TR: OH-MA-ha!

We had a fine day of it in south central Massachusetts yesterday. The
weather held and though the water in the Swift was high and the current
strong, it was crystal clear. And what a lovely piece of water it was!

Tim and I headed out around noon, first stop was at a small feeder creek
that was too small and had gotten too warm to hold trout. Daytripper met us
there, and after we all agreed that we needed to find other water, we headed
for a Top Secret Location Not To Be Mentioned. After a tailgate lunch, we
walked in a ways to a spot where we could get into the swiftly moving water.
The hosts gave me first whack at it and I was glad I'd tied on the Coachman
wet streamer. First swing downstream and wham, fish on. Decent rainbow
brought to hand. The rest of the afternoon was slow, but it didn't matter
much. Conviviality, beautiful setting, and the occassional fish is enough
for me.

Appearances were made by George Adams and Stan Gula. Stan drove me to the
TU project site he has mentioned here, which was quite impressive to see.
Despite just having been torn apart by a large crane and bucket, there were
already plenty of trout making themselves at home in the structure created
by the scattered rock of the dam remains.

From there downstream to another spot, equally beautiful and chock-a-block
with brookies, of which I teased many, hooked two, landed one. Also nearly
landed the biggest beaver I've ever seen. Thing was the size of Tim's Buick
and scared the wits out of me.

The boys refused to take me to Amherst for beers, I think for fear
(justifiable, honestly) of what literary fireworks might erupt. We opted
for a picturesque hole-in-the-wall in Palmer, where we enjoyed
something-something Number 9 on draft, peanuts, the bartender's mien, the
state of the world and absent friends. In particular, a glass was raised
for Dave Mohnson- let's hope our toast to his health works some charm.

I only managed one picture- here's 'trip, landing a decent fish:

http://filer.case.edu/wpc/trout/tripper-swift.jpg

Ken mentioned earlier today the hospitality one can find amongst the den of
thieves that is ROFF, and let me echo the same- in particular I'd like to
thank my gracious hosts Tim and Robin- I couldn't have felt more at home.

Bill

William Claspy wrote:
We had a fine day of it in south central Massachusetts yesterday.
snip
I only managed one picture- here's 'trip, landing a decent fish:

http://filer.case.edu/wpc/trout/tripper-swift.jpg

Ken mentioned earlier today the hospitality one can find amongst the den of
thieves that is ROFF, and let me echo the same- in particular I'd like to
thank my gracious hosts Tim and Robin- I couldn't have felt more at home.

Awright, a TR !! Nicely done.

Good pic of Dave, I assume that's a Winston tucked up
under his arm but what in the hell is that orange thing
floating on the water ? I'd hate to think you took a
picture of someone bobber fishing with a Winston. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

On 6/23/06 9:44 PM, in article
, "Ken Fortenberry"
wrote:

Good pic of Dave, I assume that's a Winston tucked up
under his arm but what in the hell is that orange thing
floating on the water ? I'd hate to think you took a
picture of someone bobber fishing with a Winston. ;-)

So it would have been OK for him to fish the bobber as long as I didn't take
a picture of it? I should have shouted to him "hey 'trip, if you're going
to rig up that bobber, why don't you use my KPOS and hand me the Winston!"

:-)

Bill

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:44:13 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

William Claspy wrote:
We had a fine day of it in south central Massachusetts yesterday.
snip
I only managed one picture- here's 'trip, landing a decent fish:

http://filer.case.edu/wpc/trout/tripper-swift.jpg

Ken mentioned earlier today the hospitality one can find amongst the den of
thieves that is ROFF, and let me echo the same- in particular I'd like to
thank my gracious hosts Tim and Robin- I couldn't have felt more at home.

Awright, a TR !! Nicely done.

Good pic of Dave, I assume that's a Winston tucked up
under his arm but what in the hell is that orange thing
floating on the water ? I'd hate to think you took a
picture of someone bobber fishing with a Winston. ;-)

cough Whoops!

Ok, I confess I went to The Dark Side for that troutie and a couple of its
cousins. Age is taking its toll, my eyes just aren't good enough to see my
leader butt twitching, especially in heavy overcast conditions and fishing
under the trees like we were yesterday.

Fwiw, that's a 9' 4w 4pc Boron-IIx I had the factory roll up with my choices
for guides, grip, seat, insert, etc. It's a wicked sweet rod, you'd love the
action and accuracy. And it suffers ethical backslides without complaint ;-)

It was a true pleasure spending the afternoon astream with Tim, Stan and Bill,
and seeing George Adams again as he swung by to say hi. The threatening
forecasts never materialized as actual rain, a good thing as the river has
already running 6 to 7 times the normal flow, so we went about waving our
lightning rods and caught all four of the local trout: Rainbows, Browns,
Brookies and the occasional "Big Scaled Silver Trout". Then capped the day
with some Magic Hat Number 9 draft - on special, no less!

Ayup, a very nice day, indeed.

/daytripper (now, back to building that Ark...)

Uh, Bill. I saw Omaha in the title and saw nothing 'bout bullheads,
crappie and carp. Whats that all about?
Frank Reid
(who's thinkin' of them Omahan's as city slickers)

William Claspy wrote:
We had a fine day of it in south central Massachusetts yesterday.
snip
First swing downstream and wham, fish on. Decent rainbow
brought to hand.

That must have been about the time I yelled "LOOK OUT FOR THAT BEAVER!"
while 'tripper placed hatchery trout on your hook.

It was great having you visit, and I'm glad I received roffian support
so we could contain your wild nature. Hopefully, your drive home was
uneventful, as the weather turned pretty nasty here for a few hours in
the early afternoon. Nice photo of Dave with the fish, BTW, and thank
you for not taking a photo of me with mine. You probably didn't have
your macro lens with you anyway.

A fun filled day capped with typical roffian camaraderie. It was very
nice to see everyone.
--
TL,
Tim
who is also very pleased to have escaped the poetry reading.
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George Adams wrote:
snip
P.S. Pretty cool stuff by Stan and his TU chapter, Eh?

Very cool. Stan - can you post the link to those photos?
--
TL,
Tim
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