Western Clave Impressions

I've been going to the Western Claves since they started. This one was
fairly typical and had the stuff that keeps me going back - fine
fishing, good companionship, beautiful country,......

Like usual, there were some flamboyant incidents like "kerosene" Joe and
his astonishing, forest fire avoiding, pyrotechnics display; Wayno's
serenade to the young Amish girls that got us in trouble with the
campmaster; and various and sundry minor injuries, but most of my
impressions are of a more mundane sort....

Watching Danl work a rising fish for a half hour going through numerous
fly changes and finally landing it without spooking it off (this from a
guy who could barely cast a fly at the first Clave)

Visiting one of my favorite small waters where I saw some interesting
Brown trout behavior (and caught some nice fish)

Hearing about Bruce's vacuuming job on the Madison (but unfortunately
spending little fishing time with him). Bruce was even more "on fire"
than usual, fishing with an intensity that was impressive even for him

Finding out I could still make the hike in to Slough Creek (beautiful
place) without too much trouble

Watching Jeff become "of age" on the Madison

Seeing lots of wildlife that included moose, mule deer, elk, beaver,
white tail deer, muskrat, marmot, coyote, bison, bighorn sheep,
antelope, many different birds and assorted ground creatures and having
a couple fine conversations with a talkative Marmot and a taciturn Bison
(missed seeing a grizzly sow and her cub at Slough by about fifteen minutes)

Had a good time

Willi

Seeing lots of wildlife that included moose, mule deer, elk, beaver,
white tail deer, muskrat, marmot, coyote, bison, bighorn sheep,
antelope, many different birds and assorted ground creatures and having
a couple fine conversations with a talkative Marmot and a taciturn Bison
(missed seeing a grizzly sow and her cub at Slough by about fifteen
minutes)

Had a good time

Willi

Willi,
Chas got some good shots of the grizzly on Slough with his massive Nikon. To
cool. He should be home Monday and hopefully post to ABPF.
Guy

Isn't someone compiling a CD? I thought Danl made that announcement at
the Happy Hour but I just can't remember who the volunteer was...

bruce h

wrote in message
ups.com...
Isn't someone compiling a CD? I thought Danl made that announcement at
the Happy Hour but I just can't remember who the volunteer was...

bruce h

i have several images i would like to post, so please guide me to the
proper website.

yfitons
wayno

Wayne Harrison wrote:
wrote in message
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Isn't someone compiling a CD? I thought Danl made that announcement
at the Happy Hour but I just can't remember who the volunteer was...

i have several images i would like to post, so please guide me to
the proper website.

It would be really cool if Danl could compile the "top twenty" or so
photos and send them to me at timj at sbcma dot com so everyone could
see them. I'll display them on the http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics/
site in a place of honor.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
It would be really cool if Danl could compile the "top twenty" or so
photos and send them to me at timj at sbcma dot com so everyone could see
them. I'll display them on the http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics/ site in
a place of honor.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/


Well...errr...ummm...tell me again how I got volunteered for the CD
compilation duties.........Ah, nevermind. If nobody else wants to do
anything fancier, I'll be happy to compile any and all binaries into a
single CD, or set thereof, and distribute same to all contributors of said
binaries. Anyone else that wants a copy owes me a beer...maybe two beers. If
anyone wants to do something else, like a slideshow set to music or some
other multimedia extravaganza, please step forward. Contributors should
unmunge my email and send me an email stating thus so as to get an addy to
send said binaries. Please don't send them to my usual email addy as my
soupcan-string-soupcan connection will puke on anything over about 2k
bytes/fortnight.

Again, anyone else that wants to do a compilation, please speak up.

As to picking a Top 20, I don't think that there were twenty hero shots
taken of me with fish, but I could be wrong.....

Danl

Thanks for the compliment, Willi, but that musta been one dumb fish! It
helps to have two weeks or so every year to fish with folks that really
understand so much about "the great mystery", as jeffie would say. The brown
that was eating the brown that ate your fly was really unusual! Wish we had
gotten a photo of that.

This clave was another week well spent. The veterans were well represented:
Willi, Warren and his daughter, Jodi and his beautiful galfriend Sabrina,
rw, John Hightower (who will, by Gawd, get to Slough Creek someday!),
Charlie Choc, Bruiser, Mark Tinsky, Chas and Meg, the Jeff & Joe Show, and
others. The cast of newcomers was numerous and I hope they all had a good
time: The Marylanders; Frank "Floaties" Reid, Allen Epps, and Gene Cyprich
(sp?), JR from Oregon, Guy Thornberg, Bevin (what a hiker!!!), Robin, Asadi,
my buddy Harry, the inestimable Mr. Harrison Hisownself and his beautiful
daughter Rhee, and others I can't recall AOTM.

