TR: In the land of bitey things.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Saturday - The bluegills bite....HUZZAH!

//snip//
of falls. Hooked up a twenty inch rainbow and quickly lost it......two
pound tippet just won't do for some things.

Jay and Patty discovered that the various pools in the Falls river are a
favorite hot weather hangout for local teenagers. Oh well.....another
time.


Damn. That sounds like the 20-inch rainbow that I hooked and lost in
Snowbird! :-)
You should have asked the teenagers how they deal with the blackflies. I
suspect they must have been particularly vulnerable . . .
Bob

Bob Patton wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Saturday - The bluegills bite....HUZZAH!

//snip//
of falls. Hooked up a twenty inch rainbow and quickly lost it......two
pound tippet just won't do for some things.

Jay and Patty discovered that the various pools in the Falls river are a
favorite hot weather hangout for local teenagers. Oh well.....another
time.


Damn. That sounds like the 20-inch rainbow that I hooked and lost in
Snowbird! :-)

Yeah, probably the same one.

You should have asked the teenagers how they deal with the blackflies. I
suspect they must have been particularly vulnerable . . .

Black flies weren't out yet......at least not anywhere that we went
this weekend. As a matter of fact, both they and deer flies tend to be
highly localized. We encountered neither in any significant numbers
other than the deer flies already mentioned in that one place in the
original report. This is not to say that they won't be there
anytime.....hell, a day later they could be out in force.

I have no idea whether it's generally true, but in my experience,
neither does well in close proximity to human settlements.....even the
smallest village or subdivision seems to be anathema to them......um,
the flies that is......not teenagers.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
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I had 17 year old Marshall in the bow of my canoe.

Yeah, I try to take one of those everywhere I go. They're dumb as slugs,
but make up for it in enthusiasm. ;-) Nice TR, Wolfgang - thanks.
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TL,
Tim
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"Wolfgang" wrote ...

HUZZAH!

Ahem.... uhhhhh..... pictures? ;-)

Nice TR. Thanks for sharing.

Dan

"Daniel-San" wrote in message
news

"Wolfgang" wrote ...

HUZZAH!

Ahem.... uhhhhh..... pictures? ;-)

No pictures this time. I had two cameras.....and never thought to get
either out of the bag.

Wolfgang

On 5/30/06 4:50 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:

Jay and Patty and I started out on a scouting venture in mid morning. The
object was to find some new trout water......something we'd never seen
before. Neither Jay nor I had ever fished the Silver river so we headed off
in that direction.

I presume that this is the same Silver I'm thinking of. We're usually
destined to remote points east down Skanee Road but I always slow the car as
we cross the Silver. Looks like mighty nice water.

The late afternoon was better. On the way into L'Anse to get a bite to eat

Tell me you ate at the Hilltop. Those cinnamon rolls, man oh man. And
pickled herring on the buffet...

Speaking of data points, here are mine on bothersome bugs up nort'. I've
been up there in late July, August, and September. I've never been bothered
by biting or stinging insects at any of those times, although the late July
trip there were little biting no-see-ums of some sort on the Fox. They
weren't bothersome enough to drive me off the water. The times I've been
there in late September, all of those critters were but a distant memory,
with keeping warm being a more immediate concern.

Thanks for the report Wolfgang.

Countin' time 'til September,
Bill

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/30/06 4:50 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:

Jay and Patty and I started out on a scouting venture in mid morning.
The
object was to find some new trout water......something we'd never seen
before. Neither Jay nor I had ever fished the Silver river so we headed
off
in that direction.

I presume that this is the same Silver I'm thinking of.

Yeah, it's the one in the area we're both familiar with.

We're usually
destined to remote points east down Skanee Road but I always slow the car
as
we cross the Silver. Looks like mighty nice water.

Oddly, it looks better downstream than up. Well, not so odd for this
region......a number of others share this trait. We need to talk more about
what's down Skanee Road.

The late afternoon was better. On the way into L'Anse to get a bite to
eat

Tell me you ate at the Hilltop. Those cinnamon rolls, man oh man. And
pickled herring on the buffet...

We did indeed eat at the Hilltop......and I did have the pickled herring.
However, none of us sampled the cinnamon rolls.....we were all too full from
lunch. And, anyway, those things are scary. You could beat large
carnivorous bitey things to death with one of those.

Speaking of data points, here are mine on bothersome bugs up nort'. I've
been up there in late July, August, and September. I've never been
bothered
by biting or stinging insects at any of those times, although the late
July
trip there were little biting no-see-ums of some sort on the Fox. They
weren't bothersome enough to drive me off the water. The times I've been
there in late September, all of those critters were but a distant memory,
with keeping warm being a more immediate concern.

Four or five years ago, on July fourth weekend, Jay's Jeep broke down on a
long dusty dirt road somewhere between Newberry and the Fox. It was a
miserably hot and humid day. The deer flies and horse flies were about as
bad as I've ever seen them anywhere.....and this was in a pine plantation,
no open water visible and none to be found nearby on the map. We spent
several hours in hell till the tow truck showed up. Go figure.

Thanks for the report Wolfgang.

Countin' time 'til September,

Come on up this weekend.......we'll count together while teasing smallmouth.


Wolfgang

On 5/31/06 12:36 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/30/06 4:50 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:
I presume that this is the same Silver I'm thinking of.

