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July 4th
Let us all celebrate our Nation's
Birthday w/peace and love !
Just 5 weeks
till the DSR reopens (August 8th)! I'm already getting the
"itch" sitting here tying flies and prepping my equipment!
This Summer ,so far, has been colder and wetter than Summer's in
the recent past and I'm looking forward to an early start of the
King's and Coho's to make their Fall migration. Imagine sitting
on a stack of flat rocks just below the "Joss hole" waiting at
daybreak for the first tell-tale signs of that 1st King Salmon
splashing it's way up river or spotting a deer drinking the cool
water streamside. Feel the "rush" that you get anticipating a
salmon stopping ,just long enough for you to get up ,make a
false cast and then placing your fly perfectly and hoping the
fish attacks - fish on! 30,40 ,45 yards of line screaming off
your reel -rod bent to it's breaking point, an eruption of
silver and foam as the salmon runs and leap's to free itself!
Each August I spend walking/fishing the DSR renews my
spirit and allows me to appreciate this Great Fishery here in
Central New York! Stay turned for another chapter of Trophy
Angling...
This is a picture from August '07 that best illustrates
the above paragraph!
Here is a August King-hours out of the lake, pure Silver!
End of Season recap...
What an incredible ,awesome and
fabulous season it has been!! Stay turned for my updates to
resume in mid August!! Look for the Fall season to be
spectacular !! Thank you goes out to all of my loyal
Friend's/Client's that enjoyed this Great Fishery with me!
Here are a few picture's that represent the
last few week's of Spring fishing!
Bob with a real bruiser Male!!!
13 yr. old Ryan came from Los Angeles, California to
fight this Steelhead!!
My Good Friend, Mike Redlin was out again with me !!
Blair Cribb with a 14 lb. Spring Steelhead!
Ridley Levere with a Huge Male ready to spawn
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Chad and Jeb with a spring Female !
Chad with his biggest Steelhead of the season-every
bit of 15lbs.!
2 very beautiful sights= BillyJo and her Steelhead!!
Ever wonder why the Brown Trout are still in the
river in the Spring? look closely!
April 6th
Went to the
hatchery this afternoon and watched as the hatchery workers
harvested the eggs needed for our future fishery!
Here you see steelhead being sorted to be put
in separate tanks
The tank on the right has males that are being
sedated
The oblong tank is holding females ready for egg
harvest
The hens are stripped of their eggs and then...
The males make their contribution!
The fertilized eggs are now ready to be taken to
another room for incubation !
3-4 years later we have .......
Look closely- you'll see very large Steelhead ready
to spawn!
Ever wonder what a fly or egg sack sees just before
a Steelie bites??
 This
picture speaks for it self!! |
