Yes, on New Year's Eve!
Yes, on New Year's Eve!
Hey, I'm more impressed with SBRtool's three wild browns--but this was my catch on 12/31/20--one of those fall-stocking 15-inchers. I'd seen this fish holding in a certain hole--and had fished for it on several different outings--without success--a tricky lie: undercut bank and submerged roots to contend with--short casts and sweating it not to snag on every drift. And then, the thought crosses my mind: You're not letting taking advantage of the full length of the drift. So, I let the rig go farther toward the tail of the pool and--Bang!
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Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
Great fish, but a Kamloops rainbow that you can thank Shannon's for stocking.
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Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
Hey now, don't forget us little folks...I put money in that coffee can.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:45 pmGreat fish, but a Kamloops rainbow that you can thank Shannon's for stocking.
Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
How can it be identified as a "Kamloops" rainbow?
Thanks to Shannon's for their winter stocking, anyway--but that fish came from downstream of Clinton.
Thanks to Shannon's for their winter stocking, anyway--but that fish came from downstream of Clinton.
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Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
I'm one of the little folks myself! And you are correct, Shannon's takes in a lot of donations from anglers while in the store putting spare change or bills in the stocking bucket on the front counter.lightenup wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:19 pmHey now, don't forget us little folks...I put money in that coffee can.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:45 pmGreat fish, but a Kamloops rainbow that you can thank Shannon's for stocking.
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Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
....but "A sinking fly is closer to Hell" - UnknownRusty Spinner wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:26 pmlightenup wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:19 pmHey now, don't forget us little folks...I put money in that coffee can.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:45 pmGreat fish, but a Kamloops rainbow that you can thank Shannon's for stocking.
I'm one of the little folks myself!
"Most anglers spend their lives in making rules for trout, and trout spend theirs in breaking them."
-From Letters to Young Fly-Fishers, (1926) Sir George Aston,
-From Letters to Young Fly-Fishers, (1926) Sir George Aston,
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Re: Yes, on New Year's Eve!
I understand "Unknown" is a brilliant literary giant when not restoring rivers.BiggerThomas wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:01 pm....but "A sinking fly is closer to Hell" - Unknown
"A sinking fly is closer to Hell" - Unknown