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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:36 pm • # 1 
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Reading the great reports by the likes of Strummer and Roblpl made me leave the wood stove and snowshoe down to the stream to have a look around. Near as I can figure, there's 18" of ice and between 3 and 5 feet of snow, depending on wind direction and tree cover.
Better hit the tying bench...its only a matter of months, now. :eek
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:13 pm • # 2 
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We're miserable here in North Texas. 35-45 deg. weather Monday even better 20-35.
3 feet of snow and 18" of ice you can't even drill thru that. How much of the year are you free of ice? Owee, I'm miserable for you.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:00 pm • # 3 
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The stream I'm on freezes up about late november most years, but the fishing season ends mid October anyway. Season Opens again April 15, but lots of years there's still some ice around, and we have a snowmelt freshet that bumps the water about 6 to 15 feet above summer low and that can back up from the main river and take til late May to drop. That's usually a sign for the blackflies to emerge.They relent in time for the mosquitoes.
I can usually go upstream a couple of miles in late April and find brookie fishing, and there's often atlantic salmon fishing on the Miramichi River by opening day. And I often find my way to SC for a month in late march/early april so I can get some gill and bass fishing in. This year, I"m heading to Virginia for a couple of weeks in mid March; hopeully get some Blueridge trout fishing in.
So, what's good about it? Well, nobody lives here. That means a lot to me. And to my knowledge, I'm the only one who fishes the stream across from my place, for a couple of kms downstream. (not counting otters/mink/herons/eagles/mergansers/bears). So when its good, its VERY good. But all in all, I'd rather be able to fish all year round like you lucky folk.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:12 pm • # 4 
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Whiners... my brother drives a snowplow for the state of California and he sent this to me last week.
This guy is 6’3”

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:58 am • # 5 
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Haha. Cute. Tell him next time to get a photo without trees growing at the top of the slope. ;)
Still an impressive amount of snow, though. (Unless that's not actually your brother, but an 11" 'action figure' :lol ) - We have a guy here who takes pictures of his catch with a GI Joe standing next to it. Looks like a 300 lb bass. Or just Cliff with a normal day's catch :lol
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:58 am • # 6 
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wheezeburnt wrote:
Haha. Cute. Tell him next time to get a photo without trees growing at the top of the slope. ;)
Still an impressive amount of snow, though. (Unless that's not actually your brother, but an 11" 'action figure' :lol ) - We have a guy here who takes pictures of his catch with a GI Joe standing next to it. Looks like a 300 lb bass. Or just Cliff with a normal day's catch :lol
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That was ugly, Brent, I use Barbie dolls, not G.I. Joe. :eek


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:00 am • # 7 
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That was ugly, Brent, I use Barbie dolls, not G.I. Joe. :eek


...and do you shave their heads for added realism? :lol


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:27 pm • # 8 
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Brr.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:48 am • # 9 
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wheezeburnt wrote:
Cliff Hilbert wrote:
That was ugly, Brent, I use Barbie dolls, not G.I. Joe. :eek


...and do you shave their heads for added realism? :lol


In springtime I use chia pet grass for their heads. That way they don't look so strange when I send them to the beauty parlor.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 4:51 pm • # 10 
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:lol :applause


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:37 pm • # 11 
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Wow. You guys are just plain spoiled. Come june they’ll start digging out the road to my trout stream...
https://youtu.be/EAf8fv2sleE


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:25 pm • # 12 
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Wow! How does he even know where he's supposed to clear? :eek


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