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Should be a nice thread... Only reason I had you put the pics on the other thread was to show my water of preference. And the reason I waited til Sunday was only to save viewers some money. Would hate to post a pic on a Thursday or Friday to have folks think the run is on. I honestly thought to myself it was gonna keep going from there but as we know now...it didn't...

Tight lines guys.

Fish are trickling but by no means is it a run. There were way more people than fish this past weekend

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hopefully headed to the ADK's to set a few stands in the next couple weeks. Never trout fished up there. just bass

Here are two pics. from a work trip I had to Missoula, MT a few weeks ago.  I didn't get to fish the water but I lived vicariously watching others fish it.  It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, and a fly fisherman's dream.
 
 

We're heading here (this was from our last venture in June) the end of next week to start vacation. The striped ones are moving heavy with lots of peanut bunker this year, just like in the glory days of the late 90's. Might be hard to pull up stakes after a few days and head to the SR.

Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts

 
Thanks, Dtrobe. Here's the same view with a striped freight train. I skipped silly season on the SR for decades and went to the coast instead.  Thanks to the great people I've met, it's not so bad if you can get a little room and actually fish. I'm really looking forward to seeing my friends on the river and sharing a drift. I've had some DAM good times.  I was married on this beach, though, so it's really close to my heart. It's our favorite place.  Hope this isn't considered a hero shot, if it is, the fish is the hero, the ugly dude with the beard's just along for the ride.Attachments are not available: Download requirements not met

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It was a gorgeous afternoon and well spent sighting a carp and wading the Hudson. The smallie fishing was mucho en fuego. I'd rather be chasing salmon, but I'm grateful for what I got!

Will say, there were FAR MORE people in Essex county, keene valley and the high peaks then in Pulaski this weekend.
Hundreds of cars and thousands of people lined the roads and trails for a full blown peak fall season in the Adk's.. Heck there was even some marathon from Saratoga to Lake placid going on too..
I was worried seeing all the crowds but quickly realized, NONE were fishers :)
It will be super hard leaving the solitude and drop dead gorgeous scenery of the ADK/s for the smell of salmon.. I took way more landscape photo's the fish pics.. Wish I had a real camera because some of the landscape surroundings are TRUE Wall Hangers :)
Like this little jewel : It produced :

 
Here is where 3 PHAT browns were slurping everything but what I threw: One is crusing in the center.

 
So today we found the 1/0 estez flies were the ticket, all Rainbows.. Must be why they work so well on the SR:

 

 
A few more shots of the crowds we had to beat away with our rods:

 

 
And more boring fish:

 

 
Tons more pic's to store away but the Memories will live on forever..
Salmon keep getting further and further away from my mind
 

Yea man, those are nice looking fish. Spent my day stacking wood and watching the nephew play soccer. I will get out on Wednesday for sure.

awesome pics, ht.. excellent tune, twobob.

i had the original vinyl back in the day.  still listen to cs&n and with neil young quite often, too often.