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TR - Stolen Opportunity
So, I had forty hours of overtime by 10:00 a.m. last Friday. The boss is
taking Fridays off because he is in "use it or lose it" vacation mode. So I told the rest of the gang, "I'm outa here. I'm goin' fishin'." I went home grabbed my gear and headed up the canyon. I was time to hit my "home" stream. I was just hoping that the recent warm weather hadn't turned it into a muddy, raging torrent. There was a truck parked in the first turnout for access to the stream and a car in each of the next two. It was apparent that I was not the only one taking a Friday afternoon off. The next turnoff, that leads to my second favorite stretch of this stream, was empty so I pulled over, rigged up and headed for the stream. Like the day before, it was a great day for fishing. The temperature was probably about 65 degrees and the sky was overcast with high, nonthreatening clouds. I was pleased to note that the water, though a bit higher than average, was fairly clear. Now I could only hope for hungry fish. I walked downstream about half a mile and then started fishing my way back upstream. The next three and a half hours were complete bliss. Whereas, the day before I was struggling with my casting, now I was able to put my fly pretty much where I wanted with relative ease. There were few visibly feeding fish but it was not hard to get them to rise to various, well placed, attractor patterns. I caught fish on Renegades, Royal Wulffs, Royal Trudes and a couple others that I'm not even sure what they were. I did have to use smaller sizes though. I got several sniffs and refusals on a #12 RW. All the fish I caught were on 14's or 16's. And (I don't like that rule of not starting a sentence with "and.") I caught a lot of fish. I stopped keeping track at 15 and that was in the first hour. Most were in the 9 to 13 inch range. When it was time to go, I doubled back on a hole that I had made a mess of the first go around and my more careful approach was rewarded with the fish of the day, a beautiful, fat, 15 inch brown that put up a heck of a fight. I have all ways been impressed with the fighting strength of the fish in this stream. They usually try to go deep if they can and then will sometimes surprise me by going airborne Rainbow fashion. I had a blast. It was a great couple of spring fishing days. Now I've got to get some yard work done. Russell |
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TR - Stolen Opportunity
On 13-Apr-2007, "Russell D." wrote: So, I had forty hours of overtime by 10:00 a.m. last Friday. The boss is taking Fridays off because he is in "use it or lose it" vacation mode. So I told the rest of the gang, "I'm outa here. I'm goin' fishin'." I went home grabbed my gear and headed up the canyon. I was time to hit my "home" stream. I was just hoping that the recent warm weather hadn't turned it into a muddy, raging torrent. There was a truck parked in the first turnout for access to the stream and a car in each of the next two. It was apparent that I was not the only one taking a Friday afternoon off. The next turnoff, that leads to my second favorite stretch of this stream, was empty so I pulled over, rigged up and headed for the stream. Like the day before, it was a great day for fishing. The temperature was probably about 65 degrees and the sky was overcast with high, nonthreatening clouds. I was pleased to note that the water, though a bit higher than average, was fairly clear. Now I could only hope for hungry fish. I walked downstream about half a mile and then started fishing my way back upstream. The next three and a half hours were complete bliss. Whereas, the day before I was struggling with my casting, now I was able to put my fly pretty much where I wanted with relative ease. There were few visibly feeding fish but it was not hard to get them to rise to various, well placed, attractor patterns. I caught fish on Renegades, Royal Wulffs, Royal Trudes and a couple others that I'm not even sure what they were. I did have to use smaller sizes though. I got several sniffs and refusals on a #12 RW. All the fish I caught were on 14's or 16's. And (I don't like that rule of not starting a sentence with "and.") I caught a lot of fish. I stopped keeping track at 15 and that was in the first hour. Most were in the 9 to 13 inch range. When it was time to go, I doubled back on a hole that I had made a mess of the first go around and my more careful approach was rewarded with the fish of the day, a beautiful, fat, 15 inch brown that put up a heck of a fight. I have all ways been impressed with the fighting strength of the fish in this stream. They usually try to go deep if they can and then will sometimes surprise me by going airborne Rainbow fashion. I had a blast. It was a great couple of spring fishing days. Now I've got to get some yard work done. Russell Nice TR, I had a similar "stolen" opportunity a few weeks ago which I will post on another thread Sincerely Fred |
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Another "stolen" opportunity
I had a similar "stolen " opportunity
My mother in law passed away It was not unexpected! She was sick and my wife & duaghter were with her in FL for a week before she passed on Tuesday They wanted me to come to West Palm Beach for the funeral on Thurs (not my favorite place to be) I booked a flt for a Wed morn at & 7:20 AM which meant that I had to get uo at 4:45 AM So of course I really did not get any sleep. At 3:38 AM the airline called to tell me that my flt was cancelled. What to do?? It was during spring break and getting to FL was not possible in time for the funeral. I called my wife as soon as she was awake and she asked me instead to make the burial in NY the following Sunday So I had 2 days - With a mesage already on my machine stating that we were out of town due to a death in the family So w a friend, we went to Rock Creek MT for 2 days and had a ball fishing for rainbows and white fish (Truth be told she was not a " nice " person anyway) I returned home late Fri nite and made a flt to NYC early the next morning and made the funeral on Sunday What a trip NY is! I used to live there. I don't miss it. Fred |
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