Dave-
You're very welcome. Gonna tell my wife about the
story of your trip, she'll love it. Best of luck to
you and your bride to be.
-John
--- Dave Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No I went into the FlyBox in bend, by the way Shane
> did a great job out
> of Numb-Butt! Thanks for the help before the trip!
>
>
> Dave Wilson
> http://www.wilsonsworld.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> On Behalf Of John Martinez
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: FW: Deschutes Trip Report
>
> Dave-
>
> Super awesome. What a great story. Congratulations!
> Was going to send you an email asking how you had
> done. Come back for your honeymoon or any old time.
>
> -John
> Madras, OR
>
> BTW, was the flyshop in Bend "The Patient Angler"?
>
>
> --- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Congratulations, Dave. Helluva way to propose
> > marriage. I'd say that you
> > got yourself a "KEEPER"
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > Dave Wilson
> > >
> > > http://www.wilsonsworld.org
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 2:18 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Deschutes Trip Report
> > >
> > > Ok folks,
> > >
> > > I'm back from my most interesting trip of the
> year
> > (at least for me!).
> > > I started fishing the Deschutes River on Friday
> > the 13th (was that
> > > bad? ...stay tuned) My girl friend and I started
> > off fishing the Mecca
> > > Flats area just down river from the town of
> > Madris. We were drifting
> > > nymphs and swinging soft hackles in all of the
> > easier places to wade
> > > as she doesn't much like trying to find footing
> in
> > fast water among
> > > the rocks. It didn't take long to figure out
> that
> > the 8 foot 3 wt.
> > > that she was using wasn't going to have enough
> > backbone to adequately
> > > fish the big water that we had, so we shared my
> 5
> > wt. for a while.
> > > After a few hours of fruitless casting, we went
> > back into town to
> > > check out the local fly shops and to look for
> > other places to fish. We
> > > headed up River to the town of Bend where we
> were
> > staying at a local
> > > B&B, and we saw a fly shop there to check out.
> > Inside we found out
> > > that Powell Rod Co is going out of business and
> > all their rods
> > > happened to be on sale. I checked out all the
> > casting toys they had
> > > and finally settled on a T&T Horizon, while the
> > girlfriend picked up a
> > > set of waders for herself that actually fit
> well.
> > Before we left I
> > > picked up a very stylish cordura covered fly box
> > that played a huge
> > > part in the evenings fishing. So, armed with new
> > goodies we headed off
> > > to Sawyer Park in the middle of town and started
> > wading and casting.
> > > After watching her cast for some time, I told
> her
> > that if the next
> > > cast looked great, she could use a fly out of my
> > "special" fly box...
> > > (just wait). Well the next cast came and it
> looked
> > great, I handed her
> > > the new cool fly box and without opening it, she
> > stuck it in the top
> > > of her waders and kept fishing. I told her to
> open
> > the box and she
> > > reluctantly handed over her rod and looked
> inside.
> > To her surprise she
> > > didn't see any flys so she closed it up (all
> this
> > with out taking her
> > > eyes off of her fly on the water). I asked
> (TOLD)
> > her to open the box
> > > and look again, she did and found the wedding
> ring
> > that was nestled
> > > inside. I asked her then, with the sunset giving
> a
> > lightshow on the
> > > bottoms of the clouds, for her hand, and she
> > accepted. An interesting
> > > aside.... While I was holding both rods and
> > nervously fidgeting (and
> > > sweating bullets), I looked down to see that I
> had
> > been roll casting
> > > both rods at the same time, one in each hand....
> > As soon as I noticed
> > > what I was doing I promptly tangled them
> together.
> > >
> > > The next few days were a mix of fishing and
> sight
> > seeing around
> > > central Oregon, and we fished the Metolious and
> > Deschutes in various
> > > places. We hired a guide and boat for our last
> day
> > on Tuesday only to
> > > find out that the water was still too warm due
> to
> > a heat wave that had
> > > been ongoing for a while and the fish were off
> the
> > bite. We still
> > > spent a full day on the water starting pre-dawn
> > and ending when the
> > > wind came up too strong to cast into around 7
> pm.
> > A full day casting
> > > an 8wt leaves you feeling it the next day I
> found
> > out. The guide we
> > > had, Shane out of the Numb-Butt Fly shop in
> > Madris, happened to bring
> > > his spey rod with him so I got to learn the
> double
> > spey cast... WOW!
> > > We would fish through a run and at the end I was
> > still casting just
> > > for the fun of it. All in all we had a great
> > vacation but not too many
> > > fish. Our fish count for 5 days was 3 trout over
> > 11", and except for
> > > the last day about 3 hours actually fishing per
> > day. I was able to
> > > come away from the trip with a love for the area
> > and a fianc� and a
> > > lot of great fishing memories with my best
> friend.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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