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Bookend TR
A couple days of rain and moderating temps have lessened the smoke so it's time for one more trip to put a wrap on the season. Once again, the neighborhood turkeys are there to see me off
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Nice to actually see the sky again
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Fires in the Park are still going strong, though; here's the one at Paola, just outside on the southern flank
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Clear sailing at the pass
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Still a few spots open at the campground; base camp established so it's time to go fishing. Lots of trico spinners flying around but by the time I get rigged up that's pretty much over so I head for a hopper/dropper spot
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She could show me a thing or two about fishing
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But I manage to stumble across some brown fish anyway
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Who show a preference for pink
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Evenings and I find heads up on something
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Turns out to be trico duns
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of which I have none, and they definitely don't want the spinner; finally find something approximate (a greased softhackle)
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Which finds it's way in front of one stupid fish
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Next few days it's chasing heads/bankfeeders in the morning during the spinner fall
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Hoppers in the afternoon, and trying to coax them into eating the wrong flies in the evening (mostly softhackles). The caddis are very active but I can't seem to find too many fish looking up for them, or I'm just timing it wrong (don't seem to be on the same schedule as the emergence in Aug)
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Weeds are present, but manageable, until the last morning when every fish I hook burrows in like a muskrat; 6x tippet, while necessary = popoffs
Time to leave the flooded parking lot and head for some different water. Get the trailer set up again and enjoy the view (every time I step out for a photo, the mosquitos take a pint of blood)
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Hooter on the crapper
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Next morning I take a quick spin around the grounds; cruising for protein
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Interrupt a Merlin eating breakfast (sorry for the crappy windshield pic; forgot to turn the flash off and everything smeared)
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I'm guessing either a Wilson's warbler or Common Yellowthroat (many sighted this morning)
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Back thru the big gap
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Stiffy at Two Med (with respects to Ivan Doig)
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Nearly t-bone a black bear coming around a corner, luckily his brakes were in good working order. Decide to take a little rest and explore the possibilities
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Speck
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A bit cool and they're not jumping at everything I throw; this works as well as anything
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Home stretch, heading for the barn
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Regards,
Scott
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thanks scott, great trip and wonderful pix ! We surely do enjoy your reports and tying sequences
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MANY thanks Scott......GRAND report!
....lee s.