Doing Summer Time

[fishskibum]

"Summertime and the livings easy" - Bradley Nowell 1968-1996 Rip

odd summer
the early lock down had me lookin for new water
started floating the bear cause it was exempt from lame duck herbs executive musings
Continued cause + 30" pooper matter to me







averaged once a week bout 1/2 on the sup
1/2 in the drifty
1/2 with company 1/2 solo
i git a couple shots a mile and try to make em count

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[Jig-fisher]

Nice!  Great pictures as usual.

[fishskibum]

i like that ive seen more bovines than anglers

managed to put a few mirrors in the nets

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got a nice kitty to play the whippy stick take the sup for a ride game

totally different fight from the slow power of da carps
fish my usual's decker and the jordan

[fishskibum]

aint thrown the boat in much at willard nor score a wiper ths summer
#overharvested and #overpoweredsquaded
place needs a nowake wedsday and a no meat friday imo
but i do walk or bike the dyke on occasion and exercise the poopfish

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got my green float and be happy on a few times and troots game goin

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[Cowboypirate]

There is he - was starting to wonder if a monster carp took ya under to its lair and ya liked it so much ya just opted to stay

[WingNutt]

Nice pic's, thanks for sharing

[fishskibum]

There is he - was starting to wonder if a monster carp took ya under to its lair and ya liked it so much ya just opted to stay

odd summer cant say i saw a global pandemic, earthquakes, or the po po cars burning in the streets, nor my 78 yo dad needing to come live with us
At sum point ya gotta ask yo self
the furkids 3 now coming into his own as a fine member of the humane society and a solid piscatorial pursuit partner





with a lil help from his friends he became a pretty good swimmer this season

as one would expect from a dog who was bred for such

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we practice and live our beliefs

and hope

as fisherpeeps do
and rejoice when

[fishskibum]

You dont want it to be over but you know the seasons wane the pagan equinox approaches
the triple digit dog days of aug turn to sept and autumn snows
in order to bestowed an annual moniker
ya gots to dle up regardless
leavin the crib at 4:20  to get shut down in evanston weds morning sucked
as did popin an oar lock in red creek and donating it to the river gods
and chocolate milk vis
rest
#didntsuck
they probably did me a favor closin 80 that  day
would a been a spicy drive towin the tuparware moship


wasnt warm


spending time on the river with friends didnt suck

nor did camp

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i pulled the boat out thurs night
and was gonna play the hudgeflyfisherman dont choclate milk booze cruise card  and audible when fri dawned clear and the vis went to tea

loaded up

puts the groms up front


and headed back downstream


plied the waters hard had a few eats

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switched guides


#riverlifeainteasy

neither was catchin aspect of the fishing

but

#limitoutons
pleasure as always sharing the miles tween put ins and take outs

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as happens we reached the take out my bro  ran me up to my rig
made er to dino and the dispensaries' for 7 and starvation for 10
woke & boke early had the hog in by sunup and started catchin often


that time of year

got some bronze backs to play


pulled over climbed up the bluff and checked the back bay for targets
targets acquired rowed over and took sum shots


found another pod
3'er hovered but didnt eat then spooked the pod
the 1 hour windless window ended
but i managed a drift by hook up on another piggie pooper


was hopin for the walleye to circle the starvation slam bases
but eyes on the flies aint easy

[Fowl-Hook]

Looks like you handle those carp more carefully than the trout.

Keep the photo's coming they are Great. We will all handle our individual catch in whatever manner the situation presents us with, the range of different opinions on that go from don't catch fish at all to kill on site like Pike or Burbot, you were well within that range. 
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[fishskibum]

Looks like you handle those carp more carefully than the trout. Are you new to trout fishing? Wrapping your hand around them and squeezing them might make a good picture but isn't idea if you plan to release them. All good if you're a meat fishermen. BTW 1 or 2 carp photos would have been plenty.

