Friday, July 24, 2009

Kind-a Quote Of The Week...

Interesting Article...Maine Lobsterman...

"An 81-year-old fisherman accepts GPS, gas prices, cancer, Manny Ramirez, and nightmares come true."

Lots of good quotes in the article. I'll let you pick out the moral...

Found on ESQUIRE of all places: HERE is the article...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Weekend In Williamsport...

With the big pack on for ME, I didn't have time to get them on sooner...but here you go...

An Andrew & Amy Rendezvous in Williamsport PA...


Williamsport in August is home to the Little League World Series...


And we know that the bars in PA love us fishermen...and fisherwomen...


Amy's laugh of the weekend...


And yes, we've been to the end of the world...and it's actually gorgeous...


Amy's Overlook...


Gorgeous river...hardly any access...


Hard to tell, but a bald eagle flew overhead while I was fishing...


Soon after, this little guy grabbed the Cahill I had on the end of my line...


The tough decision...dry fly water downstream...

Nymphing riffles upstream...
Overall a great weekend. Not much fishing, but I did manage a fish, and I was happy. Williamsport was alot of fun, with some good local food and beer. A definite must see...
Anyways, this will be it for a while...I'm off to MAINE for a week starting Friday...
Plans to stay in Bar Harbor and take a few road trips...many pictures to come....
In the meantime, we'll leave you with a video from Flies and Fins on what else...


Monday, July 20, 2009

Schmidt's At It Again...

So what happens when you can't make a trip to Michigan with Schmidt...




He hit's an amazing Trico hatch, and proceeds to catch your fish for you...Lucky...
Andrew's Rendezvous with Amy report coming...

Friday, July 17, 2009

Quote Of The Week...Plus Update Edition

"I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent."
~Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers, 1977


Fished (and had a cigar) with great fly flinger yesterday, Pete. Last minute trip, but these two New Englanders were able to coax some decent sized bass in with some surface action...


More on Pete and his past on the Cape coming soon...


For now, we prepare to travel to the middle of PA for a last minute trip to meet Mrs. Trouter...and yes the 3 weight and 5 weight are in the car...


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Weekend Trip...With Conklin...

Even got "Bass Thumb"...





Lately seems like too much work, not enough play...more posts are-a-comin...

Friday, July 10, 2009

Quote Of The Week...

Finally...

“It would be merciful for people not to come calling and disturb the loneliness of the mountains, to which I have returned from the sorrows of the world.”

-Muso Soseki

In honor of Schmidt's pilgrimage West...

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Schmidt's Adventure's...

Schmidt sends the dreaded text a few weeks ago...

"About to fly into Bozeman...I'll try to call or text, or we'll just catch up when I get home"

Just how do you respond to that?!..."Wanna trade?"

Anyways, I'm not gonna comment on his pictures...these tell way more then 1000 words...

The Land...




The Wildlife...

My Favorite...

AND NOW...THE PLAYERS...




And Finally...The Flies...(Love it...)



Here's to a 2011 return...with TMT in tow!

Fish & Cow

Watch...makes you believe in people, and moving West...

Bristol Bay News/Updates

Buster's post highlights everything and provides links...

"Damn the justices of the Supreme Court who voted in favor this ruling (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia, Breyer and Kennedy); a ruling which undermines the very type of thing that the Clean Water Act was intended to outlaw. Far beyond merely the Bristol Bay issue, however (as if that isn’t bad enough), this ruling opens the doors to a potentially devastating amount of impact to our watersheds wherever mining activity occurs."

LINK TO POST

Sunday, July 5, 2009

More from Paris Palin...(Good Riddance)

"This is classic Sarah Palin, the mixture of the personal and political," says Michael Carey, an Anchorage talk show host. "It's all done ad hoc. There's no strategic plan. It's, 'This is what I'm going to do, baby. Here we go,' "

Alas...Alaska can start to rebuild...


Happy 4th!!!

Why we let the professionals handle the fireworks...

Talk about a new Bassin' Spot...

Originally found on MoldyChum...

Ready full F&S article HERE