Bad Fish Pics

We do a lot for our guests, including teaching them how to hold a fish. Some people just can't get it right however. Here is a collection of bad fish pics.

Let's start with some classics.

The "Upside Down" 

The "Upside Down Belly Shot"

The "Popsicle"

The "Belly Shot Popsicle"

The "Inverted Belly Shot Popsicle"

The "Wiggler"

The "Squiggler"

The "Dropsy"

The "Flopsy"

The "I Don't Want To Touch It"

The "I'm Not So Sure About This"

The "Hands To Far In"

The "Hands To Far Out"

The "All Hands On Deck"

The "Death Grip"

The "Thumb Shot"

The "Smuggler"

This one is popular.

The "Back-Hander"

The "Nice Back-Hander"

The "Double Back-Hander"

The "Back-Hander"

To the "Front Hander"

No

Yes

Nope

Yep

NOOOO

Yes

No

No

Sort Of

Come

On

You

Can

NOOOO

This guy nails them all.

That Poor Fish.

Let's get dirty.

With the "I'm Going To Kiss you"

The "I'm Going To Eat YOU"

The "Clapper"

The "Knuckler"

The "Mine Is Bigger Than Yours"

The "Oh No It's Not"

The "Happiest Fish Of A Lifetime Shot"

The "Safety First"

This one just makes me smile.

This is how it's done folks.

Look.

It can even be done two at a time.

Not to be hypocritical, but hold them low and let them go. Wet hands protect a trouts' slime coating, and the warmer the water the quicker the release.

That's How You Do It!

I had a great trip the other day. A grand father took his two grand kids fishing. He took them personally a few days earlier back in Texas for Piggy Perch, and then booked a trip with me for a half day of trout fishing. The morning started slow, but we started catching them eventually. Granddad was great having me concentrate on the boys. One started catching more fish than the other causing some animosity, but things evened up in the end. On to the good stuff. One of the grand kids was afraid to touch the fish so I kind of held the fish up for some photos. Then in the bottom of the ninth the kid that was down one fish to his cousin started giving it his all. In fact he went all the way into the water filling his waders up. Upon standing up there was a fish on the end of his line, his third species of the day and the game tying run. That's how you do it! This was actually the second time someone has fallen in and caught a fish... so funny. I told them it would be a memory for a lifetime.

If you look close you can see he is dripping wet.

Snowmofishing

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Winter Is Here

The guiding season is winding down, I am still at it a few days a week, but it's time to start writing some more. I have lots to write about; famous peeps, saving someones life, and more. I'll start you out however with a little video of my wife showing how it's done.
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SUCCESS

Finally, I got a Tiger Musky here in Colorado. After at least a dozen attempts at Harvey Gap and Clear Creek Reservoir the Gap produced. I know he's just a little feller, but an accomplishment none the less. I actually caught him off a stand up paddle board. Can't say it was amazing angling. I was about to blow onto shore and I flipped my large black bunny strip to the side of my board with my left hand so I could paddle with my right. (I'm right handed). Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Musky sitting there with my fly in its' mouth. All I had to do was jerk the rod. I couldn't strip because the paddle was in my other hand. Luckily I'm ambidextrous, and only had ten feet of line out. I missed two other strikes, couldn't tell if they were Skies or Pike. I was able to put together a pattern though. Fish were holding on wind blown banks with submerged vegetation. To get bit the fly had to be held stationary for a few seconds. My wife and I had celebratory cheese burgers at the new Culvers in Glenwood Springs afterwards... Delicious. My next goal is a big Tiger Musky out of CCR. Wish me luck, the first one only took three years.

       It's a sad thing the state is going to drain Harvey Gap, destroying all fish. Saving the native species in the Colorado River seems a bit fishy to me. Politics! If anyone knows who to contact so I can file a grievance please share.

      On a side note, the Crappie fishing has been great at The Gypsum Ponds. I know there are Smallmouth Bass in there too. The State better do something about that.