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    Red eyed rainbow trout

    What kind of rainbow trout has red eyes? I looked this up on the internet and found nothing, zero, and yet here is a trout I caught from a lake in the High Sierra. Clearly, it does have smallmouth...
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    Fifteen pound test is a lot and could result in a...

    Fifteen pound test is a lot and could result in a broken rod.
    I'd use a simple piece of flourocarbon 6-8 feet long in 8 lb or so.
    The less weight you're castinn the better. If you can get away from...
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    I've got a sit inside, but no mobility problems. ...

    I've got a sit inside, but no mobility problems. Getting in and out is still tricky when the bank is steep. Still, it is light, easy to paddle, can handle moderate whitewater, and I can lift it on...
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    You can never have too many flies, or rods, or...

    You can never have too many flies, or rods, or reels, or.....
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    Whether stocking is a positive or negative...

    Whether stocking is a positive or negative depends on where and how they are stocked. One positive: Stocking catchables next to the road discourages the bait anglers from walking a quarter mile to...
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    I probably catch more trout on the softhackle...

    I probably catch more trout on the softhackle than any other pattern.

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    I'm with you. I don't see much difference in...

    I'm with you.

    I don't see much difference in their dietary preferences, other than the hatchery trout don't seem quite so inclined to take dries.

    Woolly buggers work well, and so do soft...
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    I had a bottle of dried up Flexament, and a can...

    I had a bottle of dried up Flexament, and a can of acetone used to take road tar off of my vehicles. Decided I didn't have anything to lose, so poured some acetone into the bottle, and voila, nice...
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    Dog on a rope!:lol: I wonder why that wild...

    Dog on a rope!:lol:

    I wonder why that wild coyote in the first clip had a collar?

    There sure were a lot of big fish in that little creek. It must have been a spawning channel.
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    What's all that white stuff on the ground? Here...

    What's all that white stuff on the ground? Here in California, we keep that stuff up in the mountains were it belongs. It's great for skiing, but not for fishing.
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    I've been casting flies from a kayak for a few...

    I've been casting flies from a kayak for a few years. I have a touring kayak, nothing fancy, but it will get me pretty much anywhere I want to go.

    Compared to a float tube, kayaks have...
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    I was about 12 years old, which would have been...

    I was about 12 years old, which would have been around 1954. I had a fly tying kit I got for my birthday, a 9' fiberglass rod, level line, automatic reel, and a leader that consisted of a piece of...
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    Great pictures! So, that's what brooks in the...

    Great pictures!
    So, that's what brooks in the East look like, the ones that gave eastern brooks their name. Quite different from the high lakes where they like to live here in California.

    Here...
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    The most important trout fishing river in the...

    The most important trout fishing river in the Fresno area in winter is the Kings. The kings River is open all winter both above and below Pine flat Reservoir, , but bear in mind that much of it is...
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