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A real man would have caught that squirrel for a photo op as he swam across the river.
Manhood implies maturity which comes with ability to reason and think through consequences.
Grabbing squirrel out of water is not reasonable.
Therefore, subject is nuts!Those boats are exquisite. Are they vintage, new, or self-built? I’ve done a bit of boat building down here in south La., and while I know nothing about drift boats, they are beautiful craft.
Those are kit boats. The square ender I finished last summer and the double ender my friend Karl built the year before. They are fun projects.
Zach wrote:
How did the well-organized gentleman get his object down to the riverside?
We did not see him get it down there, but I assume he had help, Zach. Interesting set up. He seemed ready for anything.
What is the yellow thang???- hmmms I don’t care what it is- if it is fly fishing related- I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Based on the shifty eyed guy with the Sci Angler box- I think I may buy some more Sci Angler lines- I feel some camaraderie:)
Will
Ty Ron:0
David- I know I should apologise but I won’t…:)) I’m on a Nikon d200 so 1.5 crop factor. I was wondering if you are using a full frame Canon or a crop factor Canon
David and Byron- ty for the encouraging words:))
I think this is a great discussion to pursue- not sure how else fly pattern photography develops without these exchanges- and
Hi
David’s approach is very sound and a great way to go. Personally I think most fly photography is boring and simply descriptive.IE- fly fills frame /fly in focus and reasonably lit.
Dave wrote:
Hope your mate there is praying the bacon doesn’t kill him before lunch time…
Dave, it’s not the bacon, but the sugar in the homemade Crumpet Tea Room orange rolls my wife made that will harden those arteries! Sorry, no photo of the rolls. But they are good. I actually was very good and only ate two of those all week. 🙂 The bacon and sausage came from Karl’s secretary’s hobbie farm. The hog was raised on left overs from the catered lunches in their office for drug reps :-/.
Patrick wrote:
dude the one of the bow and the hopper pattern is sick
Ah yes, one of our poor substandard hatchery stockers with an undeveloped upper lip. Some also have some gill desease from time to time. However, that fella with the powerbait rig will have him caught out and on the dinner table before long. It is amazing how quickly though the stockers pick up on the natural food items. They can become quite selective in a short while at times.
Cameron, We ate pretty sensibly the rest of the time. Karl and I went out to Roscoes–http://www.roscoesrestaurant.com Thursday night before Mike and Greg arrived. We had steak and salad. Their steaks are growth hormone free and very good. Lunches were a simple sandwich and fruit and some very fresh fig newtons. Mike brought some Tyson experimental chicken and fixed supper Friday night. It was a test chicken product injected with a hot spice. Exceptionally hot! Probably will not make it past the test groups. I had a taste and then finished supper with regular chicken. He made some sauteed apples and some mashed potatos also.
Enjoyed the photo of giving thanks from your previous trip!
Drifter, this was #2. Hope to see you make #3 next September. We may also start a sping fling. We stayed at Gary and Paul Flippin’s Jenkins Creek house at Rim Shoals. It was a great place for us.
Tim wrote:
I was thinking the same thing, however, your line rarely goes through the same place in your guides every time.
Except when you are playing fish. And as Mike indicated there’s the rub.
Hippie-
With the forage you mentioned- my first approach would be bead head chironomids wind drifted under an indicator- a hopper or floating beetle would be my choice in a little chop or – a bobber/yarn indicator if that’s your bent. In a dead calm I would just use a long leader and floating line with a 2-3″ hi -vis floating indicator line section attached.
Leeches I would fish hand twists or lift and drop/twitch on a type 3 or 4 full sink line- using Booby style/Foam back
Alpha Hippy?????- all I see is a cute cleancut guy and another guy in need of a haircut and a shave !!!!! both holding salmonids. I thought all the serious old school hippies were off chasing redfish/channel cats/carp on the fly and had long ago passed on mainstream fish like trout:)))) Ah well:))
Will
Ben-
I have a d200- went into my local store cash in hand to buy a Canon 5d and some lenses and walked out with a d200 and a bunch of lenses – lol so much for research on the net versus cam in the hand!!:)))
I’m not big on zooms to be honest- though I have the 12/24 DX- it’s ok but has some obvious CA issues through the zoom range- easily corrected in post though.
I also have the 105 f2.8 Macro
You also have to wear a glove or some protection on your stripping finger when casting because it will file through your finger after a few casts.
Guide wear over time?
Hey Mike. Great advice from everyone. Zach made some excellent points just now. I know I cannot afford to be switching camera makers–you have to buy a system. This is especially true if you are on a limited budget. When you look at it that way, Nikon or Canon is about the only real choice if you are going to expand your gear over the years. This falls in the category of upgrading equipment too. You need a strategy, and as has been suggested only you can make that determination.
There’s a good article on ‘The Upgrade Game” by Tim Grey in this issue of Digital Photo Pro at:
http://www.digitalphotopro.com/tech/the-upgrade-game.htmlIt might give you some further food for thought and help you identify a strategy for what you want to do with your photography and the gear you are then going to need to accomplish your goals.
Dave, that is an awesome brook trout photo!
I’d emphasize a few things that have already been mentioned:
1) Trolling with a streamer–very effective from a row boat or pontoon in calm conditions. Helps with the boredom. Can be extremely effective in windy conditions but hard to control the boat and drift.
2) Steve’s advice on “windlanes” is excellent advice. Pay attention to what the wind is doing. On slightly large lakes, 100 acres or more, especially if you have a windlane between two land points, the windlane will hold fish. Also, the leeward side of the lake may draw more fish in on a given day.
3) A slow sinking line will help on the streamer fishing while trolling. Sci Anglers Stillwater line is a great one.
I used to fish Jefferson Lake west of Denver on several trips there in the 80s and 90s. Is was fun to hike around and you could always fish the beaver ponds if you got bored with the lake fishing.
“Well, where did we put that Rotenone?”
;D
I loved this quote: “State and federal biologists will continue with other key parts of the recovery program, such as habitat restoration.”
What a demotion. All because of a dang doctoral student!
