Western Clave 2004 TR

bruiser wrote:



If you really want the primo spot on all the river I saw, get a room at
Slide Inn and get up early :-)

or stay up late... fish were very gregarious around 9 pm... blue wing
olive parachute.

jeff

bruiser wrote:



If you really want the primo spot on all the river I saw, get a room at
Slide Inn and get up early :-)

or stay up late... fish were very gregarious around 9 pm... blue wing
olive parachute.

jeff

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:yr%Lc.6475$BX.2041@lakeread08...

or stay up late... fish were very gregarious around 9
pm... blue wing
olive parachute.

I'm sure that was awesome. That's an amazing little side channel I must
say.

bruce h

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:yr%Lc.6475$BX.2041@lakeread08...

or stay up late... fish were very gregarious around 9
pm... blue wing
olive parachute.

I'm sure that was awesome. That's an amazing little side channel I must
say.

bruce h

wrote...


Danl wrote:

Danl

PS....... A CD of the pictures I took is on its way to Warren for
compilation into the "Clave CD". Those of you that have pictures of me,
please feel free to email them to me (Hint, hint, esp. for Charlie Choc).


Warren wants to do a CD with a soundtrack using pictures of people.

If you send me your pictures (and if the other people will as well), I'd
be glad to assemble a compilation CD. Don't know if I'll have time for
anything fancy but at least everyone will get all the pix.

Well, I was planning on doing a "standard" Clave CD with everyone's
pics plus two slide shows of the people. One was going to be solely
from this conclave and the other a compilation of all the Western
Conclaves that I have pics for. Feel free to see send *ALL* of the
pics you took from the Clave this year and I will add a folder to
the CD for each person who sends their pics. If you want to do a
slide show or something, I will include that as well. Basically I
am taking the burden off of Danl this year.

Now back to tying flies in an attempt to replace those lost and
prepare myself for a float of the Yellowstone in the morning.
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt on ya don't spam me hoo dot com to respond via
email. HINT: Put the ya and hoo together...;-)

wrote...


Danl wrote:

Danl

PS....... A CD of the pictures I took is on its way to Warren for
compilation into the "Clave CD". Those of you that have pictures of me,
please feel free to email them to me (Hint, hint, esp. for Charlie Choc).


Warren wants to do a CD with a soundtrack using pictures of people.

If you send me your pictures (and if the other people will as well), I'd
be glad to assemble a compilation CD. Don't know if I'll have time for
anything fancy but at least everyone will get all the pix.

Well, I was planning on doing a "standard" Clave CD with everyone's
pics plus two slide shows of the people. One was going to be solely
from this conclave and the other a compilation of all the Western
Conclaves that I have pics for. Feel free to see send *ALL* of the
pics you took from the Clave this year and I will add a folder to
the CD for each person who sends their pics. If you want to do a
slide show or something, I will include that as well. Basically I
am taking the burden off of Danl this year.

Now back to tying flies in an attempt to replace those lost and
prepare myself for a float of the Yellowstone in the morning.
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt on ya don't spam me hoo dot com to respond via
email. HINT: Put the ya and hoo together...;-)

Yeah the side channel looked nice, but we also got snubbed by someone who
claimed it was the stretch for Slide Inn guests... We moved on and I can
get that kind of treatment on the stocked creeks in the area on open day,
anytime, so I can't say that I agree that it was the best spot, at least
during the Clave week. It reminds me of a similar stretch on the Little
Lehigh Creek near Allentown where there are some nice sized beauties in
there, but it's just not worth fishing most times because of the permanent
resident fisherman (or at least they like to think it's their stretch).

The only other people I ran into that seemed rather rude and discourteous
were in the same area, above Raynolds Bridge. They would creek hop anyone
in their way. I have to thank them really though because due to them, they
chased me far enough upstream to run into that Island where I had such great
luck bank fishing an Island with a family of Browns.

Mike


"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
m...
"bruiser" wrote in message
...

Chuck,

There's a plaque on a rock near one hole in that stretch, with the name
of a
guy who used to fish there a lot. We actually did fine almost everwhere
within a mile of that spot.

And although Danl had an awesome streak going there, we could also
probably
call it the "Mr. Sunshine" pool, i.e. "Excuse Me, I'm working some fish
here". That guy I could do without. And none of us saw him catch a
fish
;-)

By any chance was that guy tall and fairly heavy-set with
reddish-blond hair, maybe in his late fifties and looked like he
stepped right out of a Marlboro commercial? :-) I saw this guy there
one afternoon, and he looked like he should be on a magazine cover. I
also saw someone move towards where he was staked out in the river,
and after a short exchange (that I couldn't hear), the "encroacher"
slunked away with his tail between his legs. :-}

The guy looked really proficient, but he didn't catch anything
either. :-)

If you really want the primo spot on all the river I saw, get a room at
Slide Inn and get up early :-)

Hey, we were staying on the south side of the river, two houses
upstream from the bridge. It was not much more than a long cast from
the deck of the place to the river. :-) Unfortunately, it was more
of a sightseeing trip than a fishing trip, so I just got some time in
whenever I could. But even when I was up at daybreak, there would
always be at least one guy already gearing up and ready to hit the
water. And they always went directly to that hole at the top of the
island.

