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pecosjuan
Post 01 Jul 2017, 07:56 • #301 
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That IS a cool shot !

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Del Gue
Post 01 Jul 2017, 08:09 • #302 
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Yes! That is a most interesting and unusual view!
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hotdish
Post 04 Jul 2017, 13:46 • #303 
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Here's the whole story. Hope you enjoy!

http://americanriverstour.com/driftless-area/
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Del Gue
Post 04 Jul 2017, 20:11 • #304 
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What a dandy story! Great pics of the region and local landmarks!

Apparently the gentleman had a bit of difficulty catching a fish?

I think I'm gonna move heaven and earth to make it up there next year if they have another conclave. Even if I don't catch any fish, which I prolly won't, I just would like to see that part of the country and experience some small-town life in an Amish area, as opposed to this urban sprawl I'm held captive to now.
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the abandoned brane
Post 04 Jul 2017, 20:19 • #305 
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these are from today. this is all i took. im really awful at pics, so i generally avoid taking them. caught a bunch of browns and brookies. biggest was about a 15" brown.
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Del Gue
Post 04 Jul 2017, 21:16 • #306 
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If you have to choose between being a good photographer or a good fisherman, I think the latter might be preferable. You can catch fish, so by my reckoning you're ahead! You can always get better at photography...while you're catching fish!
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pecosjuan
Post 05 Jul 2017, 09:03 • #307 
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Nice pair of Brookies ! ... which reminds me to ask all of the regular Driftless contributors here ... how is the "gill lice" situation affecting the trout populations there, i.e., do you see much of it on the fish that you are catching ??

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Post 05 Jul 2017, 09:26 • #308 
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@Del... yeah the rain finally caught up during the shoot. It'd rained pretty good for like 7 of the last 10 days. It really came down on the last day. Fishing was tough. Colin wanted to throw in the towel but we refused to let him leave without a fish.

@brane... those are some quality looking brookies you caught there!

@pecos... I see it now and again. I don't see it as often as some would want you to believe. I can tell you the stream Brane was on has a gill lice problem.
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Driftless
Post 05 Jul 2017, 09:36 • #309 
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Love the story!
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Del Gue
Post 09 Jul 2017, 18:44 • #310 
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Eric,

You appear to be an all-weather kinda guy who likes to take pics with his phone. Dunno if y'all get many thunderstorms up there, but if you do, there's a neat app for your phone called 'Lightning Camera' that helps you take lightning pics with your phone camera. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but plan to as soon as I get near some lightning. We get lots down here in the summer. I also just bought a lightning trigger for my DSLR. Gonna see how that works, too.
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Char Hunter
Post 09 Jul 2017, 19:43 • #311 
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pecosjuan wrote:
Nice pair of Brookies ! ... which reminds me to ask all of the regular Driftless contributors here ... how is the "gill lice" situation affecting the trout populations there, i.e., do you see much of it on the fish that you are catching ??

Pecos

Last time I was out there none of the brooks I caught had it. Though last year one well known brookie stream was infested with it. Just depends where you are. In northern Wisconsin I see it on maybe 1 of every 50 fish. I think the character of the streams up here prevents it from becoming a nuisance. And the fact that less fertile streams allow fewer trout per mile helps to not crowd fish.
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hotdish
Post 10 Jul 2017, 02:29 • #312 
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Del Gue wrote:
Eric,

You appear to be an all-weather kinda guy who likes to take pics with his phone. Dunno if y'all get many thunderstorms up there, but if you do, there's a neat app for your phone called 'Lightning Camera' that helps you take lightning pics with your phone camera. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but plan to as soon as I get near some lightning. We get lots down here in the summer. I also just bought a lightning trigger for my DSLR. Gonna see how that works, too.
Hey thanks a lot for that one. I'll have to check it out.
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hotdish
Post 12 Jul 2017, 13:35 • #313 
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Vernon county saw 2-4" of rain. Reports that Richland county also saw 1-3". It's ugly out there. Ran into a farmer that said he ain't see this much rain in 10 years... 2007 wasn't a good year for the driftless. Let's hope this isn't a trend.

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Driftless
Post 12 Jul 2017, 17:33 • #314 
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Ouch, glad we escaped that up here. Hope the streams recover soon!
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Del Gue
Post 12 Jul 2017, 17:42 • #315 
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Looks like liquid mud. Last few days we've had a couple of pretty fierce storms. One went through this afternoon. The Bone Daddy was not happy.
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Char Hunter
Post 13 Jul 2017, 22:38 • #316 
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Haven't seen it like that in a while. Ouch.
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hotdish
Post 20 Jul 2017, 13:13 • #317 
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5-7" dropped in the area last night. Looking at more rain on Friday. Did a loop from Viroqua to Readstown to Coon Valley. It's a mess everywhere. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage
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Driftless
Post 20 Jul 2017, 14:52 • #318 
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Man, that is horrible!
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hotdish
Post 21 Jul 2017, 11:30 • #319 
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How about something less depressing... here's some shots from this past Sunday. Hit a few different streams in the area after the last rain event. Some stayed the same. Some saw major changes. But they all fished very well.
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Char Hunter
Post 21 Jul 2017, 15:35 • #320 
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These supposedly 100 year floods are coming way too often it seems. Some streams still have visible damage from the big rains last September. Hopefully they recover well from this latest deluge.
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Driftless
Post 21 Jul 2017, 15:50 • #321 
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Those were some hogs!
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hotdish
Post 21 Jul 2017, 22:11 • #322 
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Char Hunter wrote:
These supposedly 100 year floods are coming way too often it seems. Some streams still have visible damage from the big rains last September. Hopefully they recover well from this latest deluge.
This time of the year the fish rebound ok. It's spring and fall flooding that can really put a hurt on a stream and wipe out entire year classes.
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Del Gue
Post 22 Jul 2017, 20:05 • #323 
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Dude,, you catch big freakin' fish, and that's a fact.
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hotdish
Post 23 Jul 2017, 23:38 • #324 
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Snuck outside the confines of the driftless to check out some new water but got distracted by a bunch of fungi...

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Ghost Pipe, not fungi but rather a plant lacking chlorophyll

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Driftless
Post 24 Jul 2017, 08:27 • #325 
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Well, that's one plus with all the rain you have been getting!
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