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Tiny Water Stalkers - what to enjoy besides the Boo?
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#702Great photos. I keep forgetting NJ has fishable water.Short Tip wrote: ↑09/08/21 13:26Wow, such lovely photos and settings. Many thanks.
After 55 years of brook trout fishing here in the east, it seemed time to stop fishing all day on a ration of crushed Nabs, a granola bar and some warm water. Besides that, mountain trout fishing is essentially a solitary pursuit. Stopping for an elaborate cooked lunch enables my fishing pals and me to hang out and catch up in person, even while social distancing. So here are a few sylvan scenes of fishing and overeating.
A typical pool in the Rapidan:
We fired up the discada one cold day last winter. Slow fishing, hot lunch!
Getting ready for sausage gravy over biscuits and hot fresh coffee.
It didn't last long enough for a good picture!
We still take a little time out from eating to fish:
Nature's splendor:
We are often joined by friends, that is Rupert (Headwaters) on the left.
Michael Simon (Afgantrout), Charles Jackson, moi, Ed Engle, Shane Fletcher, Andy Holmaas.
A little more fishing:
Tea break!
I want to be buried with my favorite rod.
I hear the Styx River has Fish.
I hear the Styx River has Fish.
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#704Hey Paul. Wonderful photos. Thanks for posting!! Jed
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#705Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it. T.R.
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#706very nice.. I see 3 different vintage stoves, recognize two of them ;-)Short Tip wrote: ↑09/08/21 13:26Wow, such lovely photos and settings. Many thanks.
After 55 years of brook trout fishing here in the east, it seemed time to stop fishing all day on a ration of crushed Nabs, a granola bar and some warm water. Besides that, mountain trout fishing is essentially a solitary pursuit. Stopping for an elaborate cooked lunch enables my fishing pals and me to hang out and catch up in person, even while social distancing. So here are a few sylvan scenes of fishing and overeating.
still have an Optimus for backpacking, and a Coleman that's older than my son.. who just gave me a new enamelware percolator to use on the stove..
last weekend, ran a trail race which was much harder than I'd expected.
Won my age-group by default as there wasn't anyone else mad enough to sign up. Now I'm the proud owner of a new cowbell, and not just any cowbell - a Moen Norwegian brass cowbell, made from recycled Norwegian military shell casings..
afterwards drove up the road a bit, to the N Fork of the North branch of the creek, which made for some tiny water. The few miles of National Forest access had a couple of pullouts, with a fisherman's car in every one. Found a few hundred yards of open water, good enough for me. The fish were the usual gorgeous miniatures,
That's a SB 290, in bad need of a new varnish job. I patched up the reelseat and tip so that it's fishable, fish now and the refinish is for winter thinkings..
It's perfect for the little streams, exactly what I wanted. Most of the time it's throwing a 10ft tapered leader and a foot or so of flyline ;-)
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#707Congrats on the cow bell and new percolator!!
Nice fish too!
Nice fish too!
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#708Photos taken yesterday while fishing a stream located on the east slope of Laurel Hill Mountain. I fish this one about every 4-5 years, but have only been on this low-gradient stretch near the valley floor a few times. Located in a wet woods, it's very different than most of places I fish--no rhododendron and mountain laurel, but it's home to a large variety of interesting fungus...
I visited this bridge on the drive home. It's suffered since the last time I was here; its roof braced with steel I-beams and poles. They take their covered bridges seriously in Somerset County, so I imagine it will get attention before long.
I visited this bridge on the drive home. It's suffered since the last time I was here; its roof braced with steel I-beams and poles. They take their covered bridges seriously in Somerset County, so I imagine it will get attention before long.
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#709Simply wonderful post Greg, as are all the others in this great thread!
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#710Looks like an all round great outing Greg.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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#711Short Tip wrote: ↑09/08/21 13:26Wow, such lovely photos and settings. Many thanks.
After 55 years of brook trout fishing here in the east, it seemed time to stop fishing all day on a ration of crushed Nabs, a granola bar and some warm water. Besides that, mountain trout fishing is essentially a solitary pursuit. Stopping for an elaborate cooked lunch enables my fishing pals and me to hang out and catch up in person, even while social distancing. So here are a few sylvan scenes of fishing and overeating.
A typical pool in the Rapidan:
We fired up the discada one cold day last winter. Slow fishing, hot lunch!
Getting ready for sausage gravy over biscuits and hot fresh coffee.
It didn't last long enough for a good picture!
