Gossip Session

Wonder what the latest Gossip is around the bait pile?

Top of the Bottom

 Today we re-focused our efforts back towards the lower river.



 With the Hyde we are restricted to the top of the bottom end but nonetheless still privy to magical waters.






 As luck would have it we won some and lost some.




In retrospect any time spent floating this river is always a victory for the soul.

Good friends, constant laughs, God's Country and epic chrome.

Day 3 and the leaves

 Day 3 found the boys recovering from the previous evenings bon fire.  With huge ambitions of a first light expedition we found ourselves more inclined to tend to our swollen heads and the daunting task of the leaf cleanup.  I don't know if our heads were bigger than the yard clean up task but we tended to both and still found time for an afternoon session on the river.  The highlights were some fat resi-browns and Arn's bonus late season Ho.

In God's Country

Fishing in Gods country...The hours pass like minutes...

11-11-11

Today marked yet another milestone in the Michigan chapter.

Ever since we purchased the cabin I have longed to float the lower river with the Hyde down from Rainbow in November,

It didn't take me long to learn that fish stack heavy in the lower river from October through to the spring push.

After a relentless 8 week work lockdown Arn, Red, and myself made a break from plastic making purgatory towards some chrome redemption.

Day one couldn't have gone any better.  We woke to fresh a white blanket of fresh snow and made our way towards a promising day. 

Although we didn't put huge numbers up we all did manage to feel the raw power of fresh November Chrome.

Morning River

Lake Run Goodness

Floated the Big River this morning with Red.  The morning had the makings of a stellar fall day.  The fishing proved to be tough but Red pulled a rabbit out of a hat with some "Lake Run" goodness.

I've been waiting a while to come face to face with one of these brutes.  Although this wasn't the behemoth the system is known for it certainly was a damn fine specimen.

Certainly one of the most handsome finned creatures I've come across in some time.  But then again...next to Red an Orangutan would look dead sexy.
Congrats on the Fish Red.

Morning Brown