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AndyK
01-01-2006, 12:34 PM
2005 is now in the books. Not as many fish as 2004, but I had the pleasure of meeting and fishing with several Ifish fly fishermen. There were also several Ifish fly fishermen I tried to fish with, but our schedules/water conditions didn’t cooperate.
I’m looking forward to 2006. Hopefully there will be more fish and more opportunities to fish with fly fishermen from Ifish.
Happy New Year!
Steve L.
01-01-2006, 01:50 PM
Happy New Year to you Andy ! I'm looking forward to fishing with you again and other ifishers in 06'
Steelie Mike
01-01-2006, 11:27 PM
I dedicated this year to steelhead more than trout/bulls. Although I missed them, I finally got into more steelhead. I also finally got a fish on the EFL. This river has been a challenge for me. I usually hook a few a year but never land them. The Ronde, Rogue and SWW rivers were a lot of fun this year. Alaska and Montana were fun too.
I only got to fish with a few IFishers. PTS and Silverfly thanks for the tips. MGamby, we will get you a steelie yet.
SilverFly
01-02-2006, 12:04 AM
Yup, it was a good year for fishing (not necessarily catching). Fished with AndyK a few times and finally got Lilnorthfork into a good stillwater steelhead. Also got to meet some new ifishers including you (SteelieMike), PTS, SteveL, and Frankenfish. I'm still working on turning my buddy Musicman into a more serious fly fisherman, but he keeps buying so much gear-chucking stuff that he'll soon rival Giz's legendary collection (so I've heard anyway) :wink:.
My apologies if I forgot anybody (my memory's not what it used to be). Looking forward to fishing with any of you guy's again and hopefully some new ifishers.
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frankenfish
01-02-2006, 10:56 AM
It's been a great year. Several new friendships and lots of fishing with Andy K. I am his official photographer. He does all the catching and I do a lot of the picture taking. Not many fish this year but lots of fun and I got to meet several Ifishers too. I'm looking forward to 2006.
When I think back to 2005, all I can really focus on is the passing of the two fishing partners that I fished with more than anyone else, Chuck (Stillwater on Westfly) and Ben (Big