The weather was for the most part was perfect. The salmonflies had the big
fish looking up. The countryside was absolutely awash in the most amazing
display of wildflowers I have ever seen. The animals were out, some of them
were actually not ROFFians. Seldom was heard, a discouraging word. I saw
some new water and the old waters were kind to me. What more could one want?
I'll be back.....

Danl

....I missed the fire dance that Chief Kerosene Joe orchestrated and
choreographed, maybe that's a good thing.....





"Willi" wrote in message
...

I've been going to the Western Claves since they started. This one was
fairly typical and had the stuff that keeps me going back - fine
fishing, good companionship, beautiful country,......

Like usual, there were some flamboyant incidents like "kerosene" Joe and
his astonishing, forest fire avoiding, pyrotechnics display; Wayno's
serenade to the young Amish girls that got us in trouble with the
campmaster; and various and sundry minor injuries, but most of my
impressions are of a more mundane sort....

Watching Danl work a rising fish for a half hour going through numerous
fly changes and finally landing it without spooking it off (this from a
guy who could barely cast a fly at the first Clave)

Visiting one of my favorite small waters where I saw some interesting
Brown trout behavior (and caught some nice fish)

Hearing about Bruce's vacuuming job on the Madison (but unfortunately
spending little fishing time with him). Bruce was even more "on fire"
than usual, fishing with an intensity that was impressive even for him

Finding out I could still make the hike in to Slough Creek (beautiful
place) without too much trouble

Watching Jeff become "of age" on the Madison

Seeing lots of wildlife that included moose, mule deer, elk, beaver,
white tail deer, muskrat, marmot, coyote, bison, bighorn sheep,
antelope, many different birds and assorted ground creatures and having
a couple fine conversations with a talkative Marmot and a taciturn Bison
(missed seeing a grizzly sow and her cub at Slough by about fifteen
minutes)

Had a good time

Willi

ALrighty, this is a bit late, but I just joined the group so as to (1)
say a BIG thanks to all the ROFF veterans that made me feel so welcome
at my first Western Clave (especially Warren for organizing/hosting,
Bruce H who took me along, and Danl, Harry and Willi who showed me
around the park) and (2) keep an ear to the ground and make sure I hear
about other opportunities to fish with this great group.

Danl, I've ordered a pair of those nice Body Glove neoprene booties (sz
11) to replace the ones I left on your roof at the Yellowstone. Let's
hope they got picked up by some lucky angler, and not mistaken for
trash. Nonetheless, a new pair is on the way, so don't rush out and
replace them yet. I'll get your shipping addy and send them off to you
when they arrive. All my other missing gear turned up "found" so the
booties were the only casualty.

THanks to everyone and I hope to see some of you in New Mexico this
fall/winter.
Bevin

Hey Bevin, No need to replace those booties. I wrote'em off as an "Oh ****!"
Heck, I was driving the vehicle anyway.

It was great to spend more time on the stream with you than the usual Hi/Bye
that we exchanged at the SJ Claves. Looking forward to more of the same.
BTW, you owe the group a trip report from your Slough Creek adventures.

Danl


"Bevin" wrote in message
oups.com...
ALrighty, this is a bit late, but I just joined the group so as to (1)
say a BIG thanks to all the ROFF veterans that made me feel so welcome
at my first Western Clave (especially Warren for organizing/hosting,
Bruce H who took me along, and Danl, Harry and Willi who showed me
around the park) and (2) keep an ear to the ground and make sure I hear
about other opportunities to fish with this great group.

Danl, I've ordered a pair of those nice Body Glove neoprene booties (sz
11) to replace the ones I left on your roof at the Yellowstone. Let's
hope they got picked up by some lucky angler, and not mistaken for
trash. Nonetheless, a new pair is on the way, so don't rush out and
replace them yet. I'll get your shipping addy and send them off to you
when they arrive. All my other missing gear turned up "found" so the
booties were the only casualty.

THanks to everyone and I hope to see some of you in New Mexico this
fall/winter.
Bevin

"Danl" wrote in message
...
Hey Bevin, BTW, you owe the group a trip report from your Slough Creek
adventures.

Danl


hear, hear!
I'll second the motion

jh