The 2014 random maggots fishin stoke

[adipose]

It's been a great 2014 so far.

[adipose]

[schwerty]

Nice to see some Adipose stoke! Maybe we can get a day or two in this yr

[skifishbum]

this years fishin stoke is catchin on well
strong work kids
took my pops n furkid to hogfest on the green
still blows me away the strawberry river created a res w/ a surface area of 17-18 k acres that recieves 1.5 mil fishin hours a year



took the scenic route

[skifishbum]

[hawkgt]

over 11 years since my last fishing.... finally picked up a license today. thanks for the stoke to get the juices flowing again...

[ColMan]

Nice shots SFB!

I also took a pic of that killer sunset on the 28th. Perfect ending to a great day.

[mushmouth]

only thing missing are outriggers

[east or bust]

Nice fish^

[yellowstoner]

The biggest cutthroat I have ever seen. Caught by a client on the lake.

[schwerty]

Nice cutty!

[trogdortheburninator]

Tour de Gunni
This fish eats small bugs, and ate said bugs two days in a row.

This fish eats giant salmon flies


This fish tried to drop me at a cutoff as it ran me close to the backing


This fish is back to eating small bugs, early in the morning.

[Trace Hardslab]

Great thread.

Floated that stretch recently. The preferred shuttle vehicle went down. We adapted and overcame. Big fish were boated, this one pushed 10lbs.

[Underoos]

Jesus fucking christ, man. Please learn how to handle fish properly. And what's that in the water? You guys trespassing, too?

Also, your pics are labeled with the location. Do you know what hot spotting is?

Nice fish, I hope it's not dead.

[stompinlines]

You put a raft on your car.
Hardcore shit.
Cheers to the troll finger banging the bow with his dick beaters.

[snapt]

Downtown finally came into shape last night and a thunderstorm rolled through so I took the 4 weight switch and streamer box 5 minutes from the house and had myself a good time. Shitty dusk life proof pics but you get the idea.

[plugboots]

Jesus fucking christ, man. Please learn how to handle fish properly.

Nice fish, I hope it's not dead.

Seriously. That is not right.

[Trace Hardslab]

Jesus fucking christ, man. Please learn how to handle fish properly. And what's that in the water? You guys trespassing, too?

Also, your pics are labeled with the location. Do you know what hot spotting is?

Nice fish, I hope it's not dead.

Unfortunately that fish was a goner, hence the gill handle. Not standard procedure for sure. No trespassing, was with landowners. My bad on the labeled pic.

[Underoos]

Deleted my rant because it doesn't matter.

Would still like to hear why the fish died.

[stompinlines]

They were fishing near a rifle range.
That very old trout took ricochet shrapnel.

[stompinlines]

......that fish stuffed on yer wall?

[TeleHoar]

As a Fly-Fish JONG I am exploring my local waters to see what's out there.
I went up the Snake River here in Keystone mostly to practice my Dry-Fly casting on a real river instead of in the backyard. (You never know you might actually catch something, right?) I had no idea if there were fish in there or not. I had seen an odd angler or two standing around the banks. But I was just prospecting and practicing.

I found a hole off the main current and tossed a elk hair caddis into the swirl. whoa something big just came up out the murk to sniff at that fly. wow, I guess there are some fish here. I spent the evening throwing everything else I had in there to see if he would bite. He only came back up for a wooly bugger at one point but he didn't bite on anything.

Yesterday I went back armed with some more buggers and terrestrials. First cast on the second fly I tried, a foam grasshopper thing, the trout hit it hard! I knew right away it was a big one. I fought to keep him out of the main current cause he would be gone for sure. I had played out the fight in my mind the night before which really helped. I stayed calm even though my heart was racing and the adrenaline was pumping, and kept that guy on my 5wt.

I finally got him into the net and pulled out the tape measure. A solid 24" rainbow. The 14th fish I have caught after starting just a few months ago.
Stoked

[east or bust]

Beautiful fish, that's what it's all about.

[dfinn]

for me right now, nothing beats swinging with the 2 hander. the fish were hungry and willing to play along.

[Trace Hardslab]

Deleted my rant because it doesn't matter.

Would still like to hear why the fish died.

Took a big streamer in the gills (yes, single point barbless). Full hemmorage. Came to the boat listing sideways in a cloud of blood, looked like a shark attack. It happens.

Again, gill-hoisting is not standard procedure. We are not fish butchers. 99% of the fish we handle (with wet hands) barely leave the water. This was a bad example. I appreciate your concern for the resource.