Mini trip reports

Ordinarily, I wouldn't bother to post such mundane stuff, but it seems not too
many people are fishing, and the recent focus seems to be on a running ****ing
contest and (eeeewww!) Michael Moore. So here goes:

Early to mid June: The Swift River finally came alive. Sulphur and Caddis
hatches, with some fish moving upstream to feed, and the holdover stockies
catching on to the program. Early seson crowds were gone...fishing was good.

Mid June: Spent a week in northern New Hampshire fishing the Upper Connecticut
River. Water was low, Sulphurs, Caddis, & Lime Stoneflies hatching all day,
fish active on the surface. Averaged 20 fish a day, 90% on dries and emergers.
Nothing big on this trip, rainbows and brookies from 10" to 12" with a very few
in the 13" to 14" range. Only two salmon, (14" & 16"), on this trip. Flow was
only 100 CFS, so none of the big boys were tempted to move up from Lake
Francis.

Late June: Good fishing on the Swift continued until the 28th, when the river
was stocked. Attracted all kinds of attention, and disrupted the feeding
patterns of the resident fish. Also, the flow increased from 50 CFS to 120 CFS,
which, while not a bad thing, tends to slow down the surface activity.

Early July: Had a couple hours to spend on the Farmington in CT the other day,
so I went a few miles above the C&R section. I have a "secret spot" there that
is so good that even Stevie Wonder could tell you there were trout in it.
Caught seven browns from 10" to 16" and lost two *big* fish, one threw the
hook, and the other broke me off after taking me into my backing. Using #16
Sulphur Nymph on a 6X tippet. All this in a little less tha two hours.

That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?




George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

George Adams wrote:

good stuff snipped
That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?

The usual stuff, you know, fund-raising at Champaign County Republican
Headquarters, door-to-door missionary work, writing romantic sonnets in
iambic pentameter and reading all of the Tim LaHaye "Left Behind" books
I can get my hands on.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
George Adams wrote:

good stuff snipped
That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?

The usual stuff, you know, fund-raising at Champaign County Republican
Headquarters, door-to-door missionary work, writing romantic sonnets in
iambic pentameter and reading all of the Tim LaHaye "Left Behind" books
I can get my hands on.

--
Ken Fortenberry

just when you have me convinced that you have lost your mind, and have
embarked upon an inexplicable mission to eradicate any friendship you have
ever had, you write something like that. oh, well, just one little apology,
and all will be well.

wayno

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry wrote:
George Adams wrote:
good stuff snipped
That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?

The usual stuff, you know, fund-raising at Champaign County Republican
Headquarters, door-to-door missionary work, writing romantic sonnets in
iambic pentameter and reading all of the Tim LaHaye "Left Behind" books
I can get my hands on.

just when you have me convinced that you have lost your mind, and have
embarked upon an inexplicable mission to eradicate any friendship you have
ever had, you write something like that. oh, well, just one little apology,
and all will be well.

Let's just stick with the status quo. The moment I apologize I will
once again owe you two bottles of Balvenie to settle up for the last
two years of football misery where the Tar Heels were mediocre but
the Illini worse than pathetic. Besides, I'd rather get a back rub
from a whistling monkey dressed in a sequined satan gown than
apologize on roff.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
George Adams wrote:

good stuff snipped
That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?

The usual stuff, you know, fund-raising at Champaign County Republican
Headquarters, door-to-door missionary work, writing romantic sonnets in
iambic pentameter and reading all of the Tim LaHaye "Left Behind" books
I can get my hands on.

--
Ken Fortenberry

just when you have me convinced that you have lost your mind, and have
embarked upon an inexplicable mission to eradicate any friendship you have
ever had, you write something like that. oh, well, just one little apology,
and all will be well.

wayno

On 08 Jul 2004 17:38:04 GMT, ojunk (George Adams)
wrote:

Ordinarily, I wouldn't bother to post such mundane stuff, but it seems not too
many people are fishing, and the recent focus seems to be on a running ****ing
contest and (eeeewww!) Michael Moore. So here goes:

Early to mid June: The Swift River finally came alive. Sulphur and Caddis
hatches, with some fish moving upstream to feed, and the holdover stockies
catching on to the program. Early seson crowds were gone...fishing was good.

