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Trout Bum · Jul 18, 2015

prubey00 said:
You should make a trip up here, there is also many beautiful golf courses in Northern Michigan, Forest Dunes is a top 100 national course and is about 10 minutes from the Au Sable.

I'm hoping to make it up there one day, I've heard so many good things about the trout fishing up there and now the golf has me intrigued. How's the weather in the fall?

prubey00 · Jul 19, 2015

Usually in the 50's but who knows. We have had snow storms in October, I have also played golf on Christmas Eve! The fall in Michigan is beautiful though, with the trees changing colors you won't find a much more scenic place!

widespot · Jul 30, 2015

Spent last weekend on the stream. I needed a break from golf. I had to relearn how to NOT keep score.

EaglevsFalcon · Jul 30, 2015

widespot said:
Spent last weekend on the stream. I needed a break from golf. I had to relearn how to NOT keep score.

I did the same. Two days of fishing in a row and it was fantastic to be on the water again. I still keep score though lol

jrex1434 · Aug 10, 2015

It's about time for Michigan's Fall Salmon run on the west side of the state, I have been seeing pictures of a few river kings getting caught already and now the itch is on! There is nothing like having a 20+ lb Chrome King smash a 6" streamer

Trout Bum · Aug 11, 2015

I'm heading to some good water this weekend for some much needed R&R, the last few months have been filled with nonstop travel and very long days and tomorrow I'll finally be home for some consecutive days. I'll post some pics, the trout will be small but they will be wild and full of beautiful color. Nothing like Bamboo and coffee on a trout stream.

Trout Bum · Aug 30, 2015

A couple from my last trip to the hills

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Trout Bum · Aug 30, 2015

The Big boy!!
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T2GRN18 · Aug 30, 2015

Nothing has the color that a native brook trout. Great day on the stream Trout!

widespot · Aug 30, 2015

Looks good. Been spending more time on the stream myself here in the driftless.

EaglevsFalcon · Aug 30, 2015

Wow! The rare eastern wild rainbow!!! Those are rather hard to come by out there! Great catch!

Trout Bum · Aug 31, 2015

EaglevsFalcon said:
Wow! The rare eastern wild rainbow!!! Those are rather hard to come by out there! Great catch!

In the Smokies they are the primary species in most of the streams, we have Browns down low and Brookies higher up just like you guys but you guys have the Cuts. I've been dying to get out west and hit some of those streams in the Rockies.

Johnny mojo · Aug 31, 2015

Beautiful Marc!

JM

royalwulff · Aug 31, 2015

Trout Bum said:
I think it was John Muir that said the mountains are calling and I must go lol, that's exactly how it goes down. There's a nice Cahill hatch on the Oconoluftee that is small but just perfect.

What's everyone's go to fly when on new water? I usually use a 16 or 18 tan caddis with a size 18 pheasant tail nymph dropper. It proves to be pretty successful more often that not until I get the bugs figured out.

royalwulff, hopper or caddis on the arkansas and bwo, wulff, trico on the platte

royalwulff · Aug 31, 2015

what kind of bamboo you got there troutbum?

Trout Bum · Aug 31, 2015

royalwulff said:
what kind of bamboo you got there troutbum?

That one is a 7"4 4 weight built by a guy in boiling springs PA named Bill Dekkle, it was his first build and I've had it for many years. I have a cane T&T 7"6 4 wt classic that is a great dry fly rod and I'll use it for spinner falls or midges in the fall.

I have some graphite but for some reason the slow lazy motion of bamboo just simply brings me to a comfortable place on the water.

royalwulff · Aug 31, 2015

I just bought a South Bend off ebay and am eyeballing a Hardy.

Trout Bum · Aug 31, 2015

royalwulff said:
I just bought a South Bend off ebay and am eyeballing a Hardy.

Awesome, I'm a fan of the southbend rods, really underrated. I don't know much about Hardy other than the reels but from the little I've read about the rods they sound fantastic. What is your primary rod out there? how big is the water?

EaglevsFalcon · Sep 2, 2015

Trout Bum said:
Awesome, I'm a fan of the southbend rods, really underrated. I don't know much about Hardy other than the reels but from the little I've read about the rods they sound fantastic. What is your primary rod out there? how big is the water?

Usually need a fast action 5wt on the bigger water out here due to the wind. I have a 3wt for the smaller high mountain streams. Can get water anywhere from trickles with beaver pond after beaver pond to rivers 100+ feet wide. You can find any stream type you like out here pretty much.

royalwulff · Sep 9, 2015

EaglevsFalcon said:
Usually need a fast action 5wt on the bigger water out here due to the wind. I have a 3wt for the smaller high mountain streams. Can get water anywhere from trickles with beaver pond after beaver pond to rivers 100+ feet wide. You can find any stream type you like out here pretty much.

gotta agree with this here. My go to rod is a Winston IM6,but really looking forward to getting my Southbend wet.

EaglevsFalcon · Sep 23, 2015

Had nobody to golf with in Denver yesterday coupled with some brutal traffic on I-70 going into the mountain so I decided to get lost in the mountains and find a spot to fish. After a couple of hours traversing some pretty gnarly single lane dirt roads, I stumbled up South Boulder Creek near the Historic Moffat Railroad Tunnel.

I only fished here for about 20 minutes and caught one small brownie.

Next, I headed farther north and found Middle Boulder Creek at the base of Indian Peaks Wilderness. This spot was right in my wheelhouse so I fished it for a couple of hours. I caught a pile of nice brookies and a few cutts too.

This is maybe the prettiest brookie I've caught

For an audible, this was a heck of a good trip!

Good Stuff · Sep 23, 2015

Very nice!

Trout Bum · Sep 23, 2015

Good stuff dude, beautiful fish up there and that brookie is coming into som fine fall color

widespot · Sep 24, 2015

EaglevsFalcon said:
Had nobody to golf with in Denver yesterday coupled with some brutal traffic on I-70 going into the mountain so I decided to get lost in the mountains and find a spot to fish. After a couple of hours traversing some pretty gnarly single lane dirt roads, I stumbled up South Boulder Creek near the Historic Moffat Railroad Tunnel.

I only fished here for about 20 minutes and caught one small brownie.

Next, I headed farther north and found Middle Boulder Creek at the base of Indian Peaks Wilderness. This spot was right in my wheelhouse so I fished it for a couple of hours. I caught a pile of nice brookies and a few cutts too.

This is maybe the prettiest brookie I've caught

For an audible, this was a heck of a good trip!

Nice fish and water. I love it out there.

widespot · Oct 4, 2015

Season is winding down here, but made it out for a really good BWO hatch yesterday. Great day.

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