The next best-looking spot was the side-channel by the island.
There looked to be a nice boulder there close to shore that created a
pretty little seam. But I never got to fish that either. :-|

But there *will* be a next time, garonteed. :-)


Chuck Vance

Yeah the side channel looked nice, but we also got snubbed by someone who
claimed it was the stretch for Slide Inn guests... We moved on and I can
get that kind of treatment on the stocked creeks in the area on open day,
anytime, so I can't say that I agree that it was the best spot, at least
during the Clave week. It reminds me of a similar stretch on the Little
Lehigh Creek near Allentown where there are some nice sized beauties in
there, but it's just not worth fishing most times because of the permanent
resident fisherman (or at least they like to think it's their stretch).

The only other people I ran into that seemed rather rude and discourteous
were in the same area, above Raynolds Bridge. They would creek hop anyone
in their way. I have to thank them really though because due to them, they
chased me far enough upstream to run into that Island where I had such great
luck bank fishing an Island with a family of Browns.

Mike


"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
m...
"bruiser" wrote in message
...

Chuck,

There's a plaque on a rock near one hole in that stretch, with the name
of a
guy who used to fish there a lot. We actually did fine almost everwhere
within a mile of that spot.

And although Danl had an awesome streak going there, we could also
probably
call it the "Mr. Sunshine" pool, i.e. "Excuse Me, I'm working some fish
here". That guy I could do without. And none of us saw him catch a
fish
;-)

By any chance was that guy tall and fairly heavy-set with
reddish-blond hair, maybe in his late fifties and looked like he
stepped right out of a Marlboro commercial? :-) I saw this guy there
one afternoon, and he looked like he should be on a magazine cover. I
also saw someone move towards where he was staked out in the river,
and after a short exchange (that I couldn't hear), the "encroacher"
slunked away with his tail between his legs. :-}

The guy looked really proficient, but he didn't catch anything
either. :-)

If you really want the primo spot on all the river I saw, get a room at
Slide Inn and get up early :-)

Hey, we were staying on the south side of the river, two houses
upstream from the bridge. It was not much more than a long cast from
the deck of the place to the river. :-) Unfortunately, it was more
of a sightseeing trip than a fishing trip, so I just got some time in
whenever I could. But even when I was up at daybreak, there would
always be at least one guy already gearing up and ready to hit the
water. And they always went directly to that hole at the top of the
island.

The next best-looking spot was the side-channel by the island.
There looked to be a nice boulder there close to shore that created a
pretty little seam. But I never got to fish that either. :-|

But there *will* be a next time, garonteed. :-)


Chuck Vance

"Danl" wrote in message
...

The campground selected by Clavemeister Warren worked out very well. It
was
centrally located to lots of water, had a good cafe across the street, had
lots of trees, and a nice campground host, Billy. I wouldn't mind using
this
place as Clave Central again in the future.


I agree. I haven't been to any of the other Western Claves, but this
location was premium in it's centralized location for Clave Central.

I made the short, scenic trip from Valley Center, Ca to the campground in
about 18.5 hours, arriving at 12:30 in the morning. The odometer said it
logged 1090 miles in that stretch. Can't understand why I was a little
tired
when Willi came by to go fishing later that morning at 6:30. Must be
getting
old.


Yep...senior citizenship is around the corner


Friday, Willi and I fished the Madison across from the campground and then
down at Raynold's Bridge. After having bought some of the green drakes at
Penns last year, I thought that they were the largest dry fly that I would
probably ever use. Wrong! The stoneflies that Willi had tied up to match
the
monsters hatching were the size of small birds.The fish liked them and I
managed to hook up, but not land, several before I lost all of Willi's
flies
to the fish. Meanwhile Willi had.....well, ....you know...pictures on
ABPF.
Friday night Willi, John Godfrey (a friend of mine who finally made it to
a
clave) and I set up an assembly line and tied up a bunch more.


that was an awesome fly. Caught one of my best fish (one of the Bank Fish
Family) on that fly, along with a few other member's of the family.

After that, I can't recall which fishing trip goes with which day
but........


yeah I hope I got it close to right myself, just posted the TR-part 1.

Jeff, John Godfrey, rw, and I went to Indian Creek and had a good day on
some beautiful water.


