Fishing The Fly Scotland Forum

Mike Barrio

Re: Pontoon Boats Modifications
« Reply #15 on: 02/03/2008 at 20:44 »
Hi Peter
Welcome to the forum :z16

It will be great to hear what you are up to "across the pond" and compare notes :wink

It would be grand to see a photo or two of you fishing from your pontoon if you could post some. If you are not sure about posting photos you can always send them to me and I'll do my best to help :cool:

Best wishes
Mike Barrio

lenap

Re: Pontoon Boats Modifications
« Reply #16 on: 09/03/2008 at 16:09 »
HELLO MIKE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY. I AM WORKING ON A FEW PICTURES TO SEND YOU. MY FISHING PARTNER AND I ARE GOING TO THE BLACK BEAR SWAMP DAM ,RUNOFF AREA IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS NEAR THE VERMONT BORDER  SHORTLY. BIG BOWS AND BROWNS 15 LB PLUS ARE THERE AS THE RUN OFF PROVIDES A CONSTANT BUG HATCH AND FEED.I CALLED A LOCAL FLOAT GUIDE TO ASK ABOUT THIS PLACE AND WAS TOLD NOBODY FISHES THIS AREA BECAUSE THEY DON,T FLOAT  BOAT OR TUBE . HE IS A ALSO A STILLWATER MAN AND BROUGHT US TO HIS PRIVATE HAUNTS,HE WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FOWARD TO OUR TRIP AND WE ALREADY SWAPPED IDEAS AND FLY VIEWS.WE JUST GOT OUR NEW DAVE SCADDEN FREESTYLE FLOAT TUBES THAT WE PURCHASED AT A FLY FISHING SHOW.ADVANTAGE, NO METAL FRAME , 15 LB WEIGHT, 500 LB CAPACITY, LOTS OF FLOTATION AND ROOM FOR STUFF. AS YOU KNOW ITS DIFFICULT TO GET A PICTURE WHEN YOU ARE FLOATING UNLESS YOU ARE RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR BUDDY AS HE HOOKS UP A FISH.HAVING BEEN DIONG DOING THIS NOW FOR MANY YEARS ,I JUST ENJOY SHARING DIFFERENT VIEWS AND FLY PATTERNS.THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE REPLY. PETE . :z16

Mike Barrio

Re: Pontoon Boats Modifications
« Reply #17 on: 14/03/2008 at 00:17 »
Hi Peter :cool:

Thanks for sending the photos of your new float tube :z16

The scenery in the background looks awesome :z5 Is that in Montana?

Best wishes
Mike










lenap

Re: Pontoon Boats Modifications
« Reply #18 on: 14/03/2008 at 13:36 »
MIKE,
       YES THAT IS IN MONTANA, AT THE H LAZY 6 RANCH, THEY RAISE BLACK ANGUS CATTLE, THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE ROCKEY MOUNTAIN FRONT ,THE BACK SIDE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AND THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS AREA. THIS IS A SMALL RANCH OF ABOUT 10 K ACRES, BUT ITS GOT A NUMBER OF SMALL PONDS ABOUT 25 ACRES WITH WILD NATIVE TROUT AND ALSO FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA ,ALL FISH ARE RIVER RAISED AND SUPERCHARGED WITH LIFE. I ALSO FISHED THE NEXT RANCH AT BATTLE CREEK AT THE END OF THE VALLEY 57 K ACRES 10 PONDS ,BIGGEST 100 ACRES FOR KAMLOOPS TROUT. BROKEN RODS AND LOST LINES , KAMLOOPS WILL PUT YOU IN TOTAL AWE OF TROUT STRENGTH. DAVID LETTERMAN OF TV FAME BOUGHT THE ENTIRE VALLEY END FOR HIMSELF, OVER 70 THOUSAND ACRES AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN, I WAS SICK. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WEST, SO WE ARE IN CONSTANT SEARCH FOR SIMULAR SPOTS . TOO MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS GRIZZLY BEAR AREA IN THIS NOTE, BUT IT IS THE EXACT ROUTING THAT LEWIS AND CLARK TOOK FROM EAST TO WEST. THE SILENCE IS DEFFENING. PETE. :z16

 




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