2008 gatherings

Larry L wrote:

"jeff" wrote


montana, idaho, wyoming? something must be percolating out there...




pray that it's lots of rain and snow into the aquifer and reservoirs


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ok... then what?

Willi wrote:

jeff wrote:

ok...time to start planning get togethers in 2008.
penns... might make that one.

montana, idaho, wyoming? something must be percolating out there...


I thought you were organizing a multi day float?

I also like IJ's idea.


i'm thinking we might even attempt a fall sal****er gathering in
november 08 to celebrate the exit of bush and the hope for saner
leadership while chasing false albacore and puppy drum at harkers
island/cape lookout.



I'd be interested in that.

Willi

i'm multi-tasking... i can't get any responses on the float thing on
the river system we talked about. everyone wants to include a
guide...no drops like you had in alaska. i've hit a dead end. need
someone on the ground out there.

if there is interest in a november false albacore, puppy drum fest...i
think i can get wally and some others interested...we need boats to do
it and i can only handle 2 others in my little craft.

jeff

"jeff" wrote




ok... then what?


Well, assuming adequate percolation, Montahoming will suffer my annual
visits from late May to mid-October ... but, another water year like the
last one and I think the number of used fly rods on e-bay will spike to new
highs I wouldn't plan a trip West, past June, until we see how Nature
deals with the drought


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I keep threatening to sample a couple rivers I've never fished or only
fished in "name collecting" mode .... the Big Horn being the one that pops
to mind most often. But, it's hundreds of miles past places I know I
love, and when ya get there all ya do is catch fish, which I can do without
the extra miles.

My nature seem best satisfied by long periods at one stream, a couple weeks
minimum, to really feel I'm starting to belong there. Two or three night
stands always leave me feeling as much empty as fulfilled. I'm very much
into self instruction when it comes to fly fishing, preferring to discover
on my own to being shown, so it takes me a while on a new river to
feel competent.

Many of the rivers I consider trying don't seem to have camping/ access /
non-fishing time quality, that suits my picky tastes. Spending $40/ day
to park my trailer 9 feet from another RV or $30/ day to have my truck moved
3 miles offends both my budget and my sense of how I want to spend my time.
........... Sure, a day here or there, of either one, is OK, but not 20
days in a row. I like to camp in undeveloped areas and shuttle my
WaterMaster with my bike IF I can't find reasonable wade access.

Research that leads to advance knowledge of such camping, the wade access
on a mainly floating river, or whether the access roads are suited for
bike riding seems harder to do than finding an outfitter/ motel. I'm
gradually building a network of summer troutbums, guys ( and a gal ) that
spend the summers much as I do and have similar needs/ desires, but it's
still tough to find out certain things without making the 500 mile drive
... a drive that I find hard to commit to when I'm leaving a wonderful
place to head towards ???? Probably a gettin' old thing.


um. ... no, this doesn't have anything to do with your thread ... sorry

jeff wrote:
ok...time to start planning get togethers in 2008.

I'll almost certainly be at Penns.

Shekels likely to be short, though, any trip back West this year
will be home to OR..... No Rockies again til '09.....

Keep us posted on N Carolingian gatherings..... might could swing
that, even with crude at $100+/bbl.

- JR

On Nov 21, 7:33 pm, jeff wrote:
Willi wrote:
jeff wrote:

ok...time to start planning get togethers in 2008.
penns... might make that one.

montana, idaho, wyoming? something must be percolating out there...

I thought you were organizing a multi day float?

I also like IJ's idea.

i'm thinking we might even attempt a fall sal****er gathering in
november 08 to celebrate the exit of bush and the hope for saner
leadership while chasing false albacore and puppy drum at harkers
island/cape lookout.

I'd be interested in that.

Willi

i'm multi-tasking... i can't get any responses on the float thing on
the river system we talked about. everyone wants to include a
guide...no drops like you had in alaska. i've hit a dead end. need
someone on the ground out there.

if there is interest in a november false albacore, puppy drum fest...i
think i can get wally and some others interested...we need boats to do
it and i can only handle 2 others in my little craft.

jeff- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

jeffie: don't you think pj could drum up a couple support boats?
jerry, and the guy with the bizarre name (droozian sprinkle?)...

yfitp
wayno(makes me miss the ol' "probable cause")

Larry L wrote:

"jeff" wrote



ok... then what?



