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Richard_Cullip

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Fishing with Friends
Jan 12^th, 2010, 8:38pm

I had the chance to introduce a favorite winter fishery to Jon Stanbery and his buddy Ray last Friday. They came over the hill and into the Central Valley for 3 days of fishing. I met up with them on Friday and showed them two spots I like to fish at this time of the year. I hooked up a nice one on a woolly bugger but lost it shortly into the fight when the hook came loose. Later in the day I hooked up another big one on a small (size 22) nymph and 6X tippet. This guy broke me off on the first mad dash across the river. One of these days I'll land the big one

Jon stayed true to his first love and threw streamers most, if not all, of the day. He was across the river from me when he first hooked up. If you look closely thru the overcast you can see a nice bend on his rod

His first fish of the day was a nice big strong tugging sucker.

A bit later, I saw him work some of his streamer magic. He had spotted a couple of big guys in shallow riffly water. The water was only about ankle deep and it's the kind of water I normally just walk on by, but he spotted fish and went about feeding them streamers. Here's a nice one he hooked up and landed

His friend Ray got to work some water also

Ray and Jon, it was nice fishing with you on Friday. I hope the rest of the weekend was fun. I would have joined you but I had a better offer from my daughter and son-in-law. They invited me over for two more days of fence building. Two days of hard labor and 76 fence posts later, I made it back home Sunday night just in time to fall into bed.

Take care my friends

Life is good. Eternal Life is better!

Richard

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BradW Platinum Member Posts: 785 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #1 - Jan 12^th, 2010, 9:18pm Richard, That's the only way to fish. Friends and bend in fly rod. Nice looking fish. Jon always manages a nice large specimen for a picture. Brad
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xbill_y Diamond Member Posts: 2239 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #2 - Jan 12^th, 2010, 9:27pm Pop quiz... Which is bigger - the fish or the smile on Jon's face? Jon.. did you mange to make it to the upper?
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Ming Platinum Member FFF FFFC Yeah.."Fly Casting before Fly fishing" Posts: 503 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #3 - Jan 12^th, 2010, 9:54pm Richard looks like the three of ya had a great time on the river....Jon that is a lunker. Ming
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Wildman Platinum Member Fire... I Sure Miss You, Ol' Buddy! Posts: 1120 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #4 - Jan 12^th, 2010, 10:48pm Jon-where is the cowboy hat?
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Scott Mackay New Member Posts: 13	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #5 - Jan 13^th, 2010, 12:15am Richard - Jon / Ray / Darren ( Awesome Guys ) and I fished on Saturday. Hit Alta & Choinumni but unfortunately no fish !!! Maybe next time. Richard again it was really nice meeting you on Friday, hope to fish with you simetime ? Scott-
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stanbery

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Re: Fishing with Friends
Reply #6 - Jan 13^th, 2010, 1:37am

Richard

It was going t see you again on the water. Thanks for the report and pic. Just think only 19 more post to go and you will be done Cheesy

Jim

Forgot the hat in the car. Dumb move. My baldness needs a cover Grin

Billy

No I did not make it to the upper. At least we did not make it up to the dam.

Scott

It was great to meet you on the water on Saturday. You should see if you can make it at the end of the month to Bishop, you will have a blast.

Brad wrote Quote:

Jon always manages a nice large specimen for a picture.

I know this is going to sound bad, but Idid not even bring my camera on the water.
Thanks to Richard for the picture of my first(Trout) fish for 2010. The first fish was a 20 inch sucker. Roll Eyes

Jon

Take Someone Fishing

Jon from Palmdale.

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TECH Platinum Member one more cast Posts: 1124 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #7 - Jan 13^th, 2010, 12:15pm Very cool. The fish there are real pretty and big. Nice fish Jon
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Flyn Ryan Platinum Member Posts: 974 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #8 - Jan 13^th, 2010, 12:52pm Thanks for posting Richard. It got me back into the fishing grove! Cool fish Jon.
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Rockstar Flyfisherman Platinum Member Posts: 737 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #9 - Jan 13^th, 2010, 1:03pm I HATE the valley fog, but fishing in it seems like a nice way to enjoy it! Too bad the catching wasn't much better, but hey, new water takes time. Nice catch there Jon! Too bad I didn't know you were in the Fresno area, I could've given you an EARLY wake up Saturday morning. Thanks for sharing the pics Richard.
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Kern River Native Silver Member KRFF, SSFFC, TU Posts: 108 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #10 - Jan 21^st, 2010, 8:09pm Now that Jon guy has some serious lunker vision
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Tuna Platinum Member tight lines, cold beers! Posts: 827 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #11 - Jan 23^rd, 2010, 8:36am hmmm........that spot looks familiar ! sorry i missed ya'll. work, work, work........ nice fish Jon. as far as the upper, it's a tough fish this time of the year. drop me a line if when ya plan on fishin' it . Tony
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stanbery Platinum Member Posts: 1863 Gender:	Re: Fishing with Friends Reply #12 - Jan 25^th, 2010, 1:34am Tony Will do. See you this weekend on the Lower "O" Jon
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