October 20th, 2008
A huge lake between two straights in the Great Lakes system, but’s it’s not recognized as one of them. Total world class wamwater fishery and probably one of the best Smallmouth scenes in North America. It’s not drift fishing the St. Croix, but it diverse (1-9 feet deep) and supports 6lb smallies.
You can site fish them on the flats in the spring, or fish blindly over deep weed edges in the summer and fall. Clousers, crayfish patterns and weighted sculpins (a non-indigenous species, round gobies are over the great lakes now.) Heres a pic of pops. I have had 20 fish days on flies. 4-5 pounders……..
MR
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October 20th, 2008
And I will be there… I have an unbelievable woman. She’s insisting I come to see you guys. I arrive in town Oct 31st at 11am and leave early Sunday morning. So, I’ll have Friday afternoon and Saturday to get into some slime. Need guidance on flies. Obviously I’ll have eggs a plenty, but could use some input on streamers, etc.
Woot.
Matt Reid
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October 6th, 2008
So the season is almost upon us and for those of us who choose the fly rod as our weapon it is time to properly stock our ammunition. I am thinking about getting some of us together to tie some deadly patterns to swing, drift and skate in front of the elusive winter steel. Please let me know who would like to attend and we can plan it.
Here’s to a productive winter season!
Nook
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July 20th, 2008
We’re managing to get out on the rivers here and there. I thought I might post up some pics from some recent trips.
LipRipper snaps his Lamiglas here, folks. Saw it happen.
Hey LammyGlassssssss eh hmmm…But seriously, I love my Cert Pros. And, maybe, well nevermind. I won’t say it. Hercules Hansen.
Here’s another one of Hansen as we sneak a diver along this clay wall…..
Sal & Kenny Mack
I’m well aware of the fact that Mr. McDonald aka…and my newly coined ‘Kenny Mac’….may very well not like being handled as such. In this case….I guess we’ll take a poll. Sal, what do you think Ken’s name should be?
Nook dead drifts a sweet little slot in the shade….
..and little up and under…
…some of LipRippers special little ‘tackies’ for Steel……nice….
And since I’ve heard flowers are good for the soul, I’ll leave you with this….
I have a sweet Bald Eagle shot that I may put the picture straight to the gallery or something like that.
Tight Lines, Guys, and congrats to anyone managing to get out these days.
H3LLCAT
Oh and by the way, I”ve mentioned Jeff Mishler before….well…..courtesy of LR, here is a recent picture of Jeff’s that makes me do the Tarzan yell.
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June 19th, 2008
Usually i practice catch and release but some times that special one comes along you just cant let go.
Finaly on Monday afternoon i came up on this 9.5 lbs 21 inch chrome beauty.
That’s a picture of our own Pablo admiring my catch.
Her name is Evelyn Diane Meskel (EV) and she is a keeper for sure.
Stopped by Keith’s today and picked up a side arm in preparation for fending off the boys.
Going to start on her first fly rod after i figure out how to get some sleep.
Meskel
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June 18th, 2008
Last Friday I finally got to head out to the Deschutes and fish the Res. The trip had been canceled twice due to weather and the chief not allowing “the man” on the reservation due to some legal fiasco.
The day was perfect. 85 degrees with a light breeze and pleanty of sun to get the bugs going. There were four of us on the trip and none of us caught any thing samller than 16 inches. One of the guys caught an absolute pig. The bugs of choice (which you’ll see in the fish’s grills) were the Mac Salmon, The Norm Woods, The Rogue Foam and the Clark Stone. All of these in size 2 and 4. Violent strikes on large dy flies…nothing better.
At one point toward the end of the day we looked up to see a blanket of salmon flies screening out the sun. It was awesome.
Here’s some of the photos.
Tight lines… Nook
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June 12th, 2008
……..by h3llcat…….June 2008…….archived good times…….
I’m dreaming about fishing almost every night now, so I knew it was time to post a really cool picture. I thought I’d share a the 15lb Marathon, Florida Permit I caught on a little scud in maybe…2001 or something like that. Enjoy.
Thanks a million to Sal Monid for making this trip happen..it was one of the best!
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June 10th, 2008
I’m heading to one of the coastal tribs with guide Rob Russel on Friday to chase some nooks with my trusty 10wt. Hopefully luck will be on my side and I will have photos to post upon my return.
Here’s the fruit from my buddy’s trip last year at the same time with Rob. Let’s hope lightning strikes twice!
Nookslayer
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April 9th, 2008
Took him a couple weeks before finallly landing this 23lber on the upper Rogue!! Way to go Kimo!
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