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john, is your 3 weeks up yet? jeez. i have been waiting. i waited so long i think i am done fishing for the year. i think i am just going to go bowhunting instead

looks like jrbhc13 is definitely going and maybe wet dreams. hey john! how about a fishing report. i know you went fishing today. did those flies i tied you up produce?? come on john dont hold out

going fishing sunday the 17th if anyone wants to join

pmed ya back drew

25 inch rainbow with impressive girth. the brown was 24 inches

here is a couple pics. not very good quality when you are by yourself

pmed you drew now as for the fishing report for wednesday the 13th. started at 9:30 and boy was the water high, cloudy, and fast. started off up by cable and did not spot anything worth while up there, so i headed down. fished the hole just before the long sweeping bend. i could see 3 or 4 real nice fish staging just behind the log that stretches across. i waded out a little and started drifting on them. got into fish quick. had a nice 20 inch bow on and then it took me out to the bolders and spit. then i landed a 15 incher along with 2 smaller 10 inch fish. right before i crossed i saw another nice one. second drift and the fight was on. got it right up to the net and it spit. guessing it was 22 inches or so. crossed the river where the log was(afraid i wasnt going to be able to with the current. walked down trying to spot a lunker(tough with the water clarity) spooked a couple and found a spot where 4 decent sized fish were sitting. you could see them feeding heavily coming up. i tied on an emerger and put just a tiny bit of weight on and caught 2 of the 4. put back on the famous scud and continued down river. caught a few here and there with no real size to them. went down to the falls where the bathroom hole was. long story short, i caught a rainbow and a brown that weighed app. 7 and 6 lbs respectively. the rainbow took me over the falls into my backing. it took a solid 10-15 minutes to land it. my line had wrapped around its gill plate so it took awhile to revive. she was fine though. walked back up catching a few others(one being right at 20 inches.)saw 2 other big fish. hooked one and it got off and got the other one for good. this was the brown that took me over the falls out past my flyline into my backing until i was almost out of backing. i was hugging the bank side(it was real deep) walking down with the fish. after about 15 minutes i finally managed to net this male just before the next set of falls. continued from above post. after landing that one i pretty much called it a day and headed back up. did meat troutgal and her dad. they are top notch people and let me tell you they can outfish just about any of the locals around. they had the ultralights and were doing awesome on a jig(i will let them tell you which one if they want you to have the secret) fishing is at its all time best from what i remember and you guys gotta get down and experience this. there are some 10+ pounders in the river right now

no body wants to talk to a bleeding shiner..lol i will give you a bump ttt

fishing was awesome. water was up and a little murky from the snow melt runoff but you could still sight the fish.(dont know how it will be tomorrow) anyway, started off up at the cable and was looking for some bigger ones. didnt find any so i headed down a little right where the river makes the long sweep to the right before making the long straight stretch. there were 3 fish around the big bolders that i guessed to be 4 lbs, 5lbs and 8+ lbs. i worked the 8+pounder for about 10 minutes. throwing various scud patterns. finally got him to take. fish started swimming right toward me so i was reeling in the line as fast as i could. he then turned and headed the other way(not extremely fast but fast enough with some power) my line got caught around my reel handle before i could free it. snap!! didnt see the fish the rest of the day. caught a couple other fish right in that area with the biggest being a 15-16 incher. worked downstream and spotted a few nice ones. saw 2 good fish by each other. made about 5 good drifts and had the bigger one on. there were alot of people around so i had to walk with the fish and go around about 5 or so people. finally netted the fish and measured 22.5 inches and had a 13 and 1/2 inch girth.(guessed her at 5-6 lbs) tried to take a pic but camera was acting up(when i would snap a pic, the camera would shut itself off-must have got water in it). after catching that one and helping a couple other fisherman get on some fish i headed down to bathroom hole. there was a huge school of fish piled up on opposite bank. there must have been 70+ fish in there but no big ones. i did throw into the school and fished for about 15 minutes, landing about 15 fish and missing about 30 hooksets. went back up and spotted another big fish. first drift i stuck it and finally netted it after flopping out of the net 3 times. it measured 25 inches and had a 13 inch girth(maybe a 5 and 1/2 lber.??) headed back up and spotted another huge fish (pushing 30 inches) this fish was in some slower water and spooked real easy. put a few good drifts on him but was too smart. there were alot of people walking by too which didnt help. all and all great day. maybe i will see you down there wednesday. i plan on going then. my brother is going tomorrow so he can share with us the report. i just hope the water isnt too muddy. oh yeah, i put new batteries in my camera after the first big fish and got a couple pics of the second fish before my camera shut off again. i will try to post them tomorrow.troutgal, if you want to join wednesday we can meet down there. i will be in the big red dodge and plan on getting there at 7:30 am to get ready. its up to you though. just let me know

john, it looks like school has you on a short leash--worse than a girlfriend lol you need a brake and you need one fast.

ok now wet dreams is going as well. anyone else going. ????

going fishing sunday december 10th if anyone wants to join

daytime report of 12/03. started fishing at 9:30 ish in outlet 1. i was using a 5 weight 9 foot rod(used to using 3 and 4 weights that dont exceed 7.5 feet. nonetheless i got alot of hits on a size 16 scud but took me awhile to get the feel on the hooksets. i did hook into quite of few fish including some nice sized rainbows(both pushing 4 lbs.) i only landed the one nice rainbow and about 6 more when leonard arrived. the water at this time was down more and had slowed down a bit more. leonard pretty muched summed the rest of it up. topjaw was doing good on a bleeding leach for awhile. i never did find a hot fly today. i had 1 or 2 here and there. i also had about 15 fish from about 9:30 to 1:30. seemed slow for us but i didnt feel so bad since leonard wasnt knocking them like crazy. dont get me wrong, i have had worse days. at least we learned some new methods of fishing that can sure be a blast(that is unless the fish jerks your pole in the water-which almost happened to me) guys im tired of typing

allright guys. im sorry for the delay. before i post the pic i gotta tell ya the funny thing about this. topjaw, myself, and his buddy were doing some night fishing. topjaw was planking around with a topwater skater, i was using a leonard special sculpin pattern with a fish whistle tied inside it, and im not sure what his buddy was using(these were not the only flies we used but the main ones) i caught about 10 fish in 30mins and missed about 50+ hits before losing it on a decent feeling fish(all were small rainbows excluding one brown that was almost smaller than the sculpin.) after that i couldnt get hooked up to save my life. now i know why you get at least 2 of everything anyway, next thing i know i here topjaw hooting and hollering(i thought there might have been a naked dancer up by outlet 2 or something) i go up there and he is fighting this nice rainbow. it looked small until i tried to net it and the pic can tell the rest of the story. where it really gets interesting is that the rainbow he caught had marks on her back where a heron got ahold of her. go to chartedwaters.com and go to their fishing reports. scroll down towards the bottom and that is the exact fish that he caught. we measured this gal at 24 inches and they said it was 26 inches. but...... we were not using a fishing tape measure so that might have been the difference or......maybe the fish is shrinking with its old age. anyway the pic dont show it real good because it was rolled back a little but believe us, its the same fish.

went fishing again today 11/29 wasnt the best day but a bad day fishing is still not too shabby. dont get me wrong, we had a pretty decent day(wet dreams and myself) but we could have done alot better with the potential. for example, wet dreams is daydreaming when a 5-6 lber dunks his indicator. after being a day late on the hookset, he spooks the fish off. i had a 7 lber on and was ready to net him and for whatever reason my line just broke. i didnt put any extra pressure on him either. we didnt get good pics today so for all you know i am making this up, but...........we salvaged the day with a couple pics including a nice brown here they are another what the heck,one more

whats wrong with everyone knowing he is a guide. i wouldnt have known that he guided if it wasnt for this post and actually meeting him. if phil doesnt care then i dont have a prob with this post just my 2 cents

sounds like a plan leonard. what time do you wanna meet. we will be getting down there at around 8:30ish

a little late but i had to post this pic nice ugly fish with no tail(it looks to have been bitten off) a buddy known on here as wet dreams caught this one on thanksgiving day

heres some pics pic one more

went fishing again today. fishing was off and on. i was trying to spot the big ones and did manage to catch a few in the 5-6 lb. range(pics to follow) i had one on 2 different times (although once he was fouled) and he snapped me off. i bet he was pushing 12 lbs. fun to fight but what a dissapointment on that goliath fish. he didnt want anything to do with me after that. i caught and seen most of the bigger ones in the upper portion of the river, but there are some pockets and pools on down that draws these big fish. i think i landed about 20 fish today. all were good sized with the smallest being a lb and a half and all had good colors. i will post pics of a couple. note: i caught the same fish 3 different times. i could tell by his hook jaw. that fish never learned

i will be going down there tomorrow if anybody wants to join. i plan on being there by 800am hope to see some down there

leonard, my brother(topjaw) and i are coming down for dec 1st and 2nd(friday and saturday) would you be up for some night fishing then??

thanks for posting guys. not the prettiest fish but that hen was a softy. it had an impressive girth. snapped off twice on a nice 10 lb hook jaw(i guess i am gonna have to stop watching bill dance set the hook) all in all nice day. just wish i could have landed a couple more this caliber but maybe next time

anyone going down there on turkey day. there will be our gang of 4 down there. we will be the ones with waders and fly rods

it was a good thing he had his wheaties and the boga grips