A buddy and I headed up to the park...

[GrouseMan77]

on Sunday morning with the wives in tow... stay with me here.

My buddy and I are very fortunate to have wives that share our love of the outdoors. My wife has fished with me every once and a while for a couple years now and our amigos have just decided to get their fly fishing feet wet this year.

I came up with a plan and a stream that would allow us to fish all we wanted, providing no one beat us there, without falling all over each other.

Tied on a stimulator and bhpt for my first attempt. Noticed a few small trout taking notice of the dry but didn't see this guy scoping out the dropper.
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Largest fish of the day and pretty nice for the water it came from.

Here is a time line of a nice little pool and a silly little rainbow.
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Chef Grouseman changing up the menu.
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Sophisticated Grouseman with the pinkie out.
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At the end of the day everyone caught at least one and and one of us caught a few more than that. We had a great day and didn't see another fisherman. Hope everyone had a great weekend and if you weren't out fishing...we were. :p
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[BlueRaiderFan]

Ha ha! Wasn't out fishing, but wanted to be!

[Jim Casada]

GrouseMan--The fish and the ladies are pretty (never mind the slightly unladylike behavior from the latter), and it sounds like a glorious day. I could make a couple of educated guesses on your destination but the ones I have in mind would not be locales where I would have thought you would have been devoid of competition.
Jim Casada
www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com

[nvr2L8]

Nicely done, GrouseMan. I notice the SJW - was that a popular menu item?

Gotta say, though: There's no tongue-sticking-out in fly fishing!

[GrouseMan77]

I notice the SJW - was that a popular menu item?

Gotta say, though: There's no tongue-sticking-out in fly fishing!

The SJW must be an acquired taste...only a few patrons were interested.

I can allow the tongue-sticking-out if there is no whining.

[flyman]

I'm jealous, that looks like a nice way to spend the day:smile:. I am shocked that you showed everyone the top secret killer pattern of all time:eek:

[GrouseMan77]

I am shocked that you showed everyone the top secret killer pattern of all time:eek:

I showed them your "top secret killer pattern of all time"...not mine. :rolleyes:

[duckypaddler]

Those barbie doll flies work as well as any yellowhammer, or green weenie:smile:

[Bran]

Looks like FUN!!! Wish I coulda tagged along with you guys.