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Canine Breakthrough
I've been bringing my dog fishing with me for awhile now.
In the past he was less than stealthy, splashing around and tring to play fetch.
Last week was the worst, he got into it with a "non-social" dog and was banished to the car.
I told him; "that's it, from now on you stay home".
Well this morning the two of us headed out as usual.
When we got to the river I layed down the law and he obeyed.
He stayed with me all day sitting on the bank watching me fish
We went to a river with good long, flat dry fly pools
He watched for rises.
He watched the drift of my fly.
When I caught a fish he was excited!
He understands!
He's a great fishing partner, he even prentended to be looking away when I made a bad cast http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
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Dudley, ... Hey, .. that's just grand.
Dogs can be great on the river, ...or a BIG problem.
A friends Chesapeake once DOVE right into the pool when he realized that BIG "logs" that were submerged were acually salmon. ... Needless to say, ... the Warden was NOT amused.
Luckily our Kenny isn't a "water" dawg and prefers to keep his feet as dry as possible.
A good fishin' dawg is always watching for rises:
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
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A well-trained, well-behaved dog is a joy anywhere....a poorly behaved dog is liable to be drowned onstream around here, especially if an angler has a huge trout spooked by it.
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My wife has raised and shown dogs for years. Her motto "Untrained is unloved"
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It is so wonderful to hear of a responsible owner. My congratulations on your well-trained dog. It's obvious that you care.
I get so mad when I see a dog or cat loose, just running around. So many of them get injured, sick, or killed by cars. It's also just as upsetting to see signs this time of year for "Free Puppies" or "Free Kittens". There are also too many backyard-breeders that go for looks and conformation and not take in effect genetic balance.
Far too many animals are killed at shelters because of irresponsible breeding and/or ownership.
My felt hat off to you, Dudley, for taking time, training, and caring. It sounds like you have a winner on your hands.
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I can tell you that from the vast majority of fly fishers with whom I associate..Leave the dogs at home...please..... I can't tell you how PO'd I get when someone decides to bring their dog to the river with them. Animals are curious and subject reactionary behavior..they like to check things and people out. Some of them LOVE the water and it matters not that someone is trying to catch a spooky trout in the pool in which they decide to take a swim.
Don't call me a dog hater... I am not...I have a dog and love him very much. He is well trained and well behaved. But I still don't take him to the river when I go fishing because I don't want anyone else to be bothered by his presence.
If you are fishing a private spot, which it sounds like you are not since other people had their dog there too, take him all you want. If there are other people who's fishing trip could be interupted in the slightest by his presence, leave the dog at home.
My two cents worth and I'm sticking to it.
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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.
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My dog Elsie loves to go too. She is part lab but hates the water. she just likes to watch. Pay no attention to that guy with the spinning rod in his hands. He was out of his mind at the time.
http://www.bishopweb.com/photos/data/500/lvcfish.jpg
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Sachel,
Sounds to me like you are a good and responsable dog owner.
Unfortunately, ... some are not. ... They tend to give dogs a bad name.
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
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I had to stop taking my Lab fishing with me.
I could handle it once or twice, but when he started catching more fish than me every time we went out, I just had to draw the line.
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Ken
I fish, therefore, I am... I am confused!!
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It is amazing what you can train a dog to do. My first taste was when a buddies lab had a duck (that we did not know was there) swim 2 feet away from his nose while duck hunting. He just watched him swim by. I take my dog every time I go fishing and he lays where I tell him. Now if I could only keep the other fisherman from bothering him.
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I leave my fishin' dawg Kodiak home when I suspect the waters will be crowded or we will be near a highway, and take her along if it's home waters or a remote area. She's so good (especially when out in the wilderness -- high alert and behavior status) I've gotten out of a 'no leash' ticket from the ranger before..."that dog is obviously under control."
I agree with Satchel, too -- my fishin' buddies are used to her swimming across the river every so often to say hi and ask how they're doing, but I'd be mortally embarassed if she did it to a stranger and disturbed their fishing.
