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MattinSF
Aug 18, 08 16:51
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I was camping this weekend up in Markleeville. Beautiful place you oughta go there and bring your bike. Anyway I brought mine and Friday morning hopped on to ride to the top of Carson Pass....actually a little further, to Caples Lake. Tough damn climb at that altitude and I dunno how people do that Death Ride.
On the way down I stopped a couple of times in Hope valley to scope out good fishing spots on the Carson River.
Saturday morning I was up at 5 am and on the river with a thermos of coffee and my new fly rod by 6am. I was back in camp by 9am with two beautiful rainbow trout that were grilled that evening for dinner.
Can't think of a better way to spend a weekend.
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stl_triness
Aug 18, 08 16:53
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mmmmmmm....trout
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Aug 18, 08 17:11
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pics please
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MattinSF
Aug 18, 08 17:19
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jeez give a guy some time I just got home last night!
We stayed at Grover Hot Springs campground, which I highly recommend...though the springs themselves are really swimming pools and $5 entry is a bit steep.
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slowbern
Aug 18, 08 19:09
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Sounds cool. I don't have the patience for fishing, but I have always liked the idea of fishing. If I were to fish, it would have to be shore fishing (or fly fishing) as I can't be in a boat for more than a couple of minutes without ruining the next 2 days of my life.
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David in FL
Aug 19, 08 6:30
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I was camping this weekend up in Markleeville. Beautiful place you oughta go there and bring your bike. Anyway I brought mine and Friday morning hopped on to ride to the top of Carson Pass....actually a little further, to Caples Lake. Tough damn climb at that altitude and I dunno how people do that Death Ride.
On the way down I stopped a couple of times in Hope valley to scope out good fishing spots on the Carson River.
Saturday morning I was up at 5 am and on the river with a thermos of coffee and my new fly rod by 6am. I was back in camp by 9am with two beautiful rainbow trout that were grilled that evening for dinner.
Can't think of a better way to spend a weekend.
Nothing better than a good trout stream at dawn!
What were you using? What kind of fly rod?
Agree.....pics. BTW, those 2 rainbows make a
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breakfast too!
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
KenyonTri
Aug 19, 08 9:50
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I just got back from a very similar week fishing the Madison River in MT...can't think of a better way to spend a recovery week.
18"-25" browns abound, mountain scenery, fresh air...*sigh*
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MattinSF
Aug 19, 08 10:25
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I was camping this weekend up in Markleeville. Beautiful place you oughta go there and bring your bike. Anyway I brought mine and Friday morning hopped on to ride to the top of Carson Pass....actually a little further, to Caples Lake. Tough damn climb at that altitude and I dunno how people do that Death Ride.
On the way down I stopped a couple of times in Hope valley to scope out good fishing spots on the Carson River.
Saturday morning I was up at 5 am and on the river with a thermos of coffee and my new fly rod by 6am. I was back in camp by 9am with two beautiful rainbow trout that were grilled that evening for dinner.
Can't think of a better way to spend a weekend.
Nothing better than a good trout stream at dawn!
What were you using? What kind of fly rod?
Agree.....pics. BTW, those 2 rainbows make a
great
breakfast too!
I was advised by some folk here to pick up a Sage rod but I baulked at the price...when I buy nice stuff I need to know I'm going to get a lot of use out of it and the fly fishing hobby is experimental at the minute...so I picked up a $50 combo package at Big 5 Sporting goods and a couple of cannis nymphs at the Markleeville General Store that were recommended.
I haven't cast a fly since I was about 17 so I did spend quite a bit of time getting my leader out of the brush.
The river was absolutely full of 6-8 inch trout and I threw about 3 back along with the two I kept. Beginners luck I guess.
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David in FL
Aug 19, 08 10:39
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I have 2 Sage's and they're great, but you know, I'll bet that river was just as pretty and the trout taste just as good caught with that $50 fly rod!
Good on ya!
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