I'm no bird specialist, but that looks like a baby Robin to me.
Nice fish.
Nice fish.
Why did I wait so long...
To start wet wading? I recall some dang hot days years past even with my breathables. Then the routine of removing wading boots, trying to balance whilst hopping around getting them damn booties off, and finally storing the wet dirt covered mess. In more recent years, it's the nice quick dry nylon pants with zip off lowers, and wading sandals. I wear a pair of socks with the Simms grey sock guards. More often than not, the pant lowers are bone dry and the sandals most way there by the time I get back to the truck. This system is just too easy... only wish I had started doing so years ago. I'm going to see just how long into the fall season I can go 
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A few hours of fun this morning. I had dropped my camera case cover the other day and was almost certain I knew where. Found it on the way to fish and when I went to pick it up, this little fella was right next to it... holding as still as a bronze statue.
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I'll need to find our birding field books to see which make & model he is. Any bird specialists on the forum know?
There was a nice morning hatch in progress and a few of the locals were kind enough to play along. One slot was a bitch getting the cast just right... and this guy was only taking offerings within a few inches of the end of a branch. I had the sun/shadow in my favor and just kept at it getting perhaps 1 in 10 casts to the zone. These teasers are, IMO, the most rewarding when figured out.
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A couple bends down river, another soft water slot had some activity and yielded several more on either the Brindle or the emerger.
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By noon, they were hunkering down (forecast is 91F today), so I headed back. Hoot Owl not in effect this high up river, but no sense taking unneeded risk... just go early.
.A few hours of fun this morning. I had dropped my camera case cover the other day and was almost certain I knew where. Found it on the way to fish and when I went to pick it up, this little fella was right next to it... holding as still as a bronze statue.
I'll need to find our birding field books to see which make & model he is. Any bird specialists on the forum know?
There was a nice morning hatch in progress and a few of the locals were kind enough to play along. One slot was a bitch getting the cast just right... and this guy was only taking offerings within a few inches of the end of a branch. I had the sun/shadow in my favor and just kept at it getting perhaps 1 in 10 casts to the zone. These teasers are, IMO, the most rewarding when figured out.
A couple bends down river, another soft water slot had some activity and yielded several more on either the Brindle or the emerger.
By noon, they were hunkering down (forecast is 91F today), so I headed back. Hoot Owl not in effect this high up river, but no sense taking unneeded risk... just go early.
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He's even more stylish... wears them skinny shorts and his shirts un-tucked.And here I thought you were going to tell us that Swimmy shamed you into wet wading.
Damn... I liked the Meadowlark guess better. We've been watching baby Robins around the house for weeks now; no shortage of them. Also lots of Mountain Bluebirds (new to our list since we moved), Sandhill Cranes (their calls wake us in the morning), Cedar Waxwings, and, also new to our list, Eastern Kingbirds.
Beautiful fish, and report. Those situations are the best IMO....when you know you have a player, but it's on you to set it up right. Then when you finally get it right and they light you up.....I think it's humbling and fulfilling at the same time.To start wet wading? I recall some dang hot days years past even with my breathables. Then the routine of removing wading boots, trying to balance whilst hopping around getting them damn booties off, and finally storing the wet dirt covered mess. In more recent years, it's the nice quick dry nylon pants with zip off lowers, and wading sandals. I wear a pair of socks with the Simms grey sock guards. More often than not, the pant lowers are bone dry and the sandals most way there by the time I get back to the truck. This system is just too easy... only wish I had started doing so years ago. I'm going to see just how long into the fall season I can go
A few hours of fun this morning. I had dropped my camera case cover the other day and was almost certain I knew where. Found it on the way to fish and when I went to pick it up, this little fella was right next to it... holding as still as a bronze statue.
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I'll need to find our birding field books to see which make & model he is. Any bird specialists on the forum know?
There was a nice morning hatch in progress and a few of the locals were kind enough to play along. One slot was a bitch getting the cast just right... and this guy was only taking offerings within a few inches of the end of a branch. I had the sun/shadow in my favor and just kept at it getting perhaps 1 in 10 casts to the zone. These teasers are, IMO, the most rewarding when figured out.
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A couple bends down river, another soft water slot had some activity and yielded several more on either the Brindle or the emerger.
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By noon, they were hunkering down (forecast is 91F today), so I headed back. Hoot Owl not in effect this high up river, but no sense taking unneeded risk... just go early.
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