Here she is -- quite elderly (note the gray muzzle), grouchy with other dogs, but good for a couple miles hiking and still loves to fish. She's carrying her food, extra fly boxes, a chewy toy, and my rain gear ;~)
DAN
http://www.otherpower.com/images/kodiak_signalmtn.jpg
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Daisy, my girlfriend's dog and my best fishing pal:
http://www.native-waters.com/Photos/...ges/daisy2.jpg
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Sorry to sound rather harsh about the issue but last trip to the White river I found myself trying to get away from a Lab from the neighbors house and he didn't want me to get away from him. He also wanted to be in touch with my 2 buddies who were in the same area. We had travelled 11 1/2 hours to get to the White and it just really makes for a bad taste when people allow their dog to run wild on the river and spook fish, which he definitely did. We didn't catch a fish until at least 20 minutes had passed after the dog finally lost interest and went back home.
My Dog Jesse, (3/4 chocolate lab and 1/4 German shephard) is such a good boy. I just really don't want to have to put the law down and try and make him stay out of other peoples way in order to take him along to the river. I go to fish, not dog sit.
I agree, if you're going somewhere that doesn't put you in the company of other people, or to a world famous trout river like the White, then by all means take the dog and the kids and have a ball. But if you're going to be around other poeple, some of who may have travelled a long way and paid for accomodations on the river to fish then it really isn't very nice to make them put up with your dog in their fishing spot. It's just a matter of consideration for other anglers.
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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.
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I'm pretty confident in taking Jack where ever I go these days. The field training colar I use pretty much takes him from 90% attentive to 100%; I recommend it for outdoor off leash situations.
Have fun
Paul
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GREAT picture, Paul!
I was hoping that fcch's pic would bring more dawg pictures to the thread.
A good rule: Always bring a leash, in case the water IS crowded when you get there.
I would add for Satchel, I would never bring my dog to world-famous fishing waters, even on a leash. Last year at the Miricle Mile in Wyoming, I met and talked to a party of 20-somethings from Singapore. They spent their life savings on the trip. I'd be upset too if a loose dog wrecked the fishing -- unless the dog could've netted that giant brown that I lost on that trip....
DANBOB
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Great picture, Dan. What mountain is that in the background? Backside of Mount Audubon? What I would have given to have a dog like that when I was trekking about above timberline! Our favorite was Crystal Lake. Not crowded during the week, great view of the stars, good fishing (sometimes we even put a fly on the end of the line.) http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/biggrin.gif
Diane
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I have seen a dog grab a hooked fish with very bad results. Heartbreaking was the dog with the treble hook in it's paw.
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Ouch, JC -- or maybe "aroooooo!"
Diane, it's Mt. Dickinson (left) and Mt. Dunraven (right) in the background, on the north side of Rocky Mtn National Park. No dogs allowed in the park, so we camped just outside the boundary and day hiked in to fish, without dogs, to the headwaters of the N fork Big Thompson, which are under those clouds in a 1000 ft deep canyon.
Dawgs got to help fish for the other 5 days of the backpack trip, where it was legal for them to be there. Brookies and beaver ponds everywhere, and even one endangered Greenback Cutthroat where the research said he wasn't supposed to be. Looked healthy, too, maybe they are getting a foothold (finhold) beyond the 'fishing prohibited' recovery area. It sure surprised us to see that big cutty down there amonsgt the swarm of tiny brookies...or maybe that's not so surprising!
DANBOB
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Chris, when is Kenny going to write a book? I'm sure that he would let you take the pictures to illustrate it. BTW, I'm only half kidding about this. Kenny's fishing stories are great and I would love a book full of them!
Ed
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Ed, ... LOL!...
Kenny has writer's block. Since he hasn't been to the river in quite a while, ... he just mopes around the house, looking at the fly boxes and pawing old fishing mags.
One f his friends, Jewel may do a piece in a week http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/fcch/jewel.jpg
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
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