Rpt: Crowley Double-Haul Tourny PICS added!!!!

[drmcatcher]

[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Rpt: Crowley Double-haul Tourny PICS added!!! Edit | Quote | Reply

Well I have no idea where I want to start with this report. So I know I will forget some things but lets see how it goes. [/size][/font]
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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Left Thursday afternoon and headed up 395 to Crowley so we could pre-fish the day before Double-Haul to see what has changed from 2 weeks ago. Well good thing we did because it was WAY different than two weeks ago. The fish moved from the river channel two weeks ago to right up against the shore of the Green Banks and fishing slowed WAY down. But Friday we found 2 spots of good biting fish, and it produced only a couple fish each so it made us all optomistic about the next days fishing and gave us a little game plan. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Woke up at 6:15am Saturday morning and tryed to warm up and get things ready to roll. All of us were in the water by 6:50 and waiting for the 7:00am start time. Started fishing and it didnt take long to realize everyone and there mother had found out McGee Bay had been horrible fishing lately because there was a TON of tubers stacked up in a small area off the Green Banks. I would say fishing was ok but the fish that were caught were good fish. So the numbers for our group come out like this: [/size][/font]
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Counts:
Ryan: 9 fish with a 18",18",19",19[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Me: 9 fish with a 19",20",21[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Ashley: 2 fish with a 19"
Cory: 4 fish with a 18"
Ronnie: 3 fish with a 19"
James: i think one fish
Joe: i think no fish
Don: no fish
Jerry: one small fish
John: 7 fish with a 18" [/size][/font]
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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Standings:
Ryan: 2nd Place Overall

Me: 3rd Place Overall

Ryan & Ashley: 2nd place team

Me & Dad(John): 3rd place team

Ashley: Ladies Champion

Cory: Kids Champion for 3rd straight year!

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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]There was 203 people in the tourny this year. [/size][/font]
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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]All fish were caught off Green Banks right next to shore stripping punk perch, hornbergs, and matukas with sinking line. Fishing was pretty slow for Crowley and ALOT of people didnt catch a single fish all day but the fish that were caught were nice size. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Prizes: Too many to name but it consists of Trout Fly Guided triops Orvis Reels, Okuma Helios Reels, Okuma Rods, Sage Rod, Costa Del Mar sunglasses, Gamakatsu Sport Knifes, Float Tubes, and many many more items!!! [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]Had a great time and couldnt ask for a better result as a group!

Counts:
Ryan: 9 fish with a 18",18",19",19Me: 9 fish with a 19",20",21Ashley: 2 fish with a 19"
Cory: 4 fish with a 18"
Ronnie: 3 fish with a 19"
James: i think one fish
Joe: i think no fish
Don: no fish
Jerry: one small fish
John: 7 fish with a 18"

Standings:
Ryan: 2nd Place Overall

Me: 3rd Place Overall

Ryan & Ashley: 2nd place team

Me & Dad(John): 3rd place team

Ashley: Ladies Champion

Cory: Kids Champion for 3rd straight year!


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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]There was 203 people in the tourny this year.
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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]All fish were caught off Green Banks right next to shore stripping punk perch, hornbergs, and matukas with sinking line. Fishing was pretty slow for Crowley and ALOT of people didnt catch a single fish all day but the fish that were caught were nice size.

Prizes: Too many to name but it consists of Trout Fly Guided triops Orvis Reels, Okuma Helios Reels, Okuma Rods, Sage Rod, Costa Del Mar sunglasses, Gamakatsu Sport Knifes, Float Tubes, and many many more items!!!

Had a great time and couldnt ask for a better result as a group!
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[Dryrod]

[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Hi there drmcatcher - and thanks for your detailed report. BTW were you all fishing from boats, tubes the shore or what? Looks like you had pretty good weather. 60ºs during the day and chilly at night. Are you from the SoCal area?[/size][/green][/font]
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[drmcatcher]

It is a float tube flyfishing only tournament and the weather was nice. Cold at night and morning and hot during the day.
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[tubeN2]

Nice report bro. Thanks for sharing with us. It looks like everyone had a good time. I hope you got one of the Helios. Those are nice reels.[cool]
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[Dryrod]

[cool][#005000]Sorry about missing the Tons Of Tubers statement.[/#005000][] [center][#005000]Can't imagine that many tubers in one place.[/#005000][/center] [center][#005000][/#005000] [/center]
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[drmcatcher]

Ya I actually got 2 of them, a H45 and H56. Plus Okuma rod, 2 rod holders, Cabelas gift certif., Trout Fly Guided Trip, Tackle box, Gamakatsu Sport Knife, Custom Fly Box, Costa Del Mar C-Mates Fathom Sunglasses, and a few other small things.
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[tubeN2]

Nice score bro. Way to go. I hope I can make it with you next year.[cool]
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