Missed that one, but I will return,,,

Fished the Yellowstone on opening day with all the ROFFians, 987,
437,983.2
other fly fishermen, and 3 buffaloes. (pics on ABPF)

Whose idea was that anyway??


No ROFFians became inebriated enough on raffle night to have their picture
adorn the "Boobs and Butts" Wall of Shame at the Happy Hour Bar.


In other words, Jeff chickened out...


Charlie Choc managed to get his parts from African Axles "R" Us and join
us. We also got to meet Ms. Choc, a delightful lady.


Nice to meet you Charlie..You were in the business at the right time. I
can't say the same..


The redneck idiot in the campground across from us whipped out his
chainsaw
one afternoon and proceeded to drop a 40 foot tree right in the
campground!


I thought that was exciting...it was the talk of campground, and he managed
not to crush anyone, or anything in his campsite.

Snoop left early with an ailment. (no, not the usual Honky Tonk Fever and
attendant Gringo Butt).


What happened Snoop? Didn't get to fish with you before ya left, hope all
is well.


Many thanks to Warren for the organization of the clave. Good job, Bud. I
had a great time.


Here, here, an awesome Clave..

Danl

Nice TR Danl,

Now that I have christened several of the valley's waters, maybe next time
we can fish together a bit more. I did enjoy the ritual fireside
discussion, your coffee on several occasions, and your generosity with a
nice meal or two during the week. Thank You, Thank You, Thaaaaaaaank
Yooouu.

Let me know if you make it out my way (Philly) or hopefully will see ya at
the Penn's Clave next year??

The Mighty Finn - Mike

"Danl" wrote in message
...

The campground selected by Clavemeister Warren worked out very well. It
was
centrally located to lots of water, had a good cafe across the street, had
lots of trees, and a nice campground host, Billy. I wouldn't mind using
this
place as Clave Central again in the future.


I agree. I haven't been to any of the other Western Claves, but this
location was premium in it's centralized location for Clave Central.

I made the short, scenic trip from Valley Center, Ca to the campground in
about 18.5 hours, arriving at 12:30 in the morning. The odometer said it
logged 1090 miles in that stretch. Can't understand why I was a little
tired
when Willi came by to go fishing later that morning at 6:30. Must be
getting
old.


Yep...senior citizenship is around the corner


Friday, Willi and I fished the Madison across from the campground and then
down at Raynold's Bridge. After having bought some of the green drakes at
Penns last year, I thought that they were the largest dry fly that I would
probably ever use. Wrong! The stoneflies that Willi had tied up to match
the
monsters hatching were the size of small birds.The fish liked them and I
managed to hook up, but not land, several before I lost all of Willi's
flies
to the fish. Meanwhile Willi had.....well, ....you know...pictures on
ABPF.
Friday night Willi, John Godfrey (a friend of mine who finally made it to
a
clave) and I set up an assembly line and tied up a bunch more.


that was an awesome fly. Caught one of my best fish (one of the Bank Fish
Family) on that fly, along with a few other member's of the family.

After that, I can't recall which fishing trip goes with which day
but........


yeah I hope I got it close to right myself, just posted the TR-part 1.

Jeff, John Godfrey, rw, and I went to Indian Creek and had a good day on
some beautiful water.


Missed that one, but I will return,,,

Fished the Yellowstone on opening day with all the ROFFians, 987,
437,983.2
other fly fishermen, and 3 buffaloes. (pics on ABPF)

Whose idea was that anyway??


No ROFFians became inebriated enough on raffle night to have their picture
adorn the "Boobs and Butts" Wall of Shame at the Happy Hour Bar.


In other words, Jeff chickened out...


Charlie Choc managed to get his parts from African Axles "R" Us and join
us. We also got to meet Ms. Choc, a delightful lady.


Nice to meet you Charlie..You were in the business at the right time. I
can't say the same..


The redneck idiot in the campground across from us whipped out his
chainsaw
one afternoon and proceeded to drop a 40 foot tree right in the
campground!


I thought that was exciting...it was the talk of campground, and he managed
not to crush anyone, or anything in his campsite.

Snoop left early with an ailment. (no, not the usual Honky Tonk Fever and
attendant Gringo Butt).


What happened Snoop? Didn't get to fish with you before ya left, hope all
is well.


Many thanks to Warren for the organization of the clave. Good job, Bud. I
had a great time.


Here, here, an awesome Clave..

Danl

Nice TR Danl,

Now that I have christened several of the valley's waters, maybe next time
we can fish together a bit more. I did enjoy the ritual fireside
discussion, your coffee on several occasions, and your generosity with a
nice meal or two during the week. Thank You, Thank You, Thaaaaaaaank
Yooouu.

Let me know if you make it out my way (Philly) or hopefully will see ya at
the Penn's Clave next year??

The Mighty Finn - Mike