South Fork - Destination Unknown
Just as I arrived at my destination, an employee of the property owner approached me to find out if I knew I was on private property. Yep. Got permission. Turned out to be a very nice fellow. Told me the fishing had been really good yesterday, but they had only caught one whitefish today ( bait fishing ) and were headed out.
About an hour and a half later, with seven or eight trout and nine or ten whitefish accounted for, I was kind of glad he wasn't there to see it happen. Might make a fly fisherman out of him.
Had some company for a while.
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That would be Ginger. Very nice doggie. Belongs to the son of the property owner. Does that dog ever like to play fetch, although she was kind of into her own version of catch and release by consistently dropping the stick before she got it back to me.
Fished only the r.l. stonefly nymph.
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This brown was pretty typical of the trout ( five or six browns and two cutthroat ) that I caught today. About 13". No big trout like the other day. The whitefish were actually bigger, on average, than the trout. Most of them were in the 14-15" bracket.
Fished another piece of water on the way back to the truck. Picked up another good size whitefish, and another brown that was about the same as the one above, and fiesty as all get out.
John
All's well as ends well !
Oh good...I'm glad to hear that turned out ok
John. Hmmm....never tried the WD-40 method,
thanks for the tip...makes sense too, since WD
means 'water displacement/dispersing etc.'
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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Originally Posted by
JohnScott
Right you were, George.
For a while there, the ferrules were REALLY STUCK together. Even after resting them overnight, no matter how much pressure I used, they would not budge.
WD40 to the rescue. Applied a liberal dousing at the mating point with the rod almost vertical and let it set for about five minutes. Ahhhh .... that sweet "pop" with a minimum of pulling to separate the ferrules.
Cleaned all the ferrules with alcohol after wiping off as much WD40 as I could with a soft rag. When I tried the other tip - went together nicely, and popped beautifully when the ferrules were pulled apart.
John
P.S. The bent snake guide is still just a bit bent, but the foot went right back into the wrap so that tip section is still useable. Will get out the spare snake guides and replace that guide when I get some more thread.
Preview of Coming Attraction
The wintry weather we've had the past week, with rather cool temps and downright nasty winds, coupled with a miserable cold and cough that caught up with me last Tuesday, have kept me housebound the past week. Got a lot of rest, which helped, and had the chance to research some of the places I want to explore this year.
Nez Perce Lake in high on the list.
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At close to 9,000' elevation in the Lemhi Range, it will take a bit of doing to get to. The hike figures to be a little under three miles each way with an elevation gain / loss of about 1800'.
Besides the opportunity to see more of this beautiful mountain range, to visit another mountain lake that I've not yet seen, and to get some exercise along the way, Nez Perce offers the chance to catch grayling, at least as far as the most recent information I could find goes.
Nez Perce was heavily stocked with grayling fry in '82. Since then, it has been restocked with small numbers of grayling fry five times, most recently in '07. No telling how many or big the current residents are, but it is worth noting that the Idaho state record grayling came out of Nez Perce in '92 - an 18" 2 lb 7 oz fish taken on what is described as a "horse fly."
Probably won't be able to get to Nez Perce until sometime in July. But I'm keeping the topo map right here by the computer as a reminder of coming attractions.
John