Yeah, it's the one in the area we're both familiar with.

We're usually
destined to remote points east down Skanee Road but I always slow the car
as
we cross the Silver. Looks like mighty nice water.

Oddly, it looks better downstream than up. Well, not so odd for this
region......a number of others share this trait.

As I recall, where the Skanee Road crosses the Silver, it's pretty close to
Huron Bay, no?

Is the "looks better" due to the ubiquitous falls, do you think?

We need to talk more about
what's down Skanee Road.

Well, among other things that haunt me, there are brook trout down the
Skanee Road, I'd wager on that. And something that looks like this,
probably hasn't changed in the last sixty years:

http://hrothgar.cwru.edu/huronriv2.jpg

The late afternoon was better. On the way into L'Anse to get a bite to
eat

Tell me you ate at the Hilltop. Those cinnamon rolls, man oh man. And
pickled herring on the buffet...

We did indeed eat at the Hilltop......and I did have the pickled herring.

Lucky bastid! My grandmother used to have a Swedish saying about "sill och
potatis", but I can't remember it. Maybe Roger can help out?

However, none of us sampled the cinnamon rolls.....we were all too full from
lunch. And, anyway, those things are scary. You could beat large
carnivorous bitey things to death with one of those.

I only bought one once and we split it four ways. Seriously.

Bill

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/31/06 12:36 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/30/06 4:50 PM, in article ,
"Wolfgang"
wrote:
I presume that this is the same Silver I'm thinking of.

Yeah, it's the one in the area we're both familiar with.

We're usually
destined to remote points east down Skanee Road but I always slow the
car
as
we cross the Silver. Looks like mighty nice water.

Oddly, it looks better downstream than up. Well, not so odd for this
region......a number of others share this trait.

As I recall, where the Skanee Road crosses the Silver, it's pretty close
to
Huron Bay, no?

Hm.......

It appears that at least one of us is confused. The Silver I'm talking
about has its head about 9 miles northeast of Kenton. The closest it comes
to L'anse is where it crosses 38 about 11 miles to the west. I don't see a
Silver anywhere to the north and east of L'anse on my map. You sure you're
not thinking of the Slate? That crosses Skanee Road about 10 miles to the
northeast of L'anse and then empties into Huron Bay.

Is the "looks better" due to the ubiquitous falls, do you think?

Hard to say now that we seem to be looking at different streams.

The Silver where we first crossed it on Sunday near South Laird road
(roughly halfway from its source to the confluence with the Sturgeon) was
shallow and wide with a sandy bottom. At the hwy. 38 bridge we saw a higher
gradient with mixed cobble and gravel bottom.

We need to talk more about
what's down Skanee Road.

Well, among other things that haunt me, there are brook trout down the
Skanee Road, I'd wager on that. And something that looks like this,
probably hasn't changed in the last sixty years:

http://hrothgar.cwru.edu/huronriv2.jpg

Yeah, I remember that picture. That's what got us started in that direction
on Sunday. Unfortunately, we are easily distracted......we never got
anywhere near there. L'anse was the end of the road for us this time. I've
never yet been up there.

The late afternoon was better. On the way into L'Anse to get a bite to
eat

Tell me you ate at the Hilltop. Those cinnamon rolls, man oh man. And
pickled herring on the buffet...

We did indeed eat at the Hilltop......and I did have the pickled herring.

Lucky bastid! My grandmother used to have a Swedish saying about "sill
och
potatis", but I can't remember it. Maybe Roger can help out?

I hope so.....it means nothing to me.

However, none of us sampled the cinnamon rolls.....we were all too full
from
lunch. And, anyway, those things are scary. You could beat large
carnivorous bitey things to death with one of those.

I only bought one once and we split it four ways. Seriously.

Half a pound of cinnamon roll should be enough for just about anybody.

Wolfgang

On 5/31/06 1:26 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/31/06 12:36 PM, in article , "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 5/30/06 4:50 PM, in article ,
"Wolfgang"
wrote:
I presume that this is the same Silver I'm thinking of.

Yeah, it's the one in the area we're both familiar with.

We're usually
destined to remote points east down Skanee Road but I always slow the
car
as
we cross the Silver. Looks like mighty nice water.

Oddly, it looks better downstream than up. Well, not so odd for this
region......a number of others share this trait.

As I recall, where the Skanee Road crosses the Silver, it's pretty close
to
Huron Bay, no?

Hm.......

It appears that at least one of us is confused. The Silver I'm talking
about has its head about 9 miles northeast of Kenton. The closest it comes
to L'anse is where it crosses 38 about 11 miles to the west. I don't see a
Silver anywhere to the north and east of L'anse on my map. You sure you're
not thinking of the Slate? That crosses Skanee Road about 10 miles to the
northeast of L'anse and then empties into Huron Bay.

Humorous indeed! Neither of us is confused, we are just talking about
different rivers. Topozone claims that there are three "Silver River"s (and
probably countless "Silver Creek"s) in Michigan, all within roughly fifty
miles of each other! Here is the one I was thinking of, which is east and
north of L'Anse:

http://tinyurl.com/oq4vp

The third is up on the Keeweenaw.

L'anse was the end of the road for us this time. I've
never yet been up there.

Looks like there is good water- both river and brookie lakes- up there
a-plenty.

And- for me- plenty o' ghosts. Of course, they'll all be speaking Swedish.

:-)

Bill