stoke of piscatorial pursuits 16

[skifishbum]

You took it
I stoles it from the fritztrips or a tr here
Your ak stokes made me ask the mrs. If we can relocate
The minis growin fast and living my dream

[Trackhead]

Last coho of the season. Saltwater took a chunk out of the boat trailer which also then destroyed the hull haul out ring. Got some work to do before we move north next month.


Breaching humpback out there. Did this over and over again, right next to that boat.

[Trackhead]

Your ak stokes made me ask the mrs. If we can relocate
The minis growin fast and living my dream

You should. Life is pretty chill up here. I love it.

[Binky]

Despite really low water levels, cooler water temps and fish can still be found in eastern CT

[teleee]

One last run before I set off on a month of work travel hell.

[2FUNKY]

^Shizzam!

[robinhoodz]

what's biting in WA these days?

[dfinn]

Few pics from a week in Fernie and then fished my way south through MT on my way home

[stapes]

[turbomike15]

[neck beard]

Stalking browns in NZ.

I am totally new to fly fishing and fish stalking and NZ rivers. I caught a few 0.5lb browns spinning across shallow tannin water flowing over rock. Zero on the fly - a lot to learn. I was not really into the whole stalking thing. Then after a few days started to get the idea, moving up river and targeting places fish would feed. But still not really feeling the vibe. Didn't really feel like I was fishing. Then I came up behind what looked like a 2.5lb dude just picking up nymphs in a downstream protected pocket. Suddenly was all pretty exciting, and I was crawling up behind him and casting from my knees. He swerved out to look at my nymph, and a few casts later I spooked him. Then all I wanted to do was stalk more of them! I felt the vibe.

I doubt I'll catch anything on a fly until I go out with someone who knows what they are doing. It is amazing the difference in skill and catch rate.

I found some beautiful road side water, and hiked into an incredible river. An amazingly pretty walk for several miles of rapids and pools. It is great what you can find when you get out a map and drive down country roads.

[DeathVan]

Cool Neckbeard!
Good Luck, you can do it.
You got to be sneaky as, to be Sweet As!

These guys can help

Brent Beadle on Lake Brunner is a classic
http://www.brentbeadle.com

Stu Tripney just south of Queenstown is very good
http://www.stusflyshop.com/

Beautiful even if you spook every single one


Pickup the "kiwimaps / Pathfinder" Complete Drivers Atlas from a gas station.
100% worth it

[skifishbum]

i used to worries more about catchin
tills i reaized it was a lifelong journey of an addiction i caught
don't gets me wrong the catchin is the actualization or sum total of doing shit right and failing aint always fun
but the prep, the location, the choice of weapons, the stalk, the cast ,presentation, the eat, the set, the hookup, the line control, the fight and everything else brings me about as much pleasure these days as does watching others do it right.
try n enjoy the journey and learning and fuckups as much as the final fulfillment of the act.
thats some serious coolwater
and nice poopfish stokes stapes

got one with





39 degrees at 8ish didn't have em movin much

picked up a bit once the sun cleared the peaks

majority tight to shore and flooded cattails and timber
spent a couple hours fuckin up, splashdown spook casting and a foot to much distance into shore snagglefuckin
a few foul hooks on mudboils and tailers
turns out they were stacked up pretty good on the inlet side up in the water column cruising or stationary sunning

which happens to be the tightest and timberest
gots one


managed to keep him from spookin the rest of the pod and put his ass in the nets



tossed the next one a foot or so off where i wanted it to be stripped er and was rewarded with the triple tail pump
full commitment 30"er eat
fucked up and tried to pull him out instead of chasing him down and he took advantage to bush me into a rub off of the unhappy endings and spooked the rest
took a break tossed a few from shore and gave em an hour or so to chill
before heading back to score one more




started doin a bit of ski season ass needs to go uphill and get in shape stuffs
i likes it when there is a reward of piscatorial pursuit at the tops





thinkin bout a hollowed weenies wyo weekend greens thing if anyone needs an excuse to git outs
and chase rainbows of dreams like telees gorgie fish

[Binky]

My birthday brown.

[dfinn]

went for a walk


found some fall colors

[BobMc]

thinkin bout a hollowed weenies wyo weekend greens thing if anyone needs an excuse to git outs
and chase rainbows of dreams like telees gorgie fish

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Should be a most excellent time, SFB, Lumpy, and myself in so far. Free camping, good fishing, good people, and good food, it doesn't get much better.

[Skistack]

Just finished the annual FL trip with my dad and brother. The old man landed a 22# redfish. His biggest fish ever, not bad at 75.

[BobMc]

Hallowed weenies weekend was all time. The Fonts gave up the goods like usual. Only regret was buying the Friday license thinking Sunday would be rain. Ended up drinking Friday and Sunday dawned beautiful. Thought about on lining a license but the weekend of dirty dishes and trailer disarray was calling me.

Two Slate laps while moseying made for a fantastic way to end the camping season.



Follow your dreams...



Summitcountynuschooler/particle product placement





Elk tenderloins...





The man.

[skifishbum]

naa you da man for settin up all the camp trips awesome eats and draggin the cougar den

thanxs all i do is score the hall pass and show up make a few oar strokes man the nets and take a few pics
long time no lumpies

hes the man

and stoked g got into a few fish


stoked for c and his summer in dutch john fish bummin


fkna sweet rainbow sunrises




most stoked for the furkid
he is the dog


i remember the 1st

pretty sure this may have been the last

but there's no one else i'd rather share those 10 seasons pursuing fish with
and im stoked a few here have shared with us
good shit kids






we should fish this weekend

[happytimefunbox]

we should fish this weekend

Lets do it!

[skifishbum]

^^^ think i'm gonna go to the uacssws avvy thing sat
may go poopfishin this morn
seems photo buckets not trying hard this morn

call me i lost all my contacts #ers

[ColMan]

[ColMan]

[dfinn]

Just getting home from a couple weeks driving around Baja Norte. The people were super friendly. So were the fish.

[east or bust]

Beautiful weather this weekend, felt like mid October should. Striper bite is finally starting to heat around these parts. Fish are still a bit north, hopefully they move in within the next 2 weeks or so. There's tons of bait in the water, just waiting for this powder keg to go off.

Got my dad back on the fly, it's a bit tough to find productive spots on the fly off land in mid NJ. We were pretty spoiled when we used to vacation up at the Cape years and years ago.

This spot definitely didn't feel like dirty Jerz.
IMG_0572 by AD, on Flickr

IMG_0581 by AD, on Flickr


IMG_0587 by AD, on Flickr


Roll casts into the wind were a bit tricky, but the rip is only a couple feet off the bank.

Don't slip
IMG_0590 by AD, on Flickr



We hammered schoolie stripers and the occasional shad the night before, every other cast for about an hour at dusk. No time for pictures! But striper thumb is always a good reminder.