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Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« on: Mar 3rd, 2007, 9:41pm » |
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Can't wait for this winter to end.....
Just a few photos from Spring of 2005, when Ellen and I were scoping out the Pale Morning Dun hatches at Silver Creek near Sun Valley, a month before the season opened. The PMD's typically come off in the early season. Wish I could show a proper photo of a heavy hatch, because these mayfly duns, lit by the sunlight from behind, look like a flotilla of tiny boats with butter-colored sails.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
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And their harlequin eyes.
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It all comes to light in the sheer
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #1 on: Mar 3rd, 2007, 10:51pm » |
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George....You live in Gods country. 
Spring is just around the corner hon. Hang in there.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #2 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 2:04am » |
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WOW ! What a beautiful place to live.
Reminds me of my grandmother's farm. I am a real city girl, have always lived in big cities, except for when I was little and was allowed to go to my grandmothers farm during the school holidays. It was heaven !
Unfortunately the farm was sold after she passed away. One of my dream is to own a large paddock with horses.
Ah, dream on ...
Thanks for sharing, George.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #3 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 2:57am » |
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Thanks for sharing the pics with us, George! 
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #4 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 6:43am » |
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George that looks very similar to places here and in Galway in Ireland where I spent a lot of time while growing up with my grandparents - its beautiful and it brought back some happy memories for me
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #5 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 10:04am » |
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George - You're not making it any easier for me to rule out Idaho or western Montana as a place to retire.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #6 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 10:08am » |
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And you slid past Oregon BECAUSE????
Brew, you need to know, Oregon is the microbrewery capital of the WOILD! Then entire WOILD!
besides, we got nature and rivers, and, and.......a BEACH, too!
Just thought ya oughta know!!
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #7 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 7:13pm » |
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Nice stuff George, and all the little pictures on your posts you change frequently.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #8 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 7:50pm » |
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It will be here before you know it, then we will be wanting cool weather. Beautiful pictures.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #9 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 7:57pm » |
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on Mar 4th, 2007, 10:08am, Cathi04 wrote:And you slid past Oregon BECAUSE????
Brew, you need to know, Oregon is the microbrewery capital of the WOILD! Then entire WOILD!
besides, we got nature and rivers, and, and.......a BEACH, too!
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Cath - We didn't slide by Oregon. We're coming from the east, so we just never got there. 
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #10 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 8:07pm » |
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Okay, Cathy--a little Oregon for you. Oregon's pretty darn close to us.
Southeast Oregon, in the I.O.N. (what we call the area where Oregon, Idaho and Nevada come together). I usually drive over there in the very early spring, when the Lahontan cutthroats are spawning in Mann Lake on the eastern side of Steens Mountain. They run big, and they're as red as brick in their spawning colors.
It's about three hours from here. Nice drive. We usually see herds of wild horses along the way.
Strange place. The Alvord basin to the east of Steens Mountain is a dried-up Pleistocene lake, and it's totally enclosed--no access to the sea. Consequently, there are two isolate subspecies of cutthroat trout that live in different streams that wind into the Alvord and disappear--Whitehorse/Willow Creek cuttthroats, and Alvord cutthroats. They exist nowhere else in the world. In addition, there are isolate populations of desert redbands on the west side of Steens (inland rainbow trout) that are adapted to extreme conditions--they can survive in water that reaches 80 degrees F.
Here's Steens Mountain on the eastern side from the Alvord Basin:
As you can see, it's a ways from anywhere in particular:
The Bates Motel is in Burns. I kid you not.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #11 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 8:12pm » |
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Cutthroat trout ? Cutthroat ???? 
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #12 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 8:13pm » |
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on Mar 4th, 2007, 8:12pm, BB wrote:
Cutthroat trout ? Cutthroat ????
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I think it got its name from the deep red color inside the gills.
I could be wrong.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #13 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 8:16pm » |
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on Mar 4th, 2007, 8:12pm, BB wrote:
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Oncorynchus clarki (ssp.)
So-called because of the red slash-marks near their gill covers.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #14 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 10:40pm » |
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On my way.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #15 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 9:59am » |
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on Mar 4th, 2007, 8:16pm, georgej wrote:
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Thanks Eric and George.
Gee, I thought red gill trout would have sounded more attractive. Fishermen must have a pahtological imagination!
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #16 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 11:17am » |
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on Mar 5th, 2007, 9:59am, BB wrote:
Thanks Eric and George.
Gee, I thought red gill trout would have sounded more attractive. Fishermen must have a pahtological imagination!
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The red slashes (that extend along the jawline near the gill covers) are used in cutthroat threat displays. When cutthroats face one another, they spread their gill covers, and the slashes become prominent. Sometimes the threat displays escalate into full-blown attacks.
I've found the following fly pattern to be an effective wet fly when fishing for cutthroats--the Stayner Ducktail features an orange/red "beard" and tail of hackle tips. It's my belief that this fly triggers an aggressive response by hitting a cutthroat's hot buttons. Others believe I'm full of hooey, however. YMMV.
(Geez--I'm getting way off the beam here. I can talk about this stuff for hours and hours.)
Better STFU now....sorry.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #17 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 3:39pm » |
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Awww, you dont have to shut up, this is interesting
Are you telling me fish has colour vision ? 
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #18 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 3:47pm » |
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on Mar 5th, 2007, 11:17am, georgej wrote:
The red slashes (that extend along the jawline near the gill covers) are used in cutthroat threat displays. When cutthroats face one another, they spread their gill covers, and the slashes become prominent. Sometimes the threat displays escalate into full-blown attacks.
I've found the following fly pattern to be an effective wet fly when fishing for cutthroats--the Stayner Ducktail features an orange/red "beard" and tail of hackle tips. It's my belief that this fly triggers an aggressive response by hitting a cutthroat's hot buttons. Others believe I'm full of hooey, however. YMMV.
(Geez--I'm getting way off the beam here. I can talk about this stuff for hours and hours.)
Better STFU now....sorry.
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Nah, you're right on track, George. I had a friend a number of years ago who had estimated he had spent around 7,000 hours fly fishing. He tied flies during the off season for a tackle shop in central Wisconsin in order to make enough money to keep him in coffee and cigarettes. He listed his occupation on his federal tax form as "Trout Bum."
I find it fascinating anytime someone is that dedicated to anything.
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #20 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 5:05pm » |
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on Mar 5th, 2007, 3:55pm, Jonny wrote:
Great shot, isn't it, Jonny?
Vietvet sent me that link in PM as well. For the benefit of those folks who live outside the PNW, that's a steelhead (a sea-run rainbow trout) caught this spring on the Clearwater River in north Idaho. 44 inches in length, I believe....
One h&ll of a fish.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #21 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 5:36pm » |
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on Mar 5th, 2007, 3:39pm, BB wrote:
Are you telling me fish has colour vision ?
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Somewhat better than ours, in some respects. They see farther into the ultraviolet.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Re: Hankerin' for Spring (Pics)
« Reply #22 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 6:15pm » |
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Off-topic once again, but it might be better if Chewy stays away from the I.O.N....
EJ ran across this reference today about Owyhee County, Idaho when she was researching something else:
"According to Shoshone and Bannock legends, the Owyhee Mountains are said to be haunted by naked cannibalistic dwarves who have been known to kidnap people and eat them."
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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