Short TR (and pix for Tim)

While I didn't test my overnight pack trip skills this past weekend (did
mess around with packing for one, and it looks like my pack would tip the
scales at right around 20 pounds), I did go out for the day on Saturday.

Went to what has become my usual spot, one which I value for its lovely
setting, relative proximity to home, and decent fishing. Saturday didn't
disappoint. The cornfield where I park had a healthy looking crop about as
tall as me, and I shared the stream with both heron and kingfisher.

The water was quite low- we haven't shared the deluge that eastern PA and MA
have gotten. But the water temp was quite suitable at 64 degrees. Low and
clear made for tricky but rewarding dry fly fishing. By mid day I'd caught
and released two fine looking feisty rainbows. The second and smaller of
the two I managed to photograph as he grinned for the camera:

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg

I sat a spell for a relaxing streamside lunch:

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/coolspringsselfportrait.jpg

In the late afternoon, I decided to explore a small feeder creek that I'd
fished only once before. This is decidedly small water, ten feet across in
most places. Water was low here too, of course, and I decided to follow the
trail downstream and fish back to the car. Easier said than done. My last
visit was in early spring and the trail was relatively simple to navigate.
This time it was like negotiating the jungles of Cambodia. I kept expecting
Martin Sheen to appear. Mistah Kurtz, he dead. That sort of thing. But I
kept telling myself that this meant no one else had fished down there in
quite some time. A good thing.

Hiked ("hiked" being more like charging through the thicket) for 15 minutes,
felt like 15 miles but in reality was likely more like 1500 yards, then
tried to find the stream. This little water ends up braiding, and what I
found was one of the braids, a mixture of quickly moving freestone water and
pools backed up on fallen trees and various flotsam and jetsam. Could there
be trout in here? I managed to sneak up on one pool, and sure enough, there
was a decent size brown finning about, minding his own beeswax. Casting was
nigh on impossible, but I attempted a bow and arrow, clumsily landed the
parachute Adams, and promptly sent Mr. Fish scurrying for the nearest log
jam, where he probably stayed for the rest of the day. Maybe dapping would
have been a better approach?

Slogged my way back upstream, variously in the stream or out, doing much the
same spooking of fish. Fun but tiring, and an excellent close to a fine day
astream.

Bill

William Claspy wrote:
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http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/coolspringsselfportrait.jpg

Nice mini-TR, Bill. Both photos are great, but that's one of the better
in-water fish shots I've seen.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
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William Claspy wrote:
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http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/coolspringsselfportrait.jpg

Nice mini-TR, Bill. Both photos are great, but that's one of the better
in-water fish shots I've seen.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj



I'll have to agree, very nice and I'll add you have a good feel for the
camera.
-tom

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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While I didn't test my overnight pack trip skills this past weekend (did
mess around with packing for one, and it looks like my pack would tip the
scales at right around 20 pounds), I did go out for the day on Saturday.

(snip)
http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg
Bill

Hi Bill,
That is a "great" pic of the fishee.
Uhh . . .but your lunch pic looks like it was made by a librarian . . . or
somthin' . . .but still nice.
Thanks for the TR.
BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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The second and smaller of
the two I managed to photograph as he grinned for the camera:

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg

Truly magnificent.

Hiked ("hiked" being more like charging through the thicket) for 15
minutes,
felt like 15 miles but in reality was likely more like 1500 yards, then

1500 yards in 15 min. is standard speed
for infantry marching on a road or dry ground.
Through jungle foliage you must have gone
less than a quarter mile.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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"William Claspy" wrote in message
...
The second and smaller of
the two I managed to photograph as he grinned for the camera:

http://salvelinus.cwru.edu/julybow.jpg

Truly magnificent.

Hiked ("hiked" being more like charging through the thicket) for 15
minutes,
felt like 15 miles but in reality was likely more like 1500 yards, then

1500 yards in 15 min. is standard speed
for infantry marching on a road or dry ground.
Through jungle foliage you must have gone
less than a quarter mile.

Hm......well, unless he was moving in excess of the standard speed for
infantry marching on a road or dry ground. Or, for that matter, at
considerably less than that speed.

Wolfgang
who knows that 441 yards is not less than a quarter mile.....and that
"jungle foliage" is sometimes used more or less figuratively.....if not to
say loosely....in the lower great lakes region.

On 7/11/05 4:04 PM, in article
, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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Hiked ("hiked" being more like charging through the thicket) for 15
minutes,
felt like 15 miles but in reality was likely more like 1500 yards, then

1500 yards in 15 min. is standard speed
for infantry marching on a road or dry ground.
Through jungle foliage you must have gone
less than a quarter mile.

Yep. Was on a bit of a literary bent there and didn't do the mental math.
Maybe I should have written something like "felt like I went clear to
Danang, but in fact, I'd only gone a short way downstream before crying
"Uncle!" to the vicious, rapacious briars and lovely but grasping thorny
wild rose."

And I've got the scratches to prove it.

Scored well on math, but could never use it,
Bill

That is one great fish shot.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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