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1 hour ago, FishnDave said:

Great job!

Darters are hard!  Or... maybe they are for just me. 😏

They are an absolute female doggy for everybody. I don’t think you’ve run into the really hard ones yet. 

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38 minutes ago, Ham said:

They are an absolute female doggy for everybody. I don’t think you’ve run into the really hard ones yet. 

I think you are right!  I've got one, finally.  I may just throw the white flag at the others. :) 

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23 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

I think you are right!  I've got one, finally.  I may just throw the white flag at the others. :) 

Come on Dave you need to at least experience greenside darter indifference😆

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7 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Come on Dave you need to at least experience greenside darter indifference😆

I think it’s unbridled disdain rather than indifference. With a liberal sprinkling of cowardice on top.

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You may be right.  Just a year ago, I had no plan to microfish.  Look at me grow!  I've caught at least a dozen new-to-me species on micro-flies this year!  Occasionally neighbors walking by, as I'm unloading my fishing gear after a trip, will ask me if I caught anything.  "Yes!  Little minnows!"  They never talk to me again. 😏

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49 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Occasionally neighbors walking by, as I'm unloading my fishing gear after a trip, will ask me if I caught anything.  "Yes!  Little minnows!" 

My favorite is when someone sees you on the creek or river either hunched over trying to spot darters or with a fish in a bag trying to get photos and then you try to explain to them about lifelisting. "So you just get a picture and then let them go?!?"

We do get a lot of angry stares on these party boats when we get excited about getting photos of a new searobin or dogfish while no one is catching any meat fish😏

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10 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

My favorite is when someone sees you on the creek or river either hunched over trying to spot darters or with a fish in a bag trying to get photos and then you try to explain to them about lifelisting. "So you just get a picture and then let them go?!?"

We do get a lot of angry stares on these party boats when we get excited about getting photos of a new searobin or dogfish while no one is catching any meat fish😏

Yes!  I had that happen a week ago!  I thought I was alone fishing a creek... heard voices, but assumed it was folks on the adjacent trail... when 2 angles came around the corner with spinning gear as I was trying to photograph the Logperch I'd just caught...in the photo bag.  We talked for awhile... they were nice, understood the gist of what I was doing (after I explained it).  They went on by me and continued fishing their way down the creek... kindly passing up the next good-looking pool for my benefit.

I'm glad I took some pics of the logperch out of the bag too... as the ones in the bag didn't turn out very good.  That was opposite for the Orangethroat Darter... decent pics in the bag, bad ones out of it.

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1 hour ago, FishnDave said:

That was opposite for the Orangethroat Darter... decent pics in the bag, bad ones out of it.

I find that the best photos of darters tend to be when they are in water and can extend those fins. Lots of lifelister folks are holding the fish in the water while getting their photos. I would be afraid of missing that lifer photo by trying that approach. May have to practice since night photos in the bag aren't the greatest.

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