Well, assuming adequate percolation, Montahoming will suffer my annual
visits from late May to mid-October ... but, another water year like the
last one and I think the number of used fly rods on e-bay will spike to new
highs I wouldn't plan a trip West, past June, until we see how Nature
deals with the drought


-----------------


I keep threatening to sample a couple rivers I've never fished or only
fished in "name collecting" mode .... the Big Horn being the one that pops
to mind most often. But, it's hundreds of miles past places I know I
love, and when ya get there all ya do is catch fish, which I can do without
the extra miles.

My nature seem best satisfied by long periods at one stream, a couple weeks
minimum, to really feel I'm starting to belong there. Two or three night
stands always leave me feeling as much empty as fulfilled. I'm very much
into self instruction when it comes to fly fishing, preferring to discover
on my own to being shown, so it takes me a while on a new river to
feel competent.

Many of the rivers I consider trying don't seem to have camping/ access /
non-fishing time quality, that suits my picky tastes. Spending $40/ day
to park my trailer 9 feet from another RV or $30/ day to have my truck moved
3 miles offends both my budget and my sense of how I want to spend my time.
.......... Sure, a day here or there, of either one, is OK, but not 20
days in a row. I like to camp in undeveloped areas and shuttle my
WaterMaster with my bike IF I can't find reasonable wade access.

Research that leads to advance knowledge of such camping, the wade access
on a mainly floating river, or whether the access roads are suited for
bike riding seems harder to do than finding an outfitter/ motel. I'm
gradually building a network of summer troutbums, guys ( and a gal ) that
spend the summers much as I do and have similar needs/ desires, but it's
still tough to find out certain things without making the 500 mile drive
... a drive that I find hard to commit to when I'm leaving a wonderful
place to head towards ???? Probably a gettin' old thing.


um. ... no, this doesn't have anything to do with your thread ... sorry















....but it does...and thank you.

jeff (a gettin old thing)

wrote:

On Nov 21, 7:33 pm, jeff wrote:

Willi wrote:

jeff wrote:

ok...time to start planning get togethers in 2008.
penns... might make that one.

montana, idaho, wyoming? something must be percolating out there...

I thought you were organizing a multi day float?

I also like IJ's idea.

i'm thinking we might even attempt a fall sal****er gathering in
november 08 to celebrate the exit of bush and the hope for saner
leadership while chasing false albacore and puppy drum at harkers
island/cape lookout.

I'd be interested in that.

Willi

i'm multi-tasking... i can't get any responses on the float thing on
the river system we talked about. everyone wants to include a
guide...no drops like you had in alaska. i've hit a dead end. need
someone on the ground out there.

if there is interest in a november false albacore, puppy drum fest...i
think i can get wally and some others interested...we need boats to do
it and i can only handle 2 others in my little craft.

jeff- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


jeffie: don't you think pj could drum up a couple support boats?
jerry, and the guy with the bizarre name (droozian sprinkle?)...

yfitp
wayno(makes me miss the ol' "probable cause")

maybe...but jim professes to hate false albacore fishing, and jerry
isn't able to get away for any period of time. (drouin sprinkle - annie
sprinkle's nephew g)

i spent thanksgiving down on harkers island...fished inside on
thursday...caught one nice speckled trout of about 22" just before low
tide, then walked all the sandbar flats and collected conch shells, a
few clams, and some pen shells. planned to cook em up, but got
frustrated trying to bust open the conch. did cook and eat the pen
shell meat though...not bad. nice day.

friday, the wind and waves blew up, air temp went down, and at times i
had more water spraying over the side than under the boat. yesterday,
still rough, but went out in a bigger boat with wally and one of his
friends (owner of the boat). rough, windy, cold, wet...not a good day to
try to find the schools of albies much less launch a fly at them. they
each caught one...i was skunked.

jeff