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salmotrutta -> RE: This Weekend/Next Week (10/20/2009 4:57:50 AM)
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So I went a fushin' in a Big River.
Takeoff 0200. Even Tabitha AKA Cuddle Buns was sleeping. Same kitten we found this Summer fushing.
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Rain, but not many cars.
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After about an hour it stopped & it was clear sailing. Five hour trip in four hours twenty minutes.
I was on the river at daybreak.
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Here's where I staked out early. crowded.
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Zombies galore. Just look for anything white & that's a Salmon that's dead but doesn't know it yet...
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Well- this one may not swim so well any more...
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Third cast my line wrapped a rock. I wasn't casting far just yet, so I could see the fly dangling. I was just about to go kick my line free when this dude swam up & grabbed. Most of the Chinnies were 15-16 pounds.
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I had a Big Red Coho on with this fly from April. It came over four feet to make the grab.
A few casts later it got stuck to a spawning Chinnie & I broke it off. No other fly I had would interest a Coho.
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The river was on loaded with Salmon, but i was up a tad high for Trouts I guess. About a mile lower they were going out on stringers. A Native American fella who cooks burgers river side said 2/3 of the fish being cleaned are Steelies.
I fished down there amongst the bait fishers & caught nil, neither did anyone else while I was around.
The afternoon leaf hatch had come & the bite stopped.
So I go to check into my room only to find they won't take a check. Wouldn't even run my debit card # I reserved the room with. I had left it with the wife & they wanted to see the card.
I tried to find a place to cash a check in a back woods fishing town @ 1700 on a Sunday.
Well- it didn't work out so well.
All I had cash wise was food & gas $ because the wife forgot how much I needed (hence the check).
The whole town treated me like I was a degenerate or some ****.
WTF people- some of us are still honest in the world!
I was very ****ed a little tired, so I took a nap.
Just then the river sirens went off to keep me from sleeping.
When I left there were all kinds of emergency workers parked by the river.
That could only mean one thing- dead hooker found in the river.
I didn't stick around.
Down the road I went.
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Had to stop in a rest area for a brief nap somewhere along the line & I drove mostly with the windows down trying to stay awake. 2300 hours I was back home & instantly to bed. ****house.
At least I got to catch some Salmons & see a river full of fish. Even though I didn't get to see any trout on my line & spent most of the time walking it was amazing.
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