By the way, I do enjoy your pictorial posts.  Great fish and great photography.  I also love how those pictures probably make hardcore troutophiles cringe.  Keep up the good work.

i try

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well yeah

took a summer vacation road trip as i always do
dark clouds of global pandemics
silver linings of potentials appear then disappear
a smith permit appears
and is gone
no #saltlife keys trip this spring
no poons 4 you this summer

the luau was always something i plan on
back when we were on lockdown and the wife said utah would peak mid july early aug, i was thinking im screwed
or one hell of a time to git out of the hood
My cali hippie bro Jose and i traded texts/plans throughout the spring and summer
Harry retired and id planned to fish with him this summer
So other than requesting a couple weeks pto from work i didnt make real solid plans
Joe got into town monday, i cranked out one last nofunday and headed home to pack
The  plan was to poopfish the bear tues
well given the choice of poopin in triple digits heat or rolling up n to elevation and being shown new waters
Joe picked green vrs brown
Im packing joes stoggie smokin and brown water sipping
hes bemoaning not being able to git a haircut
Id canceled some crown work to go skiwithharry at bigsky in feb, then the lockdown came my practitioner of dental arts cancelled my appointment
im bemoaning this packing and eating and i break a crown
So I send jose off tuesday morn to hook up with our bro saulminnow and go to the dentist to make sure i wasnt going to be dentally screwed in the wyo/mt land
he took xrays  cleaned it up packed some temp stuff on the sharp points and told me to go git the fish on
fur kid and i hit the road
legends and lore bound

rolled in bout 420

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a little nonsense never hurts

I met my bro saul on a forum "for those who fish"
hes one of them salt of the earth dudes who i kinda knew we were gonna gel at the 1st pm
he and his old lady met at the gold miners daughter bummed a few wasatch seasons then moved on windsward way
they have a cute little crib in town, but recently purchased a ghetto cabin and some land outta town by 1/2 moon and Fremont lakes to chill at and store the toys
nice spread

we settled in jose made pizza dough and whipped up meatlof for dinner

sheldons girlfriend Ellie showed up i got drug thru the gravel and the bitch friend zoned him hard

we got up and out early and headed up towards the winds

ran shuttles and got the float and be happy on

there were fish rising so Saul takes joes rod and says you need to hit the seam here and tosses to an eat of probably the nicest fish in the pod

one of those classic guide moments

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cool  but busy stick water

jose lit em up pretty well

junk tossing bum up front
not so much
blacklipsmatter

as does the rainbow coalition


i took the sticks and put R into a few

sheldon sheldoned

we got buzzed
but i was slow to git the camera out

Turned a few nice fish and stung one on the junks
did manage an eat

yup
matters
theyre natives
you dig

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we woke up early
i gave joe my national park pass he went that way
I remember a time in my life where i needed to fish hard and gits em before it was over and i needed to return to the happy idiot struggle for legal tender time
and 2 weeks on the road gives ya time to do that
with a lot of the little things you passed by before to fullfill the need to catch more fish
and an bigger outlook of a bigger picture or some hippie stoner crap i tell myself as an excuse for not fishing harder

i headed the long way back south pass style

to rendezvous with as hagen calls us mountain hippie one week a year friends in cody
The rendezvous of mountain folk has history and the luaus no different

It was pretty cool that an old timer showed up one night as the history of the luau goes back to the interwebular beginings as westwood camp in one of the og whippy stick fly flinging forums
0ver 1300 named lakes and  endless miles of creeks and rivers the winds have a lifetimes or 2 of piscatorial pursuits potentials

sheldon and i will be back
i gotta say hes a bit needy and a bit of a cupcake at times but damn this latest gods finally maturing gitin his chill factor on nicely

stopped here to git safe and look for risers

safe but sorry no sippers
stopped again here and swung the tailout in skunky futility

nobody home in the foam either

no poopers cruising on the res flats either

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stopped again
odaat

stoked to leave  zion and miss another  manifest destiny weekend i dont think ive stayed in town for a decade now

fireworks suck and are a waste of money

ya had to cross it if your on the western trail

pounded out the miles stopped to let the furkid cool down at the wedding of the waters after a 1 hour chip seal traffic clusterboogers outside boysen
one of these trips im gonna fish it
rolled into camp bout 420
again
jose beat me by about 6 hours
set up the tent to dry out and we went down to the river to git the swing on


connected with a few



lando and hagen showed up from their s fork float and harry made it into camp
taco night didnt suck

[fishskibum]

