Does this count?
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Michael Wolfe
, Jan 22 2015 03:26 PM
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Michael Wolfe
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Posted 22 January 2015 - 03:26 PM
Took a day off in the middle of my business trip. Truckee River in California. We used really small hooks and I have never caught a rainbow west of the Rockies, so this adds to my (very short) life list.
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Matt DeLaVega
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Posted 22 January 2015 - 04:31 PM
Oh the Truckee. What a fun river. You must have caught a mountain whitefish ot two? After I was on the plane heading home, and for something to do I pulled out the fishing regulations pamphlet, and noticed the state record fish listings. Well, I released a solid record whitefish. I had no idea at the time, and I think is an easy record to beat as most anglers think of them as trash that get in the way of trout, so pay them no mind. Anyway, I quite enjoyed catching them. The Truckee was a ton of fun. I fished it in California and Nevada. Also fished some high mountain streams in California and caught cutthroat and golden trout. And the real highlight was a tailwater near the truckee where we caught kokanee salmon. Landlocked sockeye. They were very tasty on the table.
Nope. Small hooks do not make a microfisher. But good job, nice fish, and maybe Ben will let you into the microfisher club on an honorary status.
How did you catch it Michael?
Nope. Small hooks do not make a microfisher. But good job, nice fish, and maybe Ben will let you into the microfisher club on an honorary status.
How did you catch it Michael?
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Kanus
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Posted 22 January 2015 - 05:01 PM
It's incredibly refreshing to see a rainbow trout that isn't feral!
I wish I had gotten to fish it when I was there over the summer. We drove along the river for quite a ways and I was staring at it thinking about whitefish and Richardsonius the entire time, and yet I never got a chance to see a fish :-/
I wish I had gotten to fish it when I was there over the summer. We drove along the river for quite a ways and I was staring at it thinking about whitefish and Richardsonius the entire time, and yet I never got a chance to see a fish :-/
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Michael Wolfe
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Posted 22 January 2015 - 07:27 PM
Addressing a few comments.
I was gearless and unprepared, thinking this was a business trip, so went with a guide who had everything. This was fly fishing but not dry fly. We were tossing and drifting through the likely habitat with two flies tied on. One higher than the other and a small amount of weight and a "strike indicator". What caught fish were really small midges ( or rather flies that simulated such )
The guide said that these rainbows are introduced as the Truckee is part of a very small mountain watershed that is isolated and does not drain to any ocean.
We saw whitefish in the water but they were way out numbered by the rainbows in this part of the river and did not catch any.
On a plane headed back to Georgia.
Oh, and I guess the two handed part is a definite disqualification.
I was gearless and unprepared, thinking this was a business trip, so went with a guide who had everything. This was fly fishing but not dry fly. We were tossing and drifting through the likely habitat with two flies tied on. One higher than the other and a small amount of weight and a "strike indicator". What caught fish were really small midges ( or rather flies that simulated such )
The guide said that these rainbows are introduced as the Truckee is part of a very small mountain watershed that is isolated and does not drain to any ocean.
We saw whitefish in the water but they were way out numbered by the rainbows in this part of the river and did not catch any.
On a plane headed back to Georgia.
Oh, and I guess the two handed part is a definite disqualification.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin
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Matt DeLaVega
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Posted 22 January 2015 - 07:46 PM
Yeah, dry flies are good a small percentage of the time. Nymph and indicators work always. The areas in the Truckee I fished were harder to get trout than whitefish, but that did not bug me a bit.I would fish it just for the whitefish.
You did well. You managed to get some drag free drifts or you would not have a fish in hand. That was tough for me to get the hang of.
Very cool. Glad you had some extra time. As far as streams and smaller rivers go, that is a darn good trout.
You did well. You managed to get some drag free drifts or you would not have a fish in hand. That was tough for me to get the hang of.
Very cool. Glad you had some extra time. As far as streams and smaller rivers go, that is a darn good trout.
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sbtgrfan
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Posted 23 January 2015 - 08:53 PM
It's incredibly refreshing to see a rainbow trout that isn't feral!
Rainbows are even nicer when they are on the left(correct) side of the country.
So true.
Stephen Beaman
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South Carolina Aquarium
Charleston, SC
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