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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2
fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote:
Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On Jun 16, 5:10*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote: Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. *Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey thank you Frank. One of these days i am going to hook one of those tyees and write a report post full of terms like "into my backing," and "the reel screeched, " "burned my hand" and such. ;+)) How is the wounded vets fly fishing program working out? It would be great if you could share some about that stuff as it happens. Your group seems to be the only one Roffians are involved with that have done this kind of thing. Might help get more of us off our duffs and working this deal for recovering wounded vets. Dave |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On 2011-06-18 18:45:27 -0400, DaveS said:
On Jun 16, 5:10*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote: On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote: Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. *Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey thank you Frank. One of these days i am going to hook one of those tyees and write a report post full of terms like "into my backing," and "the reel screeched, " "burned my hand" and such. ;+)) How is the wounded vets fly fishing program working out? It would be great if you could share some about that stuff as it happens. Your group seems to be the only one Roffians are involved with that have done this kind of thing. Might help get more of us off our duffs and working this deal for recovering wounded vets. Dave There was supposed to be a "Healing Waters" project on the Rapid this early summer, but the person running it got the job taken away from him. (Bad juju!) It is being held at Libby's Camps instead. http://www.libbycamps.com/ Next summer it will return to the Rapid River and Lakewood Camps will be its sponsor. I hope to be involved not only advising/guiding, but also by providing some pick-up trucks to transport the vets from pool to pool. Dave |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On Jun 18, 5:45*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Jun 16, 5:10*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote: On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote: Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. *Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey thank you Frank. One of these days i am going to hook one of those tyees and write a report post full of terms like "into my backing," and "the reel screeched, " "burned my hand" and such. ;+)) How is the wounded vets fly fishing program working out? It would be great if you could share some about that stuff as it happens. Your group seems to be the only one Roffians are involved with that have done this kind of thing. Might help get more of us off our duffs and working this deal for recovering wounded vets. Dave We've got something coming up this Fall. Will do a story on it. Also, Nebraska is getting its first Casting for Recovery outing and I'm the fly fishing lead for the program. More to come. Frank Reid |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On Jun 18, 4:41*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2011-06-18 18:45:27 -0400, DaveS said: On Jun 16, 5:10*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote: On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote: Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragger jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail guy, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory being that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. *Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey thank you Frank. One of these days i am going to hook one of those tyees and write a report post full of terms like "into my backing," and "the reel screeched, " "burned my hand" and such. ;+)) How is the wounded vets fly fishing program working out? It would be great if you could share some about that stuff as it happens. Your group seems to be the only one Roffians are involved with that have done this kind of thing. Might help get more of us off our duffs and working this deal for recovering wounded vets. Dave There was supposed to be a "Healing Waters" project on the Rapid this early summer, but the person running it got the job taken away from him. *(Bad juju!) *It is being held at Libby's Camps instead.http://www.libbycamps.com/ Next summer it will return to the Rapid River and Lakewood Camps will be its sponsor. *I hope to be involved not only advising/guiding, but also by providing some pick-up trucks to transport the vets from pool to pool. Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Seems like a pretty worthwhile deal. With so many of these guys suffering head effects from multiple blasts, it would seem that the ozone and moving water sounds would at least be soothingly therapeutic. With the Afghan pullback, there will be lots more coming home. Dave |
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RPT; Wetside/Dryside, Wa.
On 2011-06-20 18:25:15 -0400, DaveS said:
On Jun 18, 4:41*pm, D. LaCourse wrote: On 2011-06-18 18:45:27 -0400, DaveS said: On Jun 16, 5:10*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote: On Jun 16, 5:42*pm, DaveS wrote: Wetside: Hearing some good stuff per Steelhead in the Wynoochee. 2 fish and 8 hookup days. Gearhead LURES. Uncouth looking Knuckledragge r jewelleria. Boat/guide/gear, all day 150$ per. Tempting Jebus forgive us our sins for we have . . . in our hearts have lusted. . . Oh ****, Call the man already. Dryside: River running high 400-300 cfs, but fish-able. Avoiding the twisting thalweg, working the slower sides, lots of early evening bouncing micro caddis, multiple hatches of #16 tan mayflies, I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis. Sweet. Hungry little Cutts are not too particular, and the bigger "Rainbows" deliberately working the heavier water and seams may still be around later in this good water year, and in any case are a joy just to watch. Wading needed to get them is well beyond my survival envelope. In the afternoons I work my trees. I planted some 2' to 3' ponderosa which this last Winter have been hammered badly by the critters and the hard weather. *Most now have the shape of a skinny as a rail gu y, with bushy, straight-up hair. So I re-wrapped them in this plastic webbing, with a garland of orange and blue bailing twine. Theory bein g that chewing on plastic is a deterrent to mammals. Their little budding candles grow longer every day. In the mornings I enjoy the simplified domestic regime of being off the grid, and wandering meadow and river assessing the effect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles take their diagonals, pools dig themselves. This little Western river straightens and curls as it's constitution dictates. From my sugar dike I can see the shallow cave openings in the basalt bluffs, where Nez Pierce pony trains waited out weather along this ancient trade route between the Columbia and the Upper Snake. Where was this river then? Reset. Repeat X6. Drive 250m over the pass. Catch the 2am ferry. Dave Dos Pesos FAR. *Friggen Awesome Report. "I dub them PMDs or PEDs depending on whom I am bull****ting at the moment, and match to perfection the hatch with #14 Stimulators, tied in Royal Wolf garb. And a tiny black and orange, ovipositing micro caddis." Love this line. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey thank you Frank. One of these days i am going to hook one of those tyees and write a report post full of terms like "into my backing," and "the reel screeched, " "burned my hand" and such. ;+)) How is the wounded vets fly fishing program working out? It would be great if you could share some about that stuff as it happens. Your group seems to be the only one Roffians are involved with that have done this kind of thing. Might help get more of us off our duffs and working this deal for recovering wounded vets. Dave There was supposed to be a "Healing Waters" project on the Rapid this early summer, but the person running it got the job taken away from him. *(Bad juju!) *It is being held at Libby's Camps instead.http://w ww.libbycamps.com/ Next summer it will return to the Rapid River and Lakewood Camps will be its sponsor. *I hope to be involved not only advising/guiding, but also by providing some pick-up trucks to transport the vets from pool to pool. Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Seems like a pretty worthwhile deal. With so many of these guys suffering head effects from multiple blasts, it would seem that the ozone and moving water sounds would at least be soothingly therapeutic. With the Afghan pullback, there will be lots more coming home. Dave Actually, Dave, it is the head cases that are the worst. Not head wounds, mind you. When they met at the Rapid last year, many were suffering from mental troubles rather than physical. There will be a guide drift boat at Pond in the River as well as boats with 9 hp outboards to move the troops around to the different fishing spots -- The Currents, Lower Dam, Spawning Beds, Island, etc., and three or four pick-ups to shuttle folks down river. There was a fellow in camp last week with his wife. They lost a son in December 09 in Afghanistan. He will be the contact person for next years event. He's very active in the Wounded Warrier Project as well as Healing Waters. He's from Winchester, VA and is an active fund raiser for both causes. I'll keep roff posted when the time comes. Dave |
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In the mornings I adore the simplified calm administration of getting off the grid, and abnormality meadow and river assessing the aftereffect of Winter flood and Spring's freshets. Rock moves, mud settles, drys and cracks. Riffles yield their diagonals, pools dig themselves.
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