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rusty6
08-19-2007, 08:46 PM
All i can say about this trip was sloooooooow fishing, high winds, and waaaayyyyyy too much smoke from the fire over in fresno.

there were 10 of us camping at oh ridge and in the loop, we only managed 4 rainbows and about 5 micro browns.

On the 14th, my bday, we decided to go to the valley to get under the smoke because it was becoming unbearable. I wanted to go to the upper owen's above benton's crossing because i had the itch for some fly fishing. it was a good choice. hoppers and caddis flies were all they wanted. I ended up with only 2 but thats because i haven't fly fished in a long time and missed about 10 hooksets. The gf was getting hit left and right on a fly bubble with a hopper but only managed 3. I got a real treat too with my pb best rainbow.

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by the way, those aren't clouds

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one of my gf's fish

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now that's a beautiful fish

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quick release

finally on friday we got a break from most of the smoke and took a hike up little lakes valley. the gf and i did some more fishing for the typical little sierra brookies. i ended up with about 12 on caddis flies, gnats, and other assorted dry flies.

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gf messing with my camera

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too beautiful

my apologies about not having too much to report, hopefully if the smoke cooperates, my dad and i will be back up thursday backpacking to evolution lake out of sabrina. if not, we might head farther north to get away from the smoke.

DreStyle
08-19-2007, 10:35 PM
my apologies about not having too much to report

A picture is worth 1000 words. So that makes your report rather lengthy and in-depth. That is a fine specimine of a rainbow in 3rd and 4th pics by the way.

fishntoss
08-19-2007, 10:39 PM
Sweet fish...nice to have a fishing buddy...

greeper
08-19-2007, 11:29 PM
AWESOME Pix, gotta love that place.. By the way you a CV grad?

rusty6
08-20-2007, 07:58 AM
yup, class of 2007, going up to slo this fall

Wingnut
08-20-2007, 10:24 AM
Great pics, beautiful place.

one_leg
08-20-2007, 11:34 AM
Nice report and pics. Thanks.

One_Leg

Carrie
08-20-2007, 04:47 PM
Nice report and nice pics of ur fish. I been living in the sierras for a little over 2 months now and this past week has been terribly smoky. Can hardly see the mtns off the 395. It has just cleared up for the past few days so that is a bummer that the smoke got in ur way.

Anyways, still I like the report and pics despite the smoke.

Fisher-of-Men
08-20-2007, 05:13 PM
Nice report and nice pics of ur fish. I been living in the sierras for a little over 2 months now and this past week has been terribly smoky. Can hardly see the mtns off the 395. It has just cleared up for the past few days so that is a bummer that the smoke got in ur way.

Anyways, still I like the report and pics despite the smoke.

Why all the smoke??

Is there a forest fire up there? :(


Fisher-of-Men

Greg Madrigal
08-20-2007, 10:49 PM
Nice report bro, I ejoyed the pics, specially the release.

C-ya
GM

aboos
08-20-2007, 11:03 PM
Anyways, still I like the report and pics despite the smoke.

Why all the smoke??

Is there a forest fire up there? :(


Fisher-of-Men[/quote]

i think its from the fires in santa barbara or somewhere like that. i was coming down from bridgeport one day and i couldnt see mono lake or even the mountains. but it was weird, the next day it was clear and the day after that it was cloudy again.

greeper
08-20-2007, 11:45 PM
yup, class of 2007, going up to slo this fall

Cool, good luck up there that's an Outstanding college.. Of course I'm you're enemy, I coach at AHS. Used to coach football now I'm the golf coach so I've had to put up with Pehar for years now.. :lol:

rusty6
08-21-2007, 04:47 AM
haha pehar, god he's suck an @$$, he yelled at me for 20 minutes because he thought i stole one of his water bottles which just happened to be the same brand i had at home

Carrie
08-21-2007, 08:02 AM
Nice report and nice pics of ur fish. I been living in the sierras for a little over 2 months now and this past week has been terribly smoky. Can hardly see the mtns off the 395. It has just cleared up for the past few days so that is a bummer that the smoke got in ur way.

Anyways, still I like the report and pics despite the smoke.

Why all the smoke??

Is there a forest fire up there? :(


Fisher-of-Men

There have been fires everywhere! There was one in Fresno on the other side of the eastern sierras on the west side. The smoke has been traveling our way. It is all coming from the west side....too dry around!

City Dad
08-21-2007, 09:35 AM
Nice! Great pics, thanks.

greeper
08-21-2007, 12:45 PM
haha pehar, god he's suck an @$$, he yelled at me for 20 minutes because he thought i stole one of his water bottles which just happened to be the same brand i had at home

now that's some funny ****.... sounds just like Pehar..

sorry for the thread jack

steve092
09-09-2007, 12:31 PM
Yes, that is a beautiful fish. And on the fly. What kind of fly was used?