Photos Bird and Trout! Let's See 'Em!

Ok. this one sums up a Bird and Trout. Photo courtesy of Birddogdoc a good customer of mine.

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Horsewright Compadre with osage orange.
 
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Casting was tough with all the willows:

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Looks like a good place to pull out Joe Humphrey's Bow and Arrow cast! :)
Been almost 30 years since I caught a golden on a flyrod, and I had to back-pack up at Bishop to do it. But well worth the memories! The little guys up there were not picky at all that Memorial weekend.
And then the snow storm hit....
 
Dan of Bazz Clazz said:
Looks like a good place to pull out Joe Humphrey's Bow and Arrow cast! :)
Been almost 30 years since I caught a golden on a flyrod, and I had to back-pack up at Bishop to do it. But well worth the memories! The little guys up there were not picky at all that Memorial weekend.
And then the snow storm hit....
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Backpacking?? Oh those guys with the big thingies on their backs. Camped in Little Whitney meadows, late afternoon. Been fishing most of the day and were just sitting watching the horses graze in the meadow. This guy comes crawling along, feet in obviously painful condition, one of those thingies on his back. We invite him into camp as he hobbles by and show him a good spot where he can setup nearby. Turns out he's a pilot out at Edwards AFB. He drops his thingie to the ground with a thud. I says: "Looks like you could use a beer?" "Beer!", he says. "You have Beer?" Dude we have a whole beer horse! We invited him over for steaks that night too.

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Horsewright said:
Backpacking?? Oh those guys with the big thingies on their backs. Camped in Little Whitney meadows, late afternoon. Been fishing most of the day and were just sitting watching the horses graze in the meadow. This guy comes crawling along, feet in obviously painful condition, one of those thingies on his back. We invite him into camp as he hobbles by and show him a good spot where he can setup nearby. Turns out he's a pilot out at Edwards AFB. He drops his thingie to the ground with a thud. I says: "Looks like you could use a beer?" "Beer!", he says. "You have Beer?" Dude we have a whole beer horse! We invited him over for steaks that night too.

A couple recents in this genre:

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Beer horse and steaks. Civilization at last!
That snow storm I mentioned- lasted 2 1/2 days.
At one point the ex left the tent to go relieve herself - and couldn't find her way back!
Following the only set of tracks back to the tent was too hard to figure out apparently.
She wanted me to come rescue her, judging by what she was yelling.
Sent my dog instead to bring her back and I stayed nice & warm in the tent.
Man do I miss that dog!
 
Dan of Bazz Clazz said:
Looks like a good place to pull out Joe Humphrey's Bow and Arrow cast! :)
Been almost 30 years since I caught a golden on a flyrod, and I had to back-pack up at Bishop to do it. But well worth the memories! The little guys up there were not picky at all that Memorial weekend. And then the snow storm hit....
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You knew Joe Humphrey's..... Mr. Big Brown trout? One of my neighbors growing up was one of his graduate assistants. He later got his PhD and taught in college. I assume he is retired now since he's about the age of my uncle.
 
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You knew Joe Humphrey's..... Mr. Big Brown trout? One of my neighbors growing up was one of his graduate assistants. He later got his PhD and taught in college. I assume he is retired now since he's about the age of my uncle.
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Sadly, no, I have never met the man, but have a couple of his books. You can learn from him directly on several YouTube videos which is where I saw him demo the bow and arrow cast. An obvious benefit for the small streams he fishes in Pennsylvania.
Last time I checked he is still alive and kickin' and still fishing at 90 years old. There is a recent documentary about him. https://www.post-gazette.com/life/o...ary-film-Live-the-Stream/stories/201911070112 you might find interesting.
 
Dan of Bazz Clazz said:
Sadly, no, I have never met the man, but have a couple of his books. You can learn from him directly on several YouTube videos which is where I saw him demo the bow and arrow cast. An obvious benefit for the small streams he fishes in Pennsylvania.
Last time I checked he is still alive and kickin' and still fishing at 90 years old. There is a recent documentary about him. https://www.post-gazette.com/life/o...ary-film-Live-the-Stream/stories/201911070112 you might find interesting.
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I believe I've seen him along the stream a time or two back when I lived in PA. I may get that video. Thanks for sharing. If you fish with spinners, you need essentially a similar cast to get you under bushes and other debris. You certainly can't wind up and cast like you do on big water or a lake.
 
Having spent the vast majority of my fishing life as a bass fisherman, there are a whole slew of casting techniques that will get your bait into those tiny covered hiding places.
Flippin', Pitchin', roll cast, skipping, bow and arrow, side arm... You do what you gotta do to get bit. :-) Fly fishing has taken and adapted a lot of those techniques, and vice versa.
 
Dan of Bazz Clazz said:
Having spent the vast majority of my fishing life as a bass fisherman, there are a whole slew of casting techniques that will get your bait into those tiny covered hiding places.
Flippin', Pitchin', roll cast, skipping, bow and arrow, side arm... You do what you gotta do to get bit. :) Fly fishing has taken and adapted a lot of those techniques, and vice versa.
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Yep. It's all about line control and getting the bait or lure where you want it to be. The method doesn't matter. I generally prefer the side arm cast myself. I can guess where that video was filmed as I know the streams he routinely fished and have fished them as well for trout. He took or fished with Presidents and celebrities on Spruce Creek mostly which is mostly private and has been for a long time. Jimmy Carter was one President who fished there. I miss being able to conveniently trout fish, but life goes on and we adapt.

Guess I need to post a couple bird & trout sized knives I own. I just got an Arno Bernard the other day.
 
22-rimfire said:
Yep. It's all about line control and getting the bait or lure where you want it to be. The method doesn't matter. I generally prefer the side arm cast myself. I can guess where that video was filmed as I know the streams he routinely fished and have fished them as well for trout. He took or fished with Presidents and celebrities on Spruce Creek mostly which is mostly private and has been for a long time. Jimmy Carter was one President who fished there. I miss being able to conveniently trout fish, but life goes on and we adapt.

Guess I need to post a couple bird & trout sized knives I own. I just got an Arno Bernard the other day.
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Fishin' waters are disappearing more and more, or the fishing has fallen WAY off everywhere. Including some of the best waters in the country. :-(

Love Arno's knives. Have a couple myself. He and David Ferry (Horsewright) are my 2 favorite makers for B&T style knives. They are definitely the crown jewels in my B&T collection which has examples from over 25 makers now.
 
I love this thread.
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Fantastic knife, love the blade coloration.

In the "non-binding 2020 forum knife" thread, there was brief mention of a bird and trout pattern, and I have to admit my heart got racing a few beats faster at the notion. I think the smaller bird and trout knives are just about the perfect fixed blade knife for most of what I do in the wilderness, big game hunting aside. I see no need for a 4"+ fixed blade for what I do while camping, hiking, walking for birds or fly fishing, and for the heavier stuff, I'll have an axe or hatchet close by.
 
jmarston said:
I guess these are bird and troutey. Anyone have any more info on them? Were they designed for kids or just the minimalist outdoorsman? Tang stamp reads E.A. Sharpwell , Solingen, Made in Germany. Great name for a knife maker if you ask me. About the same OAL as your standard 3.5" Barlow.
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Just look like small bird and trout type hunters to me, no reason to think they're for kids or are some kind of special minimalist type thing.
Some hunting knives are just small.
 
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