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#1 PUMP KNOWS

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Posted 22 April 2016 - 11:28 AM

It's that time of the year...

 


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#2 Paul1913

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Posted 22 April 2016 - 12:03 PM

Lucky for everyone that can go out this weekend. Mid week for me.

Pump I heard you might be joining us thurs/Friday ..


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#3 Berg

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Posted 22 April 2016 - 01:00 PM

Hahaha hence my post about what it's like. Going to be fun though.
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#4 DILLIGAF?!

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Posted 22 April 2016 - 01:17 PM

I will take kids to uxbridge huck finn fishing. Might take some new anglers to enjoy the opener. other than that. would probably go solo on Sunday afternoon.


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#5 Shawarma

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Posted 23 April 2016 - 07:56 AM

Lucky for everyone that can go out this weekend. Mid week for me.

Pump I heard you might be joining us thurs/Friday ..


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Mid week for me too, Thursday /Friday booked off. East tribs?
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#6 Paul1913

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Posted 23 April 2016 - 09:35 AM

Mid week for me too, Thursday /Friday booked off. East tribs?


Yessir. Not sure which one exactly but yea.

I'll be arriving around 430am Thursday morning. Want to join us ??
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#7 Shawarma

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Posted 23 April 2016 - 11:59 AM

Ya man I'm down for Thursday. Gonna hit the credit on Friday or try and find some resi's on the grand.
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Posted 23 April 2016 - 02:03 PM

4 hrs driving.
3 hrs drifting.
6 for 13.
Could of raised that ratio but didn't want to leave pool. Lol
Started with single cheese egg and stayed with it.
FF was bang on.
Once that sun got high very low and clear conditions.
Shut down FAST
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#9 Bowie

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Posted 23 April 2016 - 06:42 PM

I had one of the biggest surprises of my fishing career. I headed 15 min from home to a creek that I have never caught a trout in, ever. The location is about 200km by river from a great lake! First pool, first drift a PB steel head came up from the depths and nailed the fly. I barely landed it on my 5wt fly rod. I had no net, didn't bring my go pro or anything as I wasn't expecting much, if anything. Quite the day!

 

How can one tell if it is a resident/stocked/migratory fish? I checked the fish for a tag but didn't see anything.

 

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#10 Diana Danger

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Posted 25 April 2016 - 02:47 PM

I had one of the biggest surprises of my fishing career. I headed 15 min from home to a creek that I have never caught a trout in, ever. The location is about 200km by river from a great lake! First pool, first drift a PB steel head came up from the depths and nailed the fly. I barely landed it on my 5wt fly rod. I had no net, didn't bring my go pro or anything as I wasn't expecting much, if anything. Quite the day!

 

How can one tell if it is a resident/stocked/migratory fish? I checked the fish for a tag but didn't see anything.

 

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If that's a resi it is a massive one.  Judging by size alone, I'd say its a steelhead.  Looks beat up the way a steelhead travelling kms of river would look too.  Well done!!


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#11 Bowie

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Posted 27 April 2016 - 12:38 PM

If that's a resi it is a massive one.  Judging by size alone, I'd say its a steelhead.  Looks beat up the way a steelhead travelling kms of river would look too.  Well done!!

 

Yea I'm thinking the same, thanks! 


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#12 Rainbow

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Posted 27 April 2016 - 01:16 PM

It's not too big to be a landlocked fish.
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#13 Bowie

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Posted 27 April 2016 - 01:48 PM

It was ~21" for reference. There is another creek that is close by that receives tagged fish that make the ~200km journey, its truly amazing. I will measure the water temp in the summer to see what it gets up to, it seems to be dominated by chubs in the summer. 


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