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  • Mar 4, 2007 at 3:39 pm #1889
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    Well…back early from a weekend trip up to N.C.  There was a storm Thursday night that raised the river about twelve to eighteen inches and the water was ripping.  It was hard to get flies down to the fish but we had a good time nonetheless.  I brought along K-9 “Ice” and he had a great time hanging out with the fellows.  We hiked a lot of river miles yesterday only catching two small fish and by late afternoon with the temperature falling and the wind picking up we decided to head home.  

    Highlights from the weekend included picking up a few fish on the McFarland glass rod…and then our camp feast Friday night of grilled medium NY strips, asparagus, sauted potatoes with onions and mushrooms…which we washed down with a great pinot noir.  Later we sat around the fire sipping Jameson whiskey from the tin cup.  Ah…the upside of camp life…    
     

     

    Mar 4, 2007 at 4:17 pm #15881
    malcolm robertson
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    Looks like a great trip.

    Mar 4, 2007 at 4:25 pm #15882
    mike b.
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    Nice photos…that glass rod looks sweet.

    Mar 4, 2007 at 4:34 pm #15883
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    Ummm…I think K-9 Ice had the better time…though he is feeling it this morning.  He is ten years old and that cold water did a number on him.  He is limping around a bit this morning.

    PoudreRiver…I was using the Pentax Optio.

    Mar 4, 2007 at 5:30 pm #15884
    bryan hulse
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    Cameron,

    Your shore lunches and camp meals look and sound better than what we prepare at home. Nice trip report and pictures.

    Bryan

    Mar 4, 2007 at 5:53 pm #15885
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    Splitshot…years ago when I started fly fishing I was so damn worried about losing time on the river that I wouldn’t eat or drink all day.

    Mar 5, 2007 at 12:31 am #15886
    bryan hulse
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    That’s a great idea, and certainly easy to do. I might start copying you.

    Bryan

    Mar 5, 2007 at 12:48 am #15887
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    Nice report, Cameron.

    Mar 5, 2007 at 12:56 am #15888
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    “My Water”…ha…

    Mar 5, 2007 at 4:51 am #15889
    Carter Simcoe
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    portable propane bottles and non-stick pots and pans are the best things that have ever happened to overnight fishing trips.

    Mar 5, 2007 at 1:14 pm #15890
    Mike Anderson
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    portable propane bottles and non-stick pots and pans are the best things that have ever happened to overnight fishing trips.

    And battery powered tent fans.

    Mar 5, 2007 at 7:44 pm #15891
    bryan hulse
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    Ha! I’ve got a couple of those fans now complete with LED lights. Used to be when I was a kid my friends and I would be content to sleep on a doubled up blanket, cook a hot dog on a stick, and for entertainment look at girly magazines one of my buddies would sneak from his dad. To get my wife and daughters into the woods for a weekend I now have to carry those fans, a portable DVD player, an entire library of kid movies and books, bikes, an inflatable mattress, a camp chef stove, a pinic table shelter, organic skim milk, flavored coffee, a half dozen lanterns, and an old man named Chauncy.

    Mar 6, 2007 at 1:51 pm #15892
    Mike Anderson
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    Sounds like you need either a Pop up or a Pack Mule.

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