jdm5047
11-09-2009, 03:22 PM
Well I must start by saying that I am thrilled to have rediscovered my favorite forum on the internet. I frequently checked my bookmark to the site, and eventually when the spam message was down, I decided to search and here I am. I only started posting on the previous SS shortly before it went down, although I have been a lurker for a long time. The diversity, quality and sense of community this site has is second to none.
So here is a brief year in review, as means of a introduction.
I started the season on some limestone creeks hunting these:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/3-15-09127.jpg
And landed my nicest fish to date on this stream and region:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/Copyof16-17inchwildbrownonasize20BW.jpg
Later in the spring, I explored a few places like this:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/4-18-09018.jpg
...and this:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/pocketwater.jpg
to find some little gems, like these guys:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/4-18-09003.jpg
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/healthywildrainbow.jpg
My fishing time slowed as summer set in but I did manage to sneak away to the Ausable in MI for the Hexagenia hatch.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/WestminsterChurchCamp.jpg
And managed to find time to explore some small streams while up there:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/CabinsatHoughtonrevisited.jpg
Which brings us to now, late Fall with winter right around the bend. I am in my final semester of college and have been catching "super-senioritis" thanks to hunting steelhead. Surprisingly, where I am at, these fish are caught out of creeks not much larger than a small native stream.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/Copyofphoto1.jpg
And just recently, these have been turning up in the creeks right next to the steelhead:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/photo3-1.jpg
I could have done more fishing, and should have. I guess that is how it always is, though. Graduating is certainly going to free up fishing time this spring, save for my job hunt. I look forward to posting here in the future, as well as reading and keeping up with everyone's fishing experiences. A huge thank you to the mods and admins that brought back my favorite fishing board on the web.
~Jason
So here is a brief year in review, as means of a introduction.
I started the season on some limestone creeks hunting these:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/3-15-09127.jpg
And landed my nicest fish to date on this stream and region:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/Copyof16-17inchwildbrownonasize20BW.jpg
Later in the spring, I explored a few places like this:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/4-18-09018.jpg
...and this:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/pocketwater.jpg
to find some little gems, like these guys:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/4-18-09003.jpg
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/healthywildrainbow.jpg
My fishing time slowed as summer set in but I did manage to sneak away to the Ausable in MI for the Hexagenia hatch.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/WestminsterChurchCamp.jpg
And managed to find time to explore some small streams while up there:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/CabinsatHoughtonrevisited.jpg
Which brings us to now, late Fall with winter right around the bend. I am in my final semester of college and have been catching "super-senioritis" thanks to hunting steelhead. Surprisingly, where I am at, these fish are caught out of creeks not much larger than a small native stream.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/Copyofphoto1.jpg
And just recently, these have been turning up in the creeks right next to the steelhead:
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu305/flyfishingjason/photo3-1.jpg
I could have done more fishing, and should have. I guess that is how it always is, though. Graduating is certainly going to free up fishing time this spring, save for my job hunt. I look forward to posting here in the future, as well as reading and keeping up with everyone's fishing experiences. A huge thank you to the mods and admins that brought back my favorite fishing board on the web.
~Jason