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I understand completely. Just promise me one thing…….if we get any advertisements regarding russian bridesdotcom or something similar….leave them up for awhile.
Zach,
If you need any moderator help, let me know. I moderate on the NGTO Message Board if you need/want a reference. To be quite honest….I haven’t seen a need for moderators on your board. I see a bunch of good folks here and haven’t encountered any spam…..that is unless you’ve been handling the problems before we see them.
Thanks a bunch for running a first class site!
Zach….that last “grip and grin” photo is the style I wanted to see from your 12 – 24mm Nikkor. Eric ….was that a Cannon lens? I saw the exif data listing it at 12mm. I’m seriously considering the Tokina 12-24mm.
Great photos and thanks for posting!
Zach,
They are thick down here in west georgia. Kent may weigh in with a report. He guides down here and has been on them for two weeks now. Hybrids are hitting too! He is one of a few in the area that targets them with a fly rod.
Hmmmm….Buzz brings up some valid points I had not thought about. I can see where the foam will break down in the sun. And yes…..you could probably bake a cake in that thing in mid-july. I guess if I had it to do over, I would have gotten the gray color.
The case on the right in my photo (model 1450) has dividers I made out of some leftover foam from a sleeping pad. A little duct tape and I’ve got my dividers 🙂
Mike,
I like the Pelican cases as well. I have the 1400 and the 1450. I like them because I don’t have to worry about how hard they get knocked around. Great protection and I can carry them on the airplane. I use mine all the time in the driftboat with no problems. It looks like the toploader would tip over easy if not loaded properly.
Here’s my setup:
Thanks Matt! Good point. I’m thinking my application would primarily be with the tripod/camera standing on a rock as opposed to the tree limb technique. I’ve got visions of the whole thing tumbling into the stream 🙂 I’m talking D70s and maybe a 12-24mm lens. It’s reassuring that you saw them with a DSLR/lens load attached.
Thanks for the info.
Great thread and lots of good info!
I’ve converted most of my backpacking gear to lightweight stuff. I’m also looking for a lightweight tripod to take along for those “cotton candy” waterfall shots. I still can’t bring myself to carry 3 pounds of pod and ballhead. With that said….anyone have any anecdotal stories about the Gorillapod? The GP3 is said to support 6.6 lbs (head not included) and only weighs 8.5 ounces. Buzz’ vice-grip story got me to thinking……
I stopped by Best Buy this evening and glanced at their laptops. I saw a 12″ Toshiba that was pretty small with cd and DVD rewrite capabilities for $799. I’m ignorant when it comes to Apple products and would like to consider them as well. Can someone recommend a small Ibook model for this application (travel, photo editing/storage, etc.)?
Seth,
First let me offer a disclaimer….I am not an expert. There are folks on here with much more experience than me. With that said…..I also take a D70s with me when I fish. I use the Simms Rool Top Bag when I’m actually in the water….otherwise I keep my gear in an Pelican case or Lowepro Dryzone backpack. Here’s a photo of the Simms Bag:
As far as a lens…..if you only want one…..you probably want a little versatility. Wide angle and some zoom capability. I’d suggest and 18-70mm 0r an 18-200mm with VR. The 18-200 would allow you to take some “grip and grin” photos of ugly guys holding dead fish 🙂 ….and you would have the capablity to reach out with the 200mm end to photograph that eagle that landed in the tree or the grizzly that is working the far side of the river. Of course if it was me….I’d have to ask her for her 12-24mm and her 70-200mm F2.8 🙂 Oh…and also grab her carbon fiber Gitzo tripod on your way out the door.
Thanks guys. Actually the Epson (or laptop) would not go into the backcountry with me. I would download once I got back to the lodge/hotel. I’m attracted to the Epson because of it’s size obviously….I can stick it in my pocket or carryon whereas, a laptop would require some sort of briefcase or backpack. I like to travel light and something similar to the Epson would allow me to that. In the big scheme of things, the laptop would be more practical even if it is more bulk. I read on Luminous Landscape where one of the members that just returned from Anarctica (sp?) used two (2) p-4000s as opposed to a larger laptop for the reasons I mention.
Thanks again for everyone’s input.
Another option is to get a P-2000 or 3000. Less capacity but less cost also!
Thanks Zach. I had a blast that day on the Naknek. I spoke with Mark about photography as much as fishing. Of couse he put us on some really nice rainbows, salmon and Northern Pike. The guy should write a book. He was very reluctant to allow fish inside the boat. I asked him why and he showed me some pictures he had taken of the very boat we were in…about two weeks previous. The boat was docked overnight at his boatdock on the Naknek. He had fished with clients all day and they had landed and kept a limit of silver salmon. The fish had flopped around in the bottom of the boat most of the day. The next morning he arives at his dock to prepare the boat for his clients that would be arriving at any minute. As he got out of his suburban, he looks down at the dock and there is a 600 pound grizzly sitting in his boat. To make matters worse, the bruin had chewed the vinyl and foam off the boat seats. Seems the seats had a lot of fish slime on them from the previous day. It made a great photo!
Mike,
I’ve tried weighted black stonefly patterns and seem to have better luck with the wooly booger. I’m thinking the maribou more closely matches the action of the gills that Kent mentioned. I’ve caught fish while dead drifting and bouncing the WB across the bottom and also stripping it close to the bottom. The helgrammites seem to prefer the aquatic grasses that grow in the semi-fast water found on certain areas of the Flint. I own a couple of sinktips but don’t use them on the Flint due to the shallow shoal areas that I typically target.
Kent can offer much more insight as he guides the Flint for shoalies. BTW….Kent….I was on the Flint Friday. Sunny, windy and cold. The water was beautiful but the fish had lockjaw.
