Finally took the SLR fishing
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Got over my fear of breaking my camera this morning, so I left the house about 9:00 a.m. in search of N.C. trout. Hitting Avery creek at approx. 10:30 my agenda was two-fold:
1. Avoid crowds
2. Actually catch fish so I could use the cameraI entered Pisgah National Forest at a ferocious pace.
Took this.
All I needed was this.
Thrown in places like this.
Produced these.
In all I fished about a mile of water for 3-4 hours. Every good cast in a likely spot produced a rise. Nothing of any size came to hand although I spooked a 12-13″ fish, which is a nice fish for Avery. I really enjoyed having my SLR on stream for the first time, but I’m still looking forward to the having fishing partner so I can get a lot more fish pictures.
Matt…getting past those few couple trips with the DSLR will put you at ease and you’ll carry it with you most of the time I suspect.
Matt .. I feel your pain. Going out solo and trying to get good pics is difficult to say the least. I am rarely happy with my pics from a scenario like that. I think you did a great job.
Personally, I’d jump at the opportunity to go do some fishing with Cameron! Plus, at some point you might get some cool shots of an angler fishing from a kayak!
Nice, looking very nice… but it is now a long slow down hill slide to carrying a 60lbs pack for an afternoons fishing… lol
BTW and it is just a pet hate… your flies are in their boxes the wrong way round.
http://www.c-and-f.co.jp/c_and_f_e/flycases/index.html#fea_b
Mike, I’ve never had a clue I was using my fly box incorrectly. Does it make a noticeable difference the other way?
I did this for a while also. 🙂
Nice Matt.
Matt .. I feel your pain. Going out solo and trying to get good pics is difficult to say the least. I am rarely happy with my pics from a scenario like that. I think you did a great job.
Aside from having access to good fly fishing rivers, this is my biggest hurdle and it’s common to alot of people. I try to make a decision, fish or shoot when solo. If I want to get good images, I leave the rod at home and head to a spot where I can shoot strangers fishing. Unfortunately, for me, that means I’m typically not doing fly fishing as it’s just not as popular up here, there basically only 1 river where I can count on finding people. Would suggest the same, have some goto spots where you can either shoot other people fishing, or wet a line yourself. Its extremely difficult to do both, and ultimately one suffers for it.
J
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