2020 FISH SQUEEZING EXTRAVAGANZA!!

[dfinn]

After backpacking for the last six days, I need more.

How'd you manage food for 6 days? And guessing you are in bear country as well? You solo or splitting things up between people? Just curious, I've never done more than a couple of days at a time.

[swimmy]

How'd you manage food for 6 days? And guessing you are in bear country as well? You solo or splitting things up between people? Just curious, I've never done more than a couple of days at a time.

Oatmeal with protein shake for breakfast. Starbucks Instant Coffee
Various snacks for lunch
Dehydrated meals for dinner

The most I've done is 9 days.

[Lexi-Bell]

Was that the Big Hole meet up? Been that long?

Nope that was the JH Gros Ventre/Hank trip, just looked and attendees were Schwerty, Lexi, Lobstahmeatwad, Gretch, Tye1on and Nipplehighpow.

Pretty sure the BH included Dfinn's van and freezing our asses off camping, plus Concretejungle caught a Graying on a dry fly.

We should plan for another Summit this Spring. I like the Teton region, relatively short drive for the JH, MT, and UT crews and great fishing.

[Lexi-Bell]

Stuck a decent one on the hopper today. Thunder Thighs ftw.

Nice brown, better than decent!

[swimmy]

Nice brown, better than decent!

Thanks. It was caught in small water so adds to the experience.

I haven't really caught a bunch of big fish this year. Probably because I've been targeting different water and not just floggin' the big rivers.

Kind of fun though to change it up.

[swimmy]

It got really smokey the past few days. Hiked up to an alpine lake to get above it but was still bad at 9000'. Still a fun day.























Let it rain.

[GiantManta]

Like Swimmy my daughter and I headed to some higher alpine creeks with three fires around us. Full on bushwhack and she did great even though she asked if we were lost several times. We had hoped for some cutties but had some fun with the brookies.

[east or bust]

FKNA swimmy you're killing it

[happytimefunbox]

Hiked into some lakes in the Uintas with my grommet. I guess we went the other way of the crowds only saw one other fisherman. Leftover carnitas soft tacos for a picanic wasnt so bad. Good place to cull the flies you never use those tigers arent picky5

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[schwerty]

Nope that was the JH Gros Ventre/Hank trip, just looked and attendees were Schwerty, Lexi, Lobstahmeatwad, Gretch, Tye1on and Nipplehighpow.

Pretty sure the BH included Dfinn's van and freezing our asses off camping, plus Concretejungle caught a Graying on a dry fly.

We should plan for another Summit this Spring. I like the Teton region, relatively short drive for the JH, MT, and UT crews and great fishing.

Another set of good memories! Slightly foggy tho. Seems like that’s a theme when we make it happen.
I’m in for spring!

[Djongo Unchained]

Schwert- may I suggest a concerted attempt at getting a reservation at the FS cabin on Green river Lake. It's tough but I bet we could do it. Would work for a group and it's an epic spot.

[dfinn]

Inspired by Swimmy I took the dogs for a walk, tacking on a little more Uintas stoke

little smokey






ended up getting evacuated because of the Rock Creek fire

[swimmy]

Inspired by Swimmy I took the dogs for a walk, tacking on a little more Uintas stoke

Yeah buddy!

FKNA swimmy you're killing it

[Talisman]

Thanks for posting this picture. I feel better about some of the trout i caught this season.

Yeah buddy!

[stapes]

Some from this year. Been mostly sticking closer to home, and dragging the family along a lot.

[happytimefunbox]

WOOOOOOOO Stapes coming in with some heaters!

[swimmy]

Man I found a killer blue line.


It holds fat browns.





The banks are littered with flies and indicators. This was our haul today but you literally can take as many as you want.





But the icing on the cake, I guess folks here just throw their fly rods in the river. My buddy found this one in about 6" of water attached to that overhanging bush.





Nice browns and free gear. Yeah I ain't hotspotting this little gem. Think I'll keep her all to myself.

[swimmy]

A few more from the past couple of days. Hit it pretty hard and I'm exhausted. But found a few quality fish.

[happytimefunbox]

Jesus christ Swimmy!!! You may win the whole goddamned thing this year

Sent from a van down by the river

[plugboots]

A few more from the past couple of days. Hit it pretty hard and I'm exhausted. But found a few quality fish.

Ya know... that seems like a pretty nice place to fish.

[::: :::]

so jealous that's what's available in your backyard

[Mr. Mike]

Thanks. It was caught in small water so adds to the experience.

I haven't really caught a bunch of big fish this year. Probably because I've been targeting different water and not just floggin' the big rivers.

Kind of fun though to change it up.

yes, that does make a big difference to me. Seeing a fish going batshit in a small area is probably the biggest rush for me in fishing. A trout or smallmouth in a small stream, a tarpon in a hole the size of your kitchen...yum.

Speaking of which, this was fun.




Edit to add photo.

