Magicfly
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With 6 weeks into re doing my back yard and with more than a month still left to go... Before I can even think of grabbing a rod.
Does anybody have a good fishing story they can share that can tide me over... before I can go and share one with you all?
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Steelhead86
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Well if it helps, will be working around the house
tomorrow. Went out today with my son and Toby to the
Kalama. The weather was great, the river was great,
the hiking and wading was great. It was so nice out
we all just wore shorts (no waders needed). We found
some Steelies, Salmon, Trout and even the notorious
Golden Bone! All in all, it was a great day!
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I feel your pain MF (interesting initials) I am in the middle of a long stretch myself but did steal away for a day on a trout pond. I hit something like 50 bows to 18" in a day of fishing woolley worms from the Driftboat. I figure I got till the Cowtilla before I get to wet a line again that is "if" I get to go to that. Somebody keeps using up all my vacation time for trivial things. End of March to middle of July waayyy to long of a dry spell.
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In same boat as you (but add a year lol). Have done an occasional trip, but until my back/shoulder is healed, I'm pretty much sidelined. Not sure which is worse. Not being able to fish because of yardwork or because of injury. LOL. At least I have a reasonable excuse why I'm not fishing. 
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And I get the shakes after two weeks of no fly fishing, geesh. About 36 hours away from my next step into the river after the summer chromers. Life is good.
BG
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"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool."
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I'm in the same boat as BG. Not long I will be on the Cedar. I've also got out a few times for SRCs lately and have had marginal success.
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Hey MF - hopefully we can put you into one of these
this week!
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Magicfly
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Well it looks like instead of being in my favorite camp ground, for the weekend of 7/23. I'll be staining my fence. Won't that be just as exciting as swinging a fly.
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Magicfly
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Clay
How about putting me into one like the one in your avatar LOL.
Thanks though but this weekends going to be a family affair.
Call you when we get settled in.
Take care.
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Darn - well here is a little more incentive LOL
I know, Family does come first!
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Nice hopefully I will encounter of few of these tonight and tomorrow !
BG
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BG - did you find any. Hope you found a bunch!
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See my 4th of July trip post it will tell you the results.
But I did see them. Does that count for anything, yes more misery since now I know they were there.
BG
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Is there such a thing as getting equal or greater satisfaction out of yard work than fly fishing? I must be getting delusional because I'm thinking so. After stroking 6 gallons of stain on the fence(5 more to go), cutting more sod, prepping for Mow curbing this Friday and taking out the back gate this last weekend.
There should be a back yard forum or maybe I just haven't seen it yet.
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Go see a "talking doctor" as quick as possible - you must be sick "big time"!
BobK
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Magicfly
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Hmmm. lol
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Quote:
Is there such a thing as getting equal or greater satisfaction out of yard work than fly fishing?
Definitely not, better check your Meds. LOL
BG
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That's a big NO MF. If you find as much, if not more, satifaction in it, you need professional help NOW.
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Magicfly
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Sh69 was that a big NO Magicfly... LOL OR That's a big NO Mother @#*(! LOL. I'm sure professional help in some form is warranted.
Just having a little fun with this post. LOL
Mf
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Actually, I guess you could take any way you want to. 
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MF - take 2 of these and call me in the morning LOL:
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Now THAT'S good advice and a good prescription!!
BobK 
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My god that looks like one of my early 1980 end of the day Michigan salmon fishing pictures. Except they were all 20+ LBers and that limb was a ball breaker! LOL
BG
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Clay
Excellent days fishing.
Mf
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The schexy van...under the Trees
There is unrest in Camas...
trouble with the van
for the family
wants to keep it...
and the PANTS ignores
their pleas....
(Part XII of Fear)
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Yea - lots of fun. BG here is some bigger ones for ya -
So when are we going to do some fishing. Already finding
them again!
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Yeah.... but REMEMBER ....
Try a little "C & R" so your grandkids and great grandkids can enjoy the same kind of fishing!!
(Contrary to popular opinion, it ALSO works on "hatchery" fish!!!) Also, contrary to popular opinion, lots of our so-called "native" fish were originally hatchery fish, too - think about browns ANYWHERE in the US, South America, Australia, etc. and rainbows in a large portion of Idaho and the Rockies, most places east of there, Europe, S. America, Australia, etc.
Just a little something to think about!!
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Bob - totally agree. Primarily do fish C&R and have yet
to tag a single fish in 2004 even though have already
landed plenty. About the only time I do keep fish is when
fishing with someone else who would like to bring some
home. I've learned some interesting information about
Skamania strain hatchery fish just recently and found out
it is actually better to keep those than release them. From
what I have found out - that particular strain is not
capable of reproducing in the wild and could actually harm
native fish (got to do some more research). Always learning!
thanks
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Those are some nice ones.
I am too lazy to keep fish even if I caught one. Don't know if I even remember how to clean one its been over 15 years since I did. Yes thats the truth. Given a few salmon away to other people. No steelhead killed though in that time frame.
Inconclusive here on the skamania spawning. The rivers they are stocked in tend not support wild fish. But there are many skamania strays into other rivers that do have wild reproducing steelhead. Since it has only been twenty years since they have been introduced to Lake Michigan their impacts on the wild steelhead populations are not conclusive yet.
What types of flys do those WA skamanias like ? Hot orange and pink perhaps ?
BG
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Tried Hot orange (SS fly) and got absolutely zip on it.
All those fish hit either light pink or olive green. The
first batch are Skamania fish, the larger girthier fish
are a completely different strain (sorry spacing out on
the name).
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I dunno ... so far, I haven't been able to find out a lot (except lots of contradicting info) re: Skamania. (And that includes lots of time talking to Biologists on the program.)
But, I KNOW that the landlocked Lake O. Atlantic Salmon and even the stream trout that are in the one particular river at the same time DO suffer very high mortality, even when caught, landed VERY quickly and released. (All blamed on the high water temps and stress). And since they and the Skamies are all caught on the same flies (and at random), both are subject to the high risk.
Since the Atlantics have made some limited recovery, why risk the fish that was considered extinct???
So, I do what 95% of the fisherman do here in NY - don't let the word get out about the fish in the one particular river, and don't fish for them in the hottest months.
(Now, THIS year, water and even air temps are VERY low, 10 or 15 degrees below average! So, I just MAY get to go out for my birthday in a couple of weeks, if the wife is OK. And I'll give them a try!!!)
BobK
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