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Took my son on a mission to get him his first steelhead on the fly. We succeeded. He brought both of these fish to the bank. Awesome afternoon and the kid walked a couple miles and never complained.

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@treeguy took me and my nephew out for kings and as usual, he got on fish! It was a rough start but once we got on them it was fast and furious. We landed four and lost one at the net. What an awesome

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Well got out and did a little fly fishing  friday . Arrived on the river and found a small army where I intended to fish . Sat and watched the water . No bugs hatching yet. Looked up stream nobody fishing .  But I did see a splashy rise . Hopped out and walked up to investigate . A pod of 9 inch stockers cruising  the bank .  About gave up when I glimpsed  a larger trout rise up  off the bottom and sink back down . I had to give him a go . Went back to the truck put on waders  grabbed the rod .  Hit the bank and watched for my target. Nothing but the little guys.   No bugs hatching so I opted for a black nosed dace.  Two casts in and phone rings.  It's the one and only Pygmy... he is fishing a mile down stream from me . He graciously invites me to join him . I agree to meet up in a bit .  But first I have  to try  this trout again. 

Casting acrossed and swinging down through the hole   I get a solid hit  on a decent trout . Little tussle  on the 3 wt  and I get him to shore 20200424_135927.thumb.jpg.5dd5bae7cc7745570bca6e643e3be12d.jpg

I pack it in  and head down  stream to meet up with Pygmy. 

Arriving at the location I find Pygmy   has all the fish in the stream corralled  up in front of him on the far bank . I drop in above him and proceed   to cast repeatedly  into the barren waters  whipping in to a froth  to no avail. 

I waded  to shore and watched  pygmy  tease and torture  the poor trout  by repeatedly casting to them and denying them the opportunity  to strike .

By this time the hendrickson  hatch is in full swing.  Pygmy  decides to take a break and allows  me a shot . I step in and make pass after pass but no takers . Light hendrickson  ... dark hendrickson... pale evening dun.. even a nymph . Nothing.  Finally I see a smaller mayfly on the water.... it's a masking hatch .... overcast day ... must be bwo.. I put on an snow shoe  emerger bwo. 3 cast I managed a hit 

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Pygmy was very upset that I would injure  that poor fish by actually hooking it when I could have missed the hook set or at the very least  pulled it away at the last second .... I promise I will try harder  sir ...

Had a good time Pygmy ... we need to do it again soon.

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Upper west branch!


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Ah the upper west branch....the air fryer within the gourmet kitchen of the Roscoe area...I jest of course - after hearing [mention]AThunter [/mention] praise the hell out of that place I’d be honored to have you me around! With sports seemingly shut down through June for my kids I should have no excuses!


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On 4/24/2020 at 10:28 AM, BigVal said:

Who's going out for some erie perch tomorrow? Anyone? Lake should be flat early

I stand corrected. The lake was not flat on the ride back from sturgeon to buffalo. The bite was not hot but picked away. 

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14 hours ago, squirrelwhisperer said:

Took little squirrel to Kahler’s Pond today. He got his first ever largemouth bass. 4cb43122a386f312c2f27db327942813.jpg


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Congrats little squirrel !!!

That's one of the cool little ponds on the island.I haven't fished it in two years,but used to wade up to the camp.Black senko worm!!!

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26 fly fisherman in a 1 mile stretch so I turned around and tried the spot alone where I got the other day. Lost my rainbow trout lure on a snag, switched to this old phoebe and got an 11” brown.


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I missed a solid strike on a pheasant tail nymph after he jumped and spit the hook. Lost a ton of flies today-AND missed an encounter with Biz...I was not one of the 20+ he counted as I had to leave before he arrived. Beautiful day


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26 fly fisherman in a 1 mile stretch so I turned around and tried the spot alone where I got the other day. Lost my rainbow trout lure on a snag, switched to this old phoebe and got an 11” brown.


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How’d you lose a lure in that tiny stream?? Go in after it


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NYTracker helped me retrieve my fly from a tree the last time we fished together...He's a lot taller than I am..
 
Then again....So is everyone else...
 

I hear the Pygmy is short but also hangs lower than the average man


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10 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:


Awesome! I caught a 4-5lb years ago in canals near Miami airport. Should have mounted it. I regret it. They fight like smallmouth on steroids!


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Sweet.  This was a dink.  Still fun being it was my first. Canal fishing as well.  

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