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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11393 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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The only reason that I miss the Northwest...Thanks Grant...
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
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Grant Super Member
Joined: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 325 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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The fishing on the Quesnel River hasn't been good...water too high and rather stained as compared to usual at this time of year, but as you can see, we found other ways to amuse ourselves there.... ... The Blackwater has been very fun. Rainbows from wee lads right up to very respectable 18-19 inch fish all day long on dry flies. Tough to beat that for enjoyment, I do love fishing dry's. On average we'd each release 20-30 fish a day, but there were a few slow days were I only released maybe 5-6 fish.
Whitefish are one of my favorite target species. Most people here consider them "garbage fish", but they're out of their minds. They eat nothing but nymphs and fish eggs, very much like trout. Taste great, all be it they are a little bony, but a very nice white meat fish. They bulldog like a Brookie in the way they fight and have a real knack for wrapping you in timber. I fish them with a floating line, strike indicator and I tie a very heavy Brook's Stone fly Nymph for them, usually in a dark grey or brown.
I'm including a few pictures from this past weekend. I camped up at Ghost Lake in the Cariboo Mountains east of my home town. What a beautiful area, I'm going to be spending a lot more time out there after this past weekend. Probably take a few posts to get them all in....Sorry, I'm a shutter bug... ...Gotta love digital cameras.....
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Grant Super Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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Grant Super Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11393 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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Grant just LOVES making me home sick...Beeaauuttiiffuulll...
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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I'm with ya Bushy...absolutely beautiful, some of the most picturesque country I've seen.
Thanks for the pics Grant...but I don't know how much more Bushy can take mate.
I expect a heap of Canada pics from my daughter soon...she leaves for a 12 month holiday in Canada next Wednesday...hey, that's tomorrow. She's starting in the BC area staying at either Vancouver or Nanaimo (where her fiancee grew up studying Orca) then branching out from there.
Cheers, Vince
_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!
_________________ Mike
"I ain't no better than anybody else, and there ain't nobody better than me!" Ma Kettle |
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Grant Super Member
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Been a fun summer!...I love rivers |
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One could only hope Grant...I've been all up and down the west coast of Canada when I was in the Navy on a mine sweep.
Vince...Speaking of the Navy...When I was Chief Engineer on torpedo firing crafts we used to moor in Nanoose Bay up by Nanaimo. The Navy had a deep water torpedo range in the Georga straits...
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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