me.

When, as is certain to happen to us all, I find getting around on streams
and fishing tiny insect imitations to be physically too demanding, I plan
to
return to stillwaters where a good watercraft does much of the work, and
big
flies are a norm, as is heavier tippet. Each year I think about going
to
the Blackfoot lakes but the best time there is also the best time
elsewhere.
August is the hardest month to find quality FFing and I often return to
lakes then, Hebgen is at it's prime time in the 8th month. Are the
lakes
in your area good August destinations? What bugs/ flies/ tactics are
likely
to be used to best advantage?



Re Blackfoot Rez

Joe Kipp can take you to lakes or streams
I fished w him in August and some of the accesss points and streams wree
isolated and unbelievable
Joe sat in back w a scatter gun and asked us to move whenever he thought
that he heard a gizzly
The fishing was great and the scenery even better.

Where he lives - right on his own land he has great access to Cut Bank
Creek
But he will take you to remote lakes and rivers that are only accessible to
the tribe

Definitely worth it
He is in Browning MT

Contact me if you want his info

Fred

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"DaveS" wrote in message
...
On Jan 7, 5:02 pm, "Fred" wrote:


Then there are the FLOODS!!!!!!!

Dave,

If you haven't already seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/s...42253091/show/

JT

Cabin Fever
 

take the wife or significant other out to dinner or 'god forbid"
shopping, to build up goodwill so that when you disapear during
fishing season, you will build up some goodwill g

if that doesnt cure the no-fishing blues, get in the car and drive
south until you find open water....


dan
http;//MyFishingplaces.com



On Jan 7, 8:02*pm, "Fred" wrote:
I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing * * *so

Gotta play and listen to *--- more music and watch more movies
but--- * Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred

Cabin Fever
 

Off season?

Still fishing for steelhead in NW pa. There is one creek that never
freezes.
One year I fished every day from Jan. 1 to April 1.

Cabin Fever
 

In article , Dave LaCourse
writes
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:47 -0800, rw
wrote:

Tight lines in Tierra del Fuego. Are you fishing for those big sea-run
browns? I've heard stories and seen awesome photos. Lots of night
fishing, so I'm told.

Thank you.

Yeah, sea run browns in the Irigoyan and Malanguana Rivers on the
Atlantic coast, literally at the end of the road. Fish after
breakfast until lunch, siesta afterwards, then fish until after dark.

Dave



Many years ago I saw TV programme about Tierra del Fuego trout fishing.
Anything under 2 lbs was returned !

Hope you're taking a wheelbarrow :-)
--
Bill Grey

Cabin Fever
 

In article , Denis Lamy
writes
Fred a écrit :
What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?


I've tried ice fishing, but it's hard to hit the hole with a 9 weight. :-S



But.....did you catch any ICE ?...:-)
--
Bill Grey

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On Jan 9, 3:20*pm, "JT" wrote:
"DaveS" wrote in message

...
On Jan 7, 5:02 pm, "Fred" wrote:

Then there are the FLOODS!!!!!!!

Dave,

If you haven't already seen:http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/s...42253091/show/

JT

The passes and I-90 opened yesterday bare and wet mostly, but that
snow looks very heavy and gives me the avalanche willies. After some
lady school teachers were crushed last year the State did a lot of
scaling thru the nastier I-90 cuts, but the wet snow tends to increase
the amount of falling rock. We and Oregon have decent systems of video
cams on most of the major cross-state routes which i always check out
before I go very far. I-5 N/S also opened up. But on all they say stay
away from the edges due to washouts.

Dave

Cabin Fever
 

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:55:26 +0000, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

Hope you're taking a wheelbarrow :-)

Hi, Bill. I'm baaaaaaack. No wheelbarrow, but I did have a fish
break me off on 15 pound tippet, and another bend AND twist the hook.
Both fish were over 20 pounds. My Sage XP 10 ft 7 weight held up
well. Trip report to follow some time in the near future.

Dave (Tired of flying American Airlines - yuck.....)

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"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
...
I'm baaaaaaack. No wheelbarrow, but I did have a fish
break me off on 15 pound tippet, and another bend AND twist the hook.
Both fish were over 20 pounds. My Sage XP 10 ft 7 weight held up
well. Trip report to follow some time in the near future.



how did the waders make out?g
Tom
p.s. ****, I've had Penn's trout bend substantial hooks, but
gotta admit the 15 lb tippet story is impressive. Glad
you enjoyed yourself. Any stream diving?

Cabin Fever
 

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:21:35 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:

how did the waders make out?g

Yeah, where *is* Richard when ya need him? I've given up counting the
days of use, but it is well over 440, which means at a dollar a day,
they are now free. And, they are working just as well as when they
were new. Stink a little bit, of course, but still doing the job.

Tom
p.s. ****, I've had Penn's trout bend substantial hooks, but
gotta admit the 15 lb tippet story is impressive. Glad
you enjoyed yourself. Any stream diving?

I don't know what kind of hook they use for tying, but it is a very
strong hook, and the fish bent it like it was made of tin.

Never pulled a Reid, half or full. Tripped over a dead fall or two,
but never got wet. Broke a brand new Simms wading staff, my third in
a year. Gonna hafta go back to the Falstaff.

Dave