Your cooking implements …Coleman 426 with oven, the Optimus 199 seen under the vintage Wear-Ever/Camet/ Revere -esque coffee percolator , and the Optimus 111…Just as classy and timeless as any bamboo rod in their own venue.
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#712Thanks RP, you have figured out another mild obsession of mine. I've been accumulating these stoves and cooking gear since I was a teenager. I guess you could say I started becoming a "collector" 15 years or so ago. These guys did not help!: https://classiccampstoves.com/ReelPatina wrote: ↑10/02/21 00:57
Your cooking implements …Coleman 426 with oven, the Optimus 199 seen under the vintage Wear-Ever/Camet/ Revere -esque coffee percolator , and the Optimus 111…Just as classy and timeless as any bamboo rod in their own venue.
I vastly prefer these stoves to propane appliances or the modern 50/50 gas stoves. No disposable can waste, operate in any weather for pennies, repairable and rebuildable, and just plain cool.
The stove in my last pic is an 8R, repainted. I do have a 111 though, love it! They don't have the safest pump but parts are easy to get and I rebuild it every couple of years.
Here's the 111B doing its thing alongside a Coleman "Lunar Lander". The Coleman was found with its matching Sigg Tourist kit.
Another Sigg Tourist, this one with a Svea 123 and the 199 standing by to simmer something. Happy cooking!
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#713I was driving through South Eastern Pa. fishing with my nephew, and he casually points out a sign for a covered bridge. Much to his surprise, I turn the truck around and head in that direction. My nephew is ribbing me the entire time why I would go out of my way for a bridge.Greg Reynolds wrote: ↑09/14/21 16:26I visited this bridge on the drive home. It's suffered since the last time I was here; its roof braced with steel I-beams and poles. They take their covered bridges seriously in Somerset County, so I imagine it will get attention before long.
Well, after we get there take a picture and drive across it, he got it. I find covered bridges so interesting, and a tie to another time. If I am near one, I go to it, take a picture and drive across it every time.
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#714Thanks for posting, that's a beautiful bridge...Lupalupa wrote: ↑10/02/21 09:30
I was driving through South Eastern Pa. fishing with my nephew, and he casually points out a sign for a covered bridge. Much to his surprise, I turn the truck around and head in that direction. My nephew is ribbing me the entire time why I would go out of my way for a bridge.
Well, after we get there take a picture and drive across it, he got it. I find covered bridges so interesting, and a tie to another time. If I am near one, I go to it, take a picture and drive across it every time.
I started visiting them while returning from fishing and got interested. Pennsylvania has more than any other state, and I've been to 42 of the ~200 so far. I'm planning to visit 9 more in Greene & Washington Counties next week.
I visited these in Washington County last week:
I use this to plan my tours:
http://pacoveredbridges.com/
This is more about barns (which I also love), but it's inexpensive and worth reading:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Barns-C ... 0486425614
Best,
Greg
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#715I am going to check out that site and book. I try to get to Pennsylvania several times a season to fish, enough to justify an annual license. I am going to plan on visiting the nearby covered bridges.Greg Reynolds wrote: ↑10/02/21 10:43
Thanks for posting, that's a beautiful bridge...
I started visiting them while returning from fishing and got interested. Pennsylvania has more than any other state, and I've been to 42 of the ~200 so far. I'm planning to visit 9 more in Greene & Washington Counties next week.
I visited these in Washington County last week:
I use this to plan my tours:
http://pacoveredbridges.com/
This is more about barns (which I also love), but it's inexpensive and worth reading:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Barns-C ... 0486425614
Best,
Greg
One further... Arlington Vermont
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#716Photos from an outing on a Laurel Highlands stream yesterday...
The drive:
The stream:
A sizable lycopsid fossil--they're common in these parts...
Driving home:
The drive:
The stream:
A sizable lycopsid fossil--they're common in these parts...
Driving home:
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#717It looks to me like you had a very nice day. Enjoyed the Covered Bridge pics again.Greg Reynolds wrote: ↑10/21/21 10:34Photos from an outing on a Laurel Highlands stream yesterday...
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#718Very nice way to spend a day.
Beautiful country
Beautiful country
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#719That 11 F Deluxe is sure getting some quality stream time!
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#720Thanks guys. Both bridges span Laurel Hill Creek, which drains the east slope of Laurel Hill Mountain. A third bridge crosses a few miles south. I fish this area quite a bit. It's a beautiful place to spend time.
The Deluxe is about the only rod I've fished this year. I'm going to put it up and fish a few others before things ice-up.
The Deluxe is about the only rod I've fished this year. I'm going to put it up and fish a few others before things ice-up.
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