#spanseredbrandambasabum

more histories

mur fish pics

and more hr puppy stuffs

woke early rousted camp


super stoked dj came over from the hole to git the float on
from the jacksonholeairforce to the ShoshoneNavyFlotilla



fish got stucks

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Hagen went to lando guide school


rule #1
If you aint
#limitingoutonbiggrins
yur doins of the things wrong



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[fishskibum]

i swung up a nice cutty

hung out fireside and traded rendezvouses stories thc treats and
#tanlinesmatter

So finally after not partying on the carp slut for several luaus the stillwater call was made
hooked the slut to the 4 runner

the smokercraft to landos rig

and headed montucky way
past the wyo hemp farm

got the boats inspected and launched at yellowtail
lando gave the slut a quick test lap

gave it over to sheldon and i and we took off


we checked a few side canyons but they were occupied or windy
found a good one and they left to go fast burn fuel and sight see
Ran over the 1st pooper pod trying to figure out the pedal controls for the trolling motor
found some happies put the ballpeen craw where it needed to be and checked the catch a pooper on the carp slut box

 good fun fo shizzle joey drizzle

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the crew showed back up

sheldon decided to swim
it rained
we rode the storm out


met locals

[remo_5_0]

You definitely put some miles in this summer.

[fishskibum]

i dont quantify much in my life
it just gits in the way of the doings
but yeah i was blessed to do a good bit of piscatorial pursuing this summer
we exercised a few bronzebacks


we rolled back and there was some confusion and a need to quantify just how many adult beverages were consumed by the captains of vessels


once we determined that 0.0 x 2 =

we rolled home to mfga and swing em ups



and the professional leos went on patrol

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cool water and geography



i hope to make it back there
pizza night ensued

[Panchodog]

You are living your life right man!!

[fishskibum]

You are living your life right man!!

thanks i try
flyfishing and skiing have been the driving forces in my life for a while now and i try to pursue them with passion
lookin back my man van sums er up with better words than i

old man winter came again
i used to be a ski bum and ski almost every day and work all summer to support that ski bum lifestyle
i worked a lot  now played a little and fish harder and more often
the snow dog had fun








The cottonwoods canyons have become an utter traffic and iconic overpopulated poopshow that i dont have the patience for so i spent a lot of my time up north  at pow mow, cutler ridge and the

i never managed to finish this last summers trip report
but after the yellowtail trip it poured pretty good that night and the next morning the shoshone and most of the creeks and rivers were blown out.
went down with the spey stick but couldnt git em
drooped one of the crew off at the airport and headed up the bear tooth hwy  for a stillwater day
if youve never traveled it its some stunning stuffs



and a "if you knew your history" tidbit

[Panchodog]

Still living your life right I see.

[fishskibum]

next life i free the heal and mind and only telemark and spey the 2 hander

we ended up at a small alpine lake whose name i dont remember
and no jose did not git his grayling we came for
i had the state record sup grayling on but he got off
pretty lake reminded me of the unitas

killer views



a couple fish got stuck


not the most productive day of the trip but a nice change from needing to be on the sticks in in flowing water
we returned to camp for roll one smoke one eat one
eggroll night

tbc....

[SkunkedAgain]

Enjoyed catching up on that one... Very nice photo's and I learned a lot from those signs I never take time to stop and read... fun to see some beautiful spots... Thanks for posting them up... Jeff

[fishskibum]

im way better at startin than finishing threads
probably an add things
we awoke one more time
last time at this road home

ended as we started
went down to the river
to swing the 2handers
if youve never speyed
well dont start and you wont need new sticks , reels lines and pull flies out of your back

or learn a new way of making the far bank the near
then again big enuff lever ya can move sum fish

its an rhythmic groove thing

anchor load fire mend if ya gots to to git down but just let er swing
occasionally stuff goes tight and the long whippy stick dances
i should spend more time at it and im blessed to have more skilled friends who have helped me
i have well actually reddington now has my 11' sumthin "switch" aka lighter weight spey rod and im hoping they warranty it before we leave again and a scott 14' 8 weight when properly loaded and fired line cannon thats overkill for most troots
anyhow swung em up that morn







with our host for the luau scoring a nice fresh outta the res hen

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furkid misses his mom
so do i buddy but we gots another week on the road of piscatorial pursuits to do the doing of the things
We packed  up and hit the road. Jose went to stop and visit an intertuberular friend that didnt make it down
and Harry had gone home to take care of his fur kids and then head up to Craig to score us a camp on the Mo
i took the road less traveled