Mid June: Spent a week in northern New Hampshire fishing the Upper Connecticut
River. Water was low, Sulphurs, Caddis, & Lime Stoneflies hatching all day,
fish active on the surface. Averaged 20 fish a day, 90% on dries and emergers.
Nothing big on this trip, rainbows and brookies from 10" to 12" with a very few
in the 13" to 14" range. Only two salmon, (14" & 16"), on this trip. Flow was
only 100 CFS, so none of the big boys were tempted to move up from Lake
Francis.

Late June: Good fishing on the Swift continued until the 28th, when the river
was stocked. Attracted all kinds of attention, and disrupted the feeding
patterns of the resident fish. Also, the flow increased from 50 CFS to 120 CFS,
which, while not a bad thing, tends to slow down the surface activity.

Early July: Had a couple hours to spend on the Farmington in CT the other day,
so I went a few miles above the C&R section. I have a "secret spot" there that
is so good that even Stevie Wonder could tell you there were trout in it.
Caught seven browns from 10" to 16" and lost two *big* fish, one threw the
hook, and the other broke me off after taking me into my backing. Using #16
Sulphur Nymph on a 6X tippet. All this in a little less tha two hours.

That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?




George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller
I hope to hold a wake for the end of my two weeks of vaction on the
River tonight casting over troutskies in the the unusually cool July
water.


g.c.

"George Adams" wrote in message
...
Ordinarily, I wouldn't bother to post such mundane stuff, but it seems not
too
many people are fishing, and the recent focus seems to be on a running
****ing
contest and (eeeewww!) Michael Moore. So here goes:

Early to mid June: The Swift River finally came alive. Sulphur and Caddis
hatches, with some fish moving upstream to feed, and the holdover stockies
catching on to the program. Early seson crowds were gone...fishing was
good.

Mid June: Spent a week in northern New Hampshire fishing the Upper
Connecticut
River. Water was low, Sulphurs, Caddis, & Lime Stoneflies hatching all
day,
fish active on the surface. Averaged 20 fish a day, 90% on dries and
emergers.
Nothing big on this trip, rainbows and brookies from 10" to 12" with a
very few
in the 13" to 14" range. Only two salmon, (14" & 16"), on this trip. Flow
was
only 100 CFS, so none of the big boys were tempted to move up from Lake
Francis.

Late June: Good fishing on the Swift continued until the 28th, when the
river
was stocked. Attracted all kinds of attention, and disrupted the feeding
patterns of the resident fish. Also, the flow increased from 50 CFS to 120
CFS,
which, while not a bad thing, tends to slow down the surface activity.

Early July: Had a couple hours to spend on the Farmington in CT the other
day,
so I went a few miles above the C&R section. I have a "secret spot" there
that
is so good that even Stevie Wonder could tell you there were trout in it.
Caught seven browns from 10" to 16" and lost two *big* fish, one threw the
hook, and the other broke me off after taking me into my backing. Using
#16
Sulphur Nymph on a 6X tippet. All this in a little less tha two hours.

That's it from me, what are the rest of you doing?




George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only
dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller


i, for one, have spent the last two weeks between summer school sessions,
fishing my ass off- (and not catching ****, except for a couple of bluegill
and some sunfish)
i have discovered though that my blue winged olive (a 16 if i remember
correctly) has gotten the most attention.
school started back up yesterday, though, so i might only get to fish 4 days
a week now ;-)
i know, it's a shame, isn't it?

snakefiddler

I have been to the Valles Caldera National Preserve again,
http://www.vallescaldera.gov , fished the Jemez and the San Juan some, spent
1.5 days last week on the Pecos, and had good fishing everywhere.

The Valles Caldera and one evening on the San Juan were especially awesome.

And tomorrow morning, at the last minute, I've decided to head on out to the
Western Clave, although it's about 1000 miles for me each way. Wish me
luck. I have a very cool wife. My best fishing friends will be there and I
can't stand to miss it.

I better pack.

bruce h

wrote...
And tomorrow morning, at the last minute, I've decided to head on out to the
Western Clave, although it's about 1000 miles for me each way. Wish me
luck. I have a very cool wife. My best fishing friends will be there and I
can't stand to miss it.

I better pack.

**** yeah! That's what I'm talking about, baby! :-) :-) :-)

--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt on earthNOSPAMlink dot net to respond via email)
Clave Info:
http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt...nConclave.html

I should get there sometime Saturday afternoon. Tell Willi to mark his
campsite so I can pitch my tent there. After I get set up I'll fish a
little in Cabin Creek and then the Madison right near the campground.

Will try to get by and get some fresh salsa on my way out of town.

See you Saturday night when you guys return from wherever!

bruce h