[schindlerpiste]

Holy shiite, is that Wally from "On Golden Pond"? He deserves to be named and die a natural death

[Mr. Mike]

May as well throw in a mini-TR while I wait for the rain to stop. I recently spent 2 weeks split up around Vail/Aspen. I fished at least a few hours all but 3 days. Fished the middle Roaring Fork, Upper Colorado (Pumphouse to Rancho) and Frying Pan with guides. The rest on my own--Gore Creek, upper Eagle, Crystal, and upper Roaring Fork. I also did a couple of lake days, but I'll not going to post those names on the web. PM if you would like to know, or if you have questions about any of the streams listed. I'm far from a seasoned local, but I tend to do a reasonable amount of research, and I like to explore (which led to one fruitless day of wandering around trying to stay on a trail that is no longer maintained seeking access to an upper C tributary--after 4 hours, I bailed with the only highlight some CV exercise and spotting a large herd of elk), so I might have some useful info for you if you have little to no knowledge. On the unguided days, I was usually alone, so the pics, especially of fish suck.

1 of the lake days (actually 2 lakes close together). Caught a lot of fish. Best one was a 15 inch cutt on about 3rd cast into lake 2.







Saw some smoke driving back down to Carbondale from fishing the Crystal.



Stuck some pretty nice fish on the upper Fork streamer fishing in the middle of a bright sunny and warm day. I told my wife "for me, every day is a streamer day, and every rental car is an off road vehicle."





Fish stacked on a flat on the Frying Pan. Amazingly, I got one of them to eat. After he went berserk, everyone settled back into place and ignored any further offerings.



Pretty spots on the gill plate of this little guy.



Nice scenery on the upper C.

[skifishbum]

got the green thing on last week/end with lumpy his bro and my greenie brahs
I try to fish and ski with my bro pc at least once a year. he stood beside me as a best man we're his daughters godparents
i told him/them catching was tough
he scored cicadia madness last year and not to expect anything near that in the god days o summer heat
there was bugs

drugs are a given
bears

the greenies got it, a young yearling ambling past the takeout, on video, and the ranger stopped by later that night while i was out swinging and she was cool
im bummed i missed her as im not sure whats happening down there they leveled or moved the ranger house from jarvie
not sure if their gittin a new one
tfb cg got redone and the price per night 2xed
the fire last month crossed the road but props to our blm wlff crews got contained before it got near the river

browns



rapids got ran


swimmers limited to sheldon


we got buzzed

and our identify as a mermaid im gonna river prancercise while you try to swing in front of camp gogan

there was wind

haze o plenty


lumpys bro had complications from a previous eye surgery and what started as a slight irritation turned out to be a detached retina and a trip back to slc and surgery before driving back to WA

the greenies really wanted to float an A
on saturday
i rousted em early and managed to git shuttles ran and on the water by 8
stuck a few outta the gate

the yellow of the dj resort blue of the fg lodge and red of the tcf hatch of rubber caught up


we stopped at a nice beach for lunch and to swim the god
damned if aquaman and his rubber duckie and yak crew decide they wanted that beach too and paddling down to the next unoccupied one would take work and strokes
so we social distance split
diving boards a better lunch spot anyway


gots a few mur troots to eat the foam



pulled off the river bout 420
found out pc's dad had passed away in a retirement/altheimers home.
one of them blessings and a curse as his quality of life had continued to diminish
He split to take care of fam
his bros and i hung for the night poured a few sips out and down the hatch
i got up and out early torn tween swinging some runs on my way home and workin on my needs it 2 hander game
and the takes 2 hands to hold a + 30" pooper addiction
cause i had a good 3-4 hour weather window and hadnt poop fihed the gorge much this season
spring creek was packed and i couldnt find a good social distance launch spot so
we threw on in jug hollow and went lookin for targets

very few and far between
as you enter the back bays of the gorge the water changes from clear to a greenish algae hue,
finally found a player in shallow gourgin happily, albiet in much more flooded timber than id perfer watched and waited for it to come into an opening
took a couple shots , which you dont often git
got the eat
like said above that initial eat, the hookset, and a wtf just happened pissed off +30'' of big brown torpedo in a foot of water is why im an addict
the rest of the games fun and sure theres some skill involved in playing and landing big fish,
but for me the highlights always that visual eat the hook set and the first run
thankfully after the shallow water sheninigans he ran out and deep into the backing
got the line back and had to row the boat one armed out into the middle
made another good backing run in towards the usually game ending flooded lumber yard but turned him and got him out deep again
from this point it becomes a within 50 yards tug o war of bent whippy sticks
bringing his head up and keeping the stick out from the boat and my hdpe needs a sanding of hanging chads and dangling participles from my wy mt bump and grind road trip, bottom



a 1/2 dozen passes and another 10 minutes or so and we puts em in the nets


my nicest pooper of the summer so far
33 ifin i stretched them Jagger lips
clouded up bout noon had i more decent shot on the way out
stooped to git safe and do puppy stuff

happy tails and god speed your next journey mr c

them stupid smot pokin kids you used to bust skippin school in the basement
well we like to think we turned out alright
well at least yur crotch fruit