My Fiddleback Friday river trip.

Joe Duder

Joe Duder

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So the family and I decided to escape reality/the grind and head to the mountains for my Friday. While you guys were sharking in blood red waters, we were heading up to the northern fork of the Yuba river to a little gold mining town called Downieville. Being a weekend trout maniac, I've frequented this stretch of the river (many times) before with my fishing buddies. Our trips usually consist of hiking like crazy, hunting for native trout, and then ending the day at the Downieville tavern (St. Charles place) to drink massive amounts of brown ale and chasing them with dozens of Old Fashions. It's a great time, don't get me wrong, but I wanted to visit this slow paced town in a more relaxed fashion: Sniff the sweet air, picnic on a sandy river beach, sip ice cold ale, and really take in the river as well as the historic town, and do this all with my son, daughter and wife.


There enough reflecting! here are some pics of the day.


I decided to take my CPM154 Ladyfinger with a very early tuxedo pattern and of course my shorty carried her double mint Kephart


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The forks of the Yuba and Downieville river.

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Thanks man. The pictures don't do this stretch of the river justice. It's almost emerald in color.

It was an excellent getaway. If you find yourself in the sierras of California, looking for a nice quite town to bed down for the night, you could do a lot worse.
 
Absolutely breathtaking Joe! Thank you for the Outstanding thread. I'm going to use the waterfall pic as my wallpaper with your permission of course. :D
 
Wow, I'm jealous! As a former trout junkie, I now live hundreds of miles from the nearest trout. Nice pics. Looks like an outstanding weekend.
 
MajorD said:
Absolutely breathtaking Joe! Thank you for the Outstanding thread. I'm going to use the waterfall pic as my wallpaper with your permission of course. :D
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Thanks man! The pic is all yours.

Okay I need to figure this out already... Can someone tell me how to respond to and show several quotes in one post? Did that make sense?:confused:
 
Looks like a great trip Duder. Thanks for sharing it with us! I would much rather have been there.

Look for the "+ symbol on the bottom right of each post you want to quote. It's the "multi quote this message". Click that on all the ones you want to respond to and on the final one say Reply With quote. It'll stick all the ones you selected in the reply.
 
I'm jealous, that is such a beautiful day man! Next time in ca I want to go!
 
Hi Duder
How could anyone not enjoy themselves in a place so beautiful especially with your family. Sure wish we had rivers like that here Down Under, being a mad keen flyfisher I would be willing to trade a few Fridays to wet a line there.
Love the pics and your knives and thanks for taking me to a beautiful part of your world.

Cheers Mick
 
Very cool day you had there Joe. And that Ladyfinger is just gorgeous with that pronounced beauty mark. It looks like the kids were having a great time. No pics of Mrs. Duder, but I'm certain that she enjoyed herself as well. Thank you for sharing your special day with us all here.
 
velosa said:
Wow, I'm jealous! As a former trout junkie, I now live hundreds of miles from the nearest trout. Nice pics. Looks like an outstanding weekend.
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I don't know what I would do if I was that far away from the nearest trout!:eek:

thurin said:
Looks like a great trip Duder. Thanks for sharing it with us! I would much rather have been there.

Look for the "+ symbol on the bottom right of each post you want to quote. It's the "multi quote this message". Click that on all the ones you want to respond to and on the final one say Reply With quote. It'll stick all the ones you selected in the reply.
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Thanks for the 411 on the multi quote. I just never got around to learning it I guess.

bear71 said:
I'm jealous, that is such a beautiful day man! Next time in ca I want to go!
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Stop by my house and I'll lend you the tackle that actually works out there.


McVeyMac said:
Very cool day you had there Joe. And that Ladyfinger is just gorgeous with that pronounced beauty mark. It looks like the kids were having a great time. No pics of Mrs. Duder, but I'm certain that she enjoyed herself as well. Thank you for sharing your special day with us all here.
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I'm in love with that Ladyfinger! I have a hard time keeping most of my Fiddlebacks, but this one is sticking around for a while. I've been trying to score that Ladyfinger for a while, but the previous owner wouldn't let her go. I can see why. After may offers and visits to his pic threads, she's finally mine.

NoFair said:
Looks magnificient! Sweet Ladyfinger as well:thumbup:
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Thanks buddy.
 
AddictedToGear said:
That looks like a fantastic time, and the landscape is beautiful. Good ol nature.
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Good ol nature is right. You just can't beat it.


Crano said:
Hi Duder
How could anyone not enjoy themselves in a place so beautiful especially with your family. Sure wish we had rivers like that here Down Under, being a mad keen flyfisher I would be willing to trade a few Fridays to wet a line there.
Love the pics and your knives and thanks for taking me to a beautiful part of your world.

Cheers Mick
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I'm truly blessed to live so close to such beauty. It took us about 1.5 hrs to get to Downieville. And I really didn't have to drive that far to hit a river; Sacramento is a labyrinth of rivers and creeks.

Thanks for your kind comments, I'm glad you enjoyed the pics.
 
Joe Duder said:
Okay I need to figure this out already... Can someone tell me how to respond to and show several quotes in one post? Did that make sense?:confused:
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thurin said:
Look for the "+ symbol on the bottom right of each post you want to quote. It's the "multi quote this message". Click that on all the ones you want to respond to and on the final one say Reply With quote. It'll stick all the ones you selected in the reply.
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Blowing. My. Mind. All this time I've been copying each quote into a notepad and then copying all of the into a reply. Thanks T!
 
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