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I have to say, I can’t believe I actually stumbled upon the Itinerant Angler with a web search one day.  I thought, “hmmm, I’ll check this out a little”.  When I heard the first podcast and the music, I was hooked.  Totaly what I like.  Now, it is my new source for music!  Great stuff.

And Phil’s right about R.E.M.

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Aaron,

I thought the writing was pretty good, and it reminded me of being McLeanesque as well.

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I worked on some portrait images over the weekend, and it was definitely faster, but I am still hitting some workflow issues that are annoying.

First, my Canon 10 D embeds a small Jpeg file in the RAW file.

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Another thread I am finding late.

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John your post is interesting to me as well, because I just emailed some jpeg files, for initial review, to be featured in an upcoming visual arts gallery at our church.

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This is more of a theoretical question, but lets say Magazine X has bought image A, but they have not published it yet.

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I used to backpack and climb some in the Tetons, but I live in Texas (and it can get pretty warm even in spring and fall).

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Thanks Phil.

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Yes, since switching to digital, I have always shot RAW (Adobe)and have post processed as needed for touch ups etc.  I have never used the embeded JPEGs.

My Canon 10D didn’t come with Digital Photo Professional.  I will have to check that out and try to download it from Canon’s website.

Thanks for all of your help and suggestions guys.

UPDATE:

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Thanks John.

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Wish I had checked out this post before.

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Zach,

Thanks for the tips…very helpful!  I was actually writing the essay with Grays Sporting Journal and The Drake in mind.  Thanks for the suggestions of other magazines to consider as well.

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Thanks for the info guys.

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This is a newbie question, I am sure, but how do you register an important photo?

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True, you don’t have to be amember of TU to get access….didn’t mean to imply that….but, some of the best water is accessible only through the GRTU leases (unless you are floating).  The river has been getting especially crowded the last two years, which is especially prevelant at the public campground accesses, still, some of them have really nice water.  Even the leases have been crowded.  But, if you get out and explore the river and move away from the access points, you will find good fishing.  I used to have a pontoon boat, whcih I bought for floating the Guad, but ended up selling it bacuse to me, it was more of a hassle than wading the Guad at the leases.  If I ever get another boat, it will be a kyak.

I need to explore more and find good wade fishing spots along Mustang Island south of Port A.  The last I heard, they closed Brown & Root flats, for security reasons, because it was right by the ship channel.  My wife and I usualy head down there once a summer.  I also have heard that fishing the lighted dock in Port A around midnight can be really good, but haven’t tried it yet.

Thanks for all the welcomes and input guys…

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The Guad is doing good.  Flows are about 210 cfs which is moderate to easy wading, and water temp is from 64 – 71.  There were some reports of decent dry fly action back in April and early May, although the usual rig is a 2 fly nymph rig with indicator and lots of split shot.  We have gauranteed flows of 200 cfs throughout the summer, so should be good carryover.  We have already seen some eveidnce of natural reproduction this spring with a couple young of the year being caught and photoed ( http://www.grtu.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2152 ).  Caught my largest rainbow on the Guad mid March, which was just over 20″.  Larger fish were caught this season.  But the rubber hatch starts about mid May and is heavy through August, so you have to fish for a few hours early during the summer, otherwise it can be a circus.  From what I have been told, though, the fishing is so-so during the summer, (I have never tried it myself past early June) even in the early mornings, because of the heat and the fish seem to slow down.  Most people don’t fish for trout much during the summer because it is a lot of effort, hot, and not much time to fish before the tubers start coming down in droves.  There are some nice Guadalupe Bass in the river as well.  Check out http://www.grtu.org for more info on the Guadalupe River.  I have been a member and fishing the river since 2002.  Lot’s of nice folks.

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Yeah, I’m in Austin.

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Thanks for all the info guys.

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Well, if I were to drive to Colorado, the Texas/New Mexico border is in Texline, TX which is about 11 hours from me.  From there, it is an easy 7 hours to my friends in Edwards, CO and the Colorado &  Eagle Rivers.  Northern New Mexico is somewhere in the order of about 16 hours or so, so Id’ rather just go on to Colorado at that point.  Texarkana is about 7 hours.  The Coast at Port Aransas is 3.5 hours, and the lower Laguna Madre is about 7 or 8 hours.  There is great saltwater fishing for redfish, and tarpon in Port Aransas (see podcast with Capt. Scott Graham), but you have to have a boat for the most part.  I went out with an old friend once and we got stuck about 5 miles out of Port O’Conner because he wasn’t watching the tide and striped the prop on his little bay skif trying to get us out of a back bay in about 6″ of water, so after that, I am very particular about who I would go out with.  Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of money to spend on guides.  There are some places that you can wade, and or use a kyak to access, I just never have gotten into saltwater yet.  My heart is really in the trout fishing.  It is an hour and fifteen minutes from my house to the Guadalupe for trout, but it is pretty much a late November – mid May fishery.  Luckily, the Guadalupe is a great fishery, but it is all private land here in Texas, so it is very benificial to be a member of TU and the local TU lease program to get much access and be able to get away from the crowds.  There are several tubing companies/public campgrounds to which you can pay a day fee to gain access to fish.  There are also huge stripers in the Guad, which we go after in the fall.  The current state fly rod record striper was caught in Fall ’06 and weighted I believe 36.5 lbs.

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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement guys.  I am itching to get started with fly fishing photography.  Unfortunately, our trout season is just coming to an end, for all practical purposes, here in Central Texas.  So, I may have to get out some mornings early and try to get some warmwater pics of bass and such, until this fall/winter.  I hear the trout fishing can be marginal here on the Guadalupe River, during the summer, if you go at sunup and fish for the first hour or so before the 100 degree heat/humidty, and the tubers.  This year we should have good carry over for the trout (gaurantted minimum flows) and have already seen some evidence of natural reproduction, so this summer should be one of the best to give it a try.

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