Start your morning out fishing with this view
Thanks to all who attended the June Sam Tisdale Society outing...WOW!... all anyone can say is WOW!!...what a great cadre and fantastic gathering of warm water fly fishing traditionalists....Blue ribbon BBQ, old fashion fly fishing, old rods,flies & reels that displayed, vintage and new style water vessels, old stories, new tales, and fresh ideas of new fishing holes and future fishing trips, rekindling old friendship and meeting new of life long friends, enjoying the tranquility and camping beauty of 11,000 acres in the Myles Standish State Forest; largest of the nine forest reserves in Massachusetts and is the only one in the state's eastern pristine woodland corridor. We had 17 "thebasspond" traditionalist attend this year, with several new attendees... The fishing was fair for the most part to say the least compared to last year,.... but I must admit I take blame for not suggesting that everyone to bring fast sinking line this year... I did fished over several hot spots and fish hits were not as fast and furious as last year but the bluegill bed were much deeper and the big blue gills were there. I found that you had to fish "very slow and low" & put it in front of there nose to get them to take the flies. Last year the fishing was great along the shallow shoreline edges and top-water...this year the trophy pan fish were right on the bottom and very deep 15' plus...I also apologize as I was posting a dozen or so pictures on photobucket... they got corrupted and dumped...I couldnt retreive them...sorry
Some of the 1 pound plus blue bluegill taken very deep15-20 feet... Man do these bruts put up one heck of a fight on light tackle....
Caddis (Lou) taking advantage of solitude and beauty Plymouth kettle ponds... he caught some nice fish wading along the shoreline and broke in some newly
acquired fly rods
Angelo had some luck on a black wooly bugger and caught a nice 3 + pound large mouth bass plus several a panfish
Flytackle and Lou getting their strategies ready for the afternoon fly fish attack
Armand (B52) admiring Franks (bulletnose) vintage 1947 Penn Yan Car top row boat... Frank and his brother Bill fished hard
A picture out of Maine's Outdoor life magazine "1951"
Wee hooker's (Dave) camper on Wheels... He was realy roughing it...DVD and all
Dick Taylor and and Mike fished hard all weekend caught several nice fish and cooked up a BBQ storm
Gillbuster's home away from home... some serious ZZZZZ's ...were done here
Angelo and Bill enjoying some coffee and scenery...he had a very nice camp...very cozy and quaint
Angleo and Luis had some serious vintage fenwick fly rod tackle to tame their quarries
Wee Hooker, Max and Flytackle....deciding on what fly to use... Muddlers? Goldies? Buggers? Rubbber leg Nymphs? heck, use them all!!!
Here fishy, fishy, fishy!!!!..... Max caught some nice Calicos during the trip... Alex, Max, and Gillbuster did some night time bass buggin and caught some
real healthy 3-4 lbs bass at midnight... Toss your deer hair bug out into the dark....Gurgle,.... Gurgle...BAM! Explosion of a splash!!!, Sharp Pull on your
fly rod...have a heart attack and hold for dear life!!!!! what a Absolute blast!... need to have a night time bass bug a thon... it is in the planning for
possible this summer time event
Bob Gallow (RG4R) had a nifty pontoon boat set up that got some serious milage during the weekend...Bob caught some nice hefty bass and perch and worked hard
for them
Dick Taylor and Mike were in a neat cartopper and left no shoreline untouched
U.S.S. Penn Yan off to another hot spot and Bell (Frank's dog) came to visit with us also
Sinking line and Olive Wooly buggers brought this brutus to hand
We worked upo an appetite and the STS know how to throw a BBQ feast... we had multiple types of fantastic chili, hot dogs, stuffed, quahogs, teriyaki beef on
a stick. steak tips, chicken on a stick, fruit salad, home made suasage peppers and onions, Chorizo, Sweet Italian sausage, pasta and spagetti, home style
potatoes, brownies, bourbon chciken...on and on..and on....we all gained 10 pounds
Paul was casting all along the shoreline catching several stubborn bluegills and perch
Wee Hooker in his Fish Cat float tube... was all over the pond he fished hard and caught some nice perch
Armand's one man canoe,,,weighs 33 lbs and has stealth to get around, even had a camera to be mounted on the front...trader with his sleek old town
kayak...they were a one two punch
We are so blessed....This body of water has state record "Pin Fish in it. Yellow perch over 2 pounds, Crappie @ 17", 1 + pound bluegill, Largemouth
Bass 5 pound plus, Pickerel over 4 pounds... Some of the STS members had the privilege and joy of landing these trophies, ...if not they have some of the most
beautiful god given scenery nature has to offer...Orioles, whip-peer wills, owls, spruce hawks, warblers,... numerous ducks with their young, deer, chipmunks
and pine squirrels help make this another wonderful trip for all to enjoy another great warm water fly fishing fellow ship
Gang,
Until we meet on the water again .... Thanks Bob, Alec, Max, Angelo, Lewis, Lou, Dick, Mike, Armand, Dave, Bill, Dave, Bell, Paul, Bob G, Frank, Mark and
Bill...for a wonderful time and great memories
Tightline to all
Gillbuster
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