ChrisK

Pete, He's a cutie pie Congrads !!

I love my Islander. Its the best reel Ive ever owned hands down. Lay it down in the muck,no problem. Give it a rinse in the river and its ready to go. Smooth as silk....

How time fly's eh Laz. I still love the picture of the smiling buck

Cool video...You got my vote

Very nice fish !!

Merry Merry to you to Mercman

Joey, They are calling for a little more snow this coming week but nothing like we just had so I think going be ok for a bit.

No worries Brian. Nice to know you care bud. Now if Carol would of panned back a little you would of seen the tumbler of Jack sittin in the eve troff Cheers !!

No worries Brian. Theres practically no pitch on that roof. Like Skeeter said, If I did fall I'd just land in a big pile of snow Twocoda,now you know somebody that has a trailer there Wayne,I tried to talk her into it but she said if anyone is going fishing today it was going to be her.... Hey Leechman, By next week the water should be coming down by the looks of the forcast so it should be a steelfest for sure.

I made it to the river today only to find two feet of packed snow on top of my trailer. The idea was to fish for a couple of hours and then tend to my shoveling responsibilities but the fishing part quickly got put to the side when I realized just how much of the white stuff had to be moved off the roof. The hole time I was shoveling on the roof I could here the river flowing by calling me out and believe me it was all I could muster up not to climb down and suit up into my battle fatigues and head to the water. The river was prime and weather was perfect but the clock was ticking away and not in my favor. Carol decided to come out of the cozy warm trailer and take a couple pictures Didn't even have to wear a coat today The river did look beautiful,too bad. It will just have to wait until next weekend.... Cheers !!

One from me

Well done Cliff. I think I'll be hitting the river tomorrow...

Forgot I had this pic,its priceless

Now that is definitely a show stopper sized rainbow. Your son's hooked now !!

Nice fish,great pics !!

Nice fish Aron. Got to love those mornings this time of the year. I like it when theres a light snow going on as well.

Your welcome Joey. It was very exiting catching those big bows on a spinning pole with heavier line for a change. My hole approach with the float rod is stealth using light line and small floats and such but this was a total 360. Hi visibility 8 pound test right to the bait with a snap swivel,unheard of....Just goes to show that they aren't as spooky as we may think in certain situations.

To lazy to tear down my rig but rather just walk up to the trailer about a minute up river and grab a spinning pole Ive done this with the float rod in the past but never done well. I must admit though it was a nice brake to fish with the spinning outfit for awhile. I was quite surprised how well the spinning rod took care of that big buck. The 8 pound test literally man handled him and with a whole different fight than the float rod. Kinda refreshing...

Nice handy work there Jacques..

Wow,what a find. Wonder how long it was laying there. Splashopper,was it warm or cold to the touch ?? If it was fresh we could of quartered that deer on the spot with a filleting knife and an axe after the MNR was notified. Nice rack too !!

Good to see you made it home safely Cliff. Next time you come up I'm sure your luck will be better. You weren't kiddin when you said you got that fish in the air Yo Kicking Frog,your on bud.Bring the video cam too !!

Weekend was cold windy but the river was prime. Water temps were a little colder as well. Cliff(CCMT)came up for the weekend to do some fishing but ended up doing a great job as my camera man. He did hook up with a few fish but they all managed to throw the hooks during battle. Thanx Cliff for the great pics. Just sorry I didn't snap a couple of you while you were doing your thing. Anyhow the weekend was a little slow. I caught four on flies and right near the end of our day Sunday(today) I had brain storm. I Run up to the trailer and get my spinning pole and the box of flat fish.Got back to the pool.Snap on a firetiger and cast it into the pool, whamo !! Big fish on!! Hit like a ton of bricks.Good fight ended up being a respectfull sized hen so back she went.I tossed the firetiger around a little longer with nothing else interested. Ok,so its time to change to a different bait. I hooked up this yellow Pingatee with orange dots and toss it into the pool. As I'm retrieving it back I get a solid hit. This time the pole nearly gets pulled out of my hands. Freight trains don't hit that hard,holy crap..... This is a hugo tank for sure. It tears out into the center of the pool taking drag. It starts making its way down stream to the fallen log in the river. I put on the brakes and hold him in the current just feet away from his destination to brake me off but he can't do it. My little 7 foot spinning pole is loaded right up and the drag holding the tank solid in place. He then turns towards me knowing he can't make it to the log and starts a beeline up the river straight at me. I frantically reel up all the slack line back onto my spinning reel trying to keep up with him. The fish goes by me like a locomotive taking drag again as he makes his move to run up river to the head waters of the pool. Not a good idea,the current is to strong so he turns and tears out to the other side of the river and goes screaming back down stream taking drag again to the tail out. He's tired now and giving me line. Rolling on the surface trying to make some kind of gain in this one on one. I get him closer to shore and he rolls again this time getting himself all caught up in the line and the Pingatee. Now the fish is coming in tail first and thoughts ran through my head wondering if he actually hit the lure or not. Do I have this fish fouled ??? Is it in his mouth after all this ??? I drag him to shore tail first and begin to unroll him from the line. The bait at this point seems to be in his chin but as I unwind the mono from around his head and roll him on his side I see the bait firmly hooked into his jaw,thank god !! So we take a couple pics and remove the hooks and send him back into the pool to join his girlfriend once again...These two fish came together within 15 minutes. What a blast !!! One for you Art Boy do I look whooped in this pic

Nice buck BRF I'll be headin out this evening for a first light fish tomorrow morning.

Hopefully all this rain made it to my Huron trib. If so its gonna be a slugfest. Good luck boys and girls !!

Todays the big day Mike. Walk in like you own the place