Photo Gallery 2005

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Early catch and release season on the Whitewater (3 February 2005).

 

 

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The great part of the April 1, 2005 catch and release opener, and...

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...the not so great.

Gear: 8.5 5 WT Sage LL/Orvis Battenkill with Rio Windcutter WF5.

Early season catch and release brookies.  Does it get any better? (2 April 2005)

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It's amazing what you find when you properly pump a trout (2 April 2005).

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Early season streamer fishing for aggressive brown trout (4 April 2005).

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My first introduction to bamboo (a 7' 4 weight) made by Pine River Rods from Iowa (4 April 2005).

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Norm Zimmerman in action in early April (4 April 2005).

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How about some brook trout??  (1 June 2005)  Later that same day...

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...some nice browns during the Light Hendrickson period.  

Gear: 9' 3 weight Batson (custom made)/Orvis Battenkill with Rio WF3 Windcutter line and Rio 9' 5X leaders.

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This is one of my favorite trout and pictures of the year.  He certainly isn't a big fish, but he's the only one I caught on that muggy July day on a tiny stream with heavy canopy.  The fish were ultra-spooky, so to be able to get one was an accomplishment in my book (4 July 2005).

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The black wet fly takes down one of numerous fish (6 July 2005).

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Beautiful holding area under a huge cottonwood, and beautiful fish as well (12 July 2005).

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A nice riffle and pool on a stream located not far from Preston, Minnesota (13 July 2005).

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Childhood friend Troy Moser of Woodbury with an exceptional spring creek brook trout (19 July 2005).   

Gear: G.Loomis IMX 9' 4 WT/Ross Colorado reel with Rio WF4  Windcutter/Rio 9' 5x hand tied leader.

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A beautiful shot of a canopied stream in southeast Minnesota (3 August 2005).

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Nymphing on a cool and cloudy morning in August (8 August 2005). 

Gear: Redington RS2 8' 2 WT/Cortland Reel with Rio WF2 Windcutter/Rio 9' 5x hand tied leader.

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These are a few photos taken in late August while fishing a few different streams in southeast Minnesota.

Gear: Redington RS2 8' 2 WT/Cortland Reel with Rio WF2 Windcutter/Rio 9' 5x hand tied leader AND Batson 9' 3 Wt (custom made)/ Ross Evolution 1.5 reel with Rio Grand WF3 and Rio 9' 5x hand tied leader.

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Yours truly doing some brookie fishing with longtime friend and fishing partner and mentor Norm Zimmerman (22 August 2005)

Gear: 9' 3 weight Batson (custom made)/Orvis Battenkill with Rio WF3 Windcutter line and Rio 9' 5X leaders.

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Norm with a healthy 14" brown caught on a PT while doing some early morning nymphing.

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Norm in action earlier that morning.