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back from mammoth lakes... lots of pics..

Thanks, Mike for sharing these. It's so good to see the family together in the outdoors.

My seven year old son is getting really interested in flint knaping and making primitive tools. I wish I knew more about knaping to teach him. We're learning together.

I used to shoot alot of traditional archery -- blew my shoulder out, but it's been surgically repaired. I've got to get back to it.

Anyway, the thing that touches me is the family shots. I'm glad you're teaching your kids about the outdoors. Seems most kids are too busy playing those damned computer games.

Keep it up man.

:)
 
Great pics Mike. Looks like a great trip. Thanks for the post. What were you fishing with for lures?
 
many thanks once again for all the comments folks.. much appreciated...

besides falling out of a damn tree, breaking my sunglasses and breaking my fishing pole, the trip was awesome...:o


siguy said:
where did you get your hat? looks like a nice one.
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siguy-- thanks for the compliments... the hat is one of 3 fedora's i wear... this one is made by "NEW YORK HAT CO." i got it at a little hat shop here in santa cruz...


j williams said:
That first pic is awesome. Wish that was my foyer.....

Mike you have really good form dude. So does your oldest boy.......
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j-- thanks man.. devolping a nice solid anchor point, is very important when working on form.. my oldest is 10 and has been shooting since he was 5, he works really hard on his form and proper anchor point... he doesn't shoot as much as i would like him to, but he does his best, which is usually quite well..

halfserrated said:
Great pics Mike. Looks like a great trip. Thanks for the post. What were you fishing with for lures?
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the lures of choice for the trip were primarily spinners... mainly Kastmasters and also we used some nightcrawlers...
 
mtnfolk mike said:
besides falling out of a damn tree, breaking my sunglasses and breaking my fishing pole, the trip was awesome...:o

the lures of choice for the trip were primarily spinners... mainly Kastmasters and also we used some nightcrawlers...
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Dude breaking your pole sucks. Luckily I have never done it. :D

But the other day I stepped on my Raybans...that pissed me off. :thumbdn:

I have had some good luck with the little plastic worms with curly tails. With a heavy enough jig head you can fish swifter water without having your spinner flutter on top of the water. And when you use them in lakes they resemble leeches...which fish find quite tasty.
 
ilbruche said:
Dude breaking your pole sucks. Luckily I have never done it. :D

But the other day I stepped on my Raybans...that pissed me off. :thumbdn:

I have had some good luck with the little plastic worms with curly tails. With a heavy enough jig head you can fish swifter water without having your spinner flutter on top of the water. And when you use them in lakes they resemble leeches...which fish find quite tasty.
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i was pissed when i broke my glasses.. i have had them for years... they were some knock off smith sliders...

B-- i have never tried the plastic worms for trout... i use them a lot for bass, i have caught some monsters on those things...

my buddy greg is a pretty avid fly fisherman as well... he used a few while were out there.. the trout love them...

i also learned how to tie a few flies, while i was in mammoth...greg ties all his own flies.. it is a lot of fun.. i enjoyed it.. it's pretty intricate work, but very relaxing.. it remided me a lot of making arrows..

i tied 4 of them... 2 wooly buggers, a small black ant and a montana nymph... i'll try and get some pics up soon..
 
Thanks for the great pics Mike! :thumbup: I always wondered what that area looked like when it wasn't covered in snow! Back in 1993 some of my buddies drove up there from Camp Pendleton and spent the weekend skiing...had a blast! :cool: -Matt-
 
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