ORIGINAL: fichy

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I just got back from this trip and thought I'd share. All fish were caught on a 7'6"  3 wt. trout bum. The 5 lb'er I got sightfishing a crayfish fly in an inlet at 10,000 feet. The goldens were at 11,000. We did several backpacking trips.  We also went to Death Valley and the South Rim. Next year we hope to go down to Bright Angel Creek after cutts. I thought Tuna would like the pic of Old Dinah, the borax carrier that replaced the 20 mule teams in 1894. Pretty big machine for that time period. Now that's out of my system, I'm ready for some real fishin'.

Charlie

Thse pic's need a place of their own my brother..

charlie, great pics and tunas right about them having their own page; unless you are a true hijacker at heart

ORIGINAL: draketrutta

Fichy - are the goldies only found at higher elevation streams?

Sweet pics

True goldens and golden-rainbow hybrids that are similar in appearance to the true goldens are all found in lakes and streams above 10,000. They have a short window without ice every year to feed and spawn. This trip was into the Cottonwood Lakes basin in the Golden Trout Wilderness above Lone Pine, Ca.  The lakes and creeks are from 10,500 to 11,200.
Brookies are also found that high, bows and browns generally lower.
Thanks for the kind comments, guys. This trip was a....trip. 
 
Charlie
 

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Nice sunflower

drake I have no idea about that hosting site.. photo bucket is what I know.. If it's the same idea then the only thing I can think of is you are changing something other then just the img from caps.. maybe an extra space somewhere or something you don’t even realize. At least that is what happens on photo bucket..
From that site it may be a total different way to post them here, you may not need to change anything at all..
Other then that man,, don’t know what else to say except keep trying different things..

ORIGINAL: hot tuna

ORIGINAL: fichy

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj191/bluefish1957/august%202011/?albumview=slideshow
I just got back from this trip and thought I'd share. All fish were caught on a 7'6"  3 wt. trout bum. The 5 lb'er I got sightfishing a crayfish fly in an inlet at 10,000 feet. The goldens were at 11,000. We did several backpacking trips.  We also went to Death Valley and the South Rim. Next year we hope to go down to Bright Angel Creek after cutts. I thought Tuna would like the pic of Old Dinah, the borax carrier that replaced the 20 mule teams in 1894. Pretty big machine for that time period. Now that's out of my system, I'm ready for some real fishin'.

Charlie

Thse pic's need a place of their own my brother..

Well fichy, I'm gonna keep bringing this to the top for awhile..
It's just spectacular and reminds me of why I wont stop asking folks to share pictures.. Unless they are too scared to..lol..
My daughter lived in southern AZ for a few years and I have been to the great canyon (south rim) a few times.. Many of those shots look almost exactly like places I have stood.. The place is breath taking to say the least.. I was there once in March and that was an AWESOME time to go. Did the drive from her place to my place twice so your in car shot was such a flash back as well.. Did a temp (in march 68deg ) shot then a mileage pic, think it was 3,101. one way to my drive way..

That picture of the old steam tractor was killer.. Now I bet that took some blood, sweat and BIG balls to run that thing around..

On my trips took my fly rod but time constraints I never got a chance to use it.. Last dec I was in southern AZ for a month , it's as desert as desert can be there.. I did do some fishing but mainly it was a joke and time constraints once again kept me close to my daughters home..

So again I'm grateful to see the things I missed out on like the Sierras.. Absolutely beautiful place giving me reason to want that my to do list.. Have a friend that goes (used to) often so maybe I can hitch a ride sometime.. My place I went was the Sedona mts. and I think we hit a little over 9,000 feet.. The San Fran Mt. there was listed at 12,000 but didn’t want to go there in march.. We were cool with 9..

The trout you caught are , what else can I say but Amazing ,spectacular & fantastic.. Great colors, par markings and I would assume all but browns & bows wild fish.. Glacier lakes (from what little I DID read db) are the primary targets for those big fish ? The cutties & specs in the run off streams ?
Totally looks like you had a blast man and right at home..
Sorry if I keep repeating things but Thanks Again for sharing and letting me dream a bit..

Peace & Tuna

Not trying to jack you up but this is one of my favorites mounted on the wall.. The wife was standing in the safe zone.


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VERY NICE !!! you got too much going on with the text title.. all I did was take one pic starting from here
and change the caps img to lower case.. that it no extra spaces or move anything...

Thanks for sharing I LOVE IT !!!


another thing if you change it in your photobucket or where it came from on your computer you will get the box you see below... So once you put it somewhere example ( my sr salmon 2011) dont move it .. Chose wisely..

From the Experts

Most anglers don't know how to tell a Skamania Steelhead from a regular Steelhead. Well, it's simple folks. Just look between the fish's dorsal fin (the one on top of the fish's back) and it's tail. You'll notice there's no adipose fin there. That's the fin that looks like your thumb when you're hitchhiking. The Salmon River NY hatchery clips the adipose fin. That's the simplest way to tell. The other ways are by taking a closer look to see if the fish has it's pectorial fins (the ones in front by it's head). Sometimes you'll see one clipped half off or both pectorial fins clipped completely. Why is this you ask? This is the way the hatchery tells what year the fish is. Meaning, they can tell if it's a 2002, 2003, 2004 Skamania. The hatchery also clips one of their back fins...the one close to their tail.

Been a while since I saw wild Donky. Great pics. everyone. Drake- I Love Kattie. May be my fav. insect.

dug this one out and dont think I posted it before.. I"m getting confused so I"ll just make this my last old photo and move forward from here.. You guys keep them coming !!!
It's a little large but wanted the full effect..