I'm Living in one of Beeson's Stories!!!

[Flysmallie]

I started fishing around 10:30 this morning and hooked several but was able to land only one on a pine squirrel. Walked up to the big hole and ran into MrDucky. He was hogging a spot so I pushed him out of the way and went on fishing. Caught another on the squirrel then switched to a zebra midge. Caught several on that. Well Ducky just had to have one, but I held out as log as I could. We were standing there talking when I tried to take a step closer to him and got my foot caught up in one of those little curbs on the sidewalk. Yeah I went down, HARD. I didn't end up in the water but I might have dented the concrete. After composing myself I got away from Ducky, don't tell him but I think he causes people to fall down. I started catching a few on a G-gnat until I lost the only one I had.

Why is it that I always only have one gnat with me??

After I lost that I decided to try to catch a few more on the squirrel and then head home. Told Ducky bye and walked back down to the pools below the big hole. Caught a couple and circled back around to the other side of the big hole. Thought I would walk over and see what Ducky was up to one last time before I left. I tried to step up on the walkway from the run below and ripped the crotch out of my jeans . That was a great way to end the day. At least I caught some fish though. Thanks for being there for moral support Ducky and telling everyone that I was some kind of pervert.

And on the way home my brakes started making some horrible noise so that will be Friday's fun. By the time I got home I could hardly get out of the car. Apparently when a guy my size falls flat on the concrete it makes you a little sore.

The guy that said a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work has never been with me.

[Rusty]

I am thinking that this is a story I told to you about me.

That was a good report.

[Phil Lilley]

Thanks for a good laugh. Sorry it was at the expense of a broken body.

You know, not sure if I would have told all that on myself!

You're a good sport.

[Terry Beeson]

Well, glad to see I'm not the ONLY one!!!

(I think Ducky PUSHED you... TWICE!!!)

[MrDucky]

Ronnie glad to see you made it to your car allright , Look at it this way . When you were born , Your butt was already Cracked . Anyways nice fishing with you yesterday aswell . The park ranger and a MDC guy both asked me if i had seen the crotchless pants fisherman . I replied " He out fished me , Then fell and scared off all muh fish " by falling ( glad to see your allright)

My Fishing report , Got there at about 9:30 am ,Started at outlet 1 , all kind of misses , it was like i would try to set the hook a second too late . Swicted to a Chamois worm my wife tied , Caught 2 missed 1 . Swicted to Leonards mink . Missed 4 and caught 1 nice one but broke off taking the mink with it . Then along came Ronnie , i was using a natural San Jaun . lots of strikes . Ronnie fell and scared all the fish to oulet 2 . Switched to a pheasant tail and Fish on !!! 4 to 6 inch Rainbow WOOO HOOOO . Got to talking to this older gentleman and forgot to watch my indicator . Several misses later and a visit from the crotchless fisherman I switched to a 16 size grif gnat very small i hope 16 is the right size . Anyhow lots of fish (mainly laughing at me) it was a great day and i was able to fish with Ronnie

[Terry Beeson]

I don't know about you, Ducky... hangin' out and fishin' with a perv...

Sounds like a good day...

[Steve Smith]

Ronnie; now you know why I enjoy sitting in the truck so much. Trout fishing can be a dangerous sport, and really hard on jeans. I got to fish some on all three days Friday through Sunday. They put some really nice fish in the river, and they are healthy too. I spent a lot of time warming up, but the fishing was worth the iced fingers and rod eyes. I had some action on dry fly patterns, but the fish would only nudge the fly and not take. I did get a few to take a yellow beetle. The best patterns were dun and yellow CDC leeches. I would think any leech or jig pattern would do well on the river right now. They seemed to want something moving just under the surface.

[trout fanatic]

I really have to thank you for this thread. All this time I thought my inate ability to fall in the river was attributed to my clumsiness. Now the truth has come out. I must pay attention to who is causing this bad karma and go punch said violator right in the nose. Look at the bright side though, It could have been your waders that ripped at the crotch!

[Flysmallie]

It could have been your waders that ripped at the crotch!

Well that's a whole nuther story. A couple of years ago at Taney, while trying to get out of the rising waters, I did the splits in my waders. Now this wouldn't be so bad if I had the body of an olympic athlete, but I don't. Not even close. They didn't rip, but it did pull the seams enough to cause some leakage.

[MrsDucky]

OK, in the interest of keeping my hubby from being punched in the nose...I'm pretty sure he isn't causing the bad karma, nor pushing people into the water! He's usually the one IN the water! I think what we have here is a recommendation to fish in sweats, not jeans! Also, watch out for loose rocks, slippery rocks, loose shoes, loose shoestrings, and anyone who will share your story publicly!