laker67 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Posted November 17, 2008 Bikehikefish, A great story. The things we do in order to get a day on the creek! I've made a couple of trips like that myself. One in particular was a trip to Montauk also. The road was not bad until I got to Licking, being that close, I had to go on. Getting down the hill to the park was treacherous, but a day on the creek made it worthwhile. Thanks for your story.
laker67 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Posted November 17, 2008 the first C&R was in 1976 ? Naw, It hasn't been that long... has it ? Sorry I missed seeing your post until now. Yes, it was dec 11, 1976. Did you fish that first season? As best as I can recall, zone 1 was open in 76 and 77, with zone 2 open in 78. I can't recall when zone 3 was added. Tell us a story about one of your early trips.
Greg Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Interesting topic. I wasn't sure of the year it (winter season) started at the parks. I do remember going several times one year back in the late 70's. I remember going to Bennett on a few fairly cold days and being one of only 3 or 4 anglers in the whole park. It's not like that now even on the coldest days. Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
fishinwrench Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Sorry I missed seeing your post until now. Yes, it was dec 11, 1976. Did you fish that first season? As best as I can recall, zone 1 was open in 76 and 77, with zone 2 open in 78. I can't recall when zone 3 was added. Tell us a story about one of your early trips. Just dug through some old photos recently and found some from an early C&R trip, it must have been 1981 or 82. I should try to scan and post some of those pics.... but for now I'll just describe them: There we are, 2 of my best buddys and myself decked out in those green "Northern" hip boots, leaning against my first vehicle, a primered 1967 chevy 1/2 ton 3 on the tree and a gutless 250 inline 6 with bald mud'n snows and sandbags placed strategically over each wheel. Hair down to our shoulders and "cool" (non-polorized) shades, myself clutching a brown Fenwick 6wt. with dark green 333 level line and a 9.00 Martin bought from Erdel's True Value hardware in my home town of Mexico, Mo. My homeboy Steve has a firm bite on a loosely twisted Backwoods cigar and is busy rigging a little 6 1/2ft. yellow Wright Mcgill 5wt. (one of those that sold for 24.99 at the same hardware store then, yet bids on the same stick will run 60-80 bucks on Ebay NOW)...go figure. The other fella in the pic is my boy Dave, his hip boots are folded down and his big bell Levi's are soaking wet clear to his boys, if memory serves he took a ride off the rock shelf at the highbank hole in the first 10 minutes of the trip. His hands and face are bright pink and he looks pretty cold and miserable. There's another photo of the three of us and Ed from Springview, we are standing by the fireplace at the old shop and all of us are intensely looking towards Mike at the tyin' bench who was known as the best "stick" on the stream at the time, all of our eyes are half closed and red as beets.....I'm pretty certain why the "three amigo's" had the blazed gaze...but I'm sure Ed was just fightin' a bad head cold at the time, and I'm guessing that Kay must have been behind the camera. Yep, those were the days. One of the things I remember most is the feeling I got when stepping out of the truck after the three hour drive and getting that first sniff of TROUT in the crisp air..... Man, it was heaven....and it still is Have I painted the picture sufficiently ?
laker67 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 Fishinwrench, Excellent! You painted the picture perfectly! Now you have me wondering who "Mike" was. Do you recall his last name? Was it Mike Runyan? I wonder how many remember when Springview Tackle was located above the spring? Do you recall when Tony and Shirley Pack operated Springview prior to Ed and Kay? Those were some of the good old days of C and R. Thanks for the story.
fishinwrench Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Fishinwrench, Excellent! You painted the picture perfectly! Now you have me wondering who "Mike" was. Do you recall his last name? Was it Mike Runyan? I wonder how many remember when Springview Tackle was located above the spring? Do you recall when Tony and Shirley Pack operated Springview prior to Ed and Kay? Those were some of the good old days of C and R. Thanks for the story. I was afraid you might ask that, but no it wasn't Runyon. It will come to me later when I'm not trying to recall it. He was a fairly thin fella, reddish blonde hair, and back then he sight-fished with a sweet little green Orvis that we all drooled over. He had a tiny (minus 20) little fly that consisted of simply a body of twisted and wrapped woodduck flank fibers and two turns of peacock herl for a thorax.....he caught and landed EVERY lunker he spotted without fail. He and Ed were pretty tight, and last I heard he was working for an outfitter out west.
fishinwrench Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Atwell Mike Atwell....whew! All brain cells accounted for now There's mention of him here http://www.flyfishingteamusa.com/TeamUSAnews/article017.pdf
laker67 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 Atwell Mike Atwell....whew! All brain cells accounted for now There's mention of him here http://www.flyfishingteamusa.com/TeamUSAnews/article017.pdf That's a name that I do not recall.
Greg Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I don't remember the specific people you mention associated with Springview - but I remember the springview shop itself well. It was quite a place. I also do remember warming myself in front of the fireplace at springview on many chilly days. Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
dave potts Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Yea, I also remember when the Springview shop was up by the spring. Anyone remember when it was torn down? Fishinwrench, you need to post those pictures. Would that "friend" happen to be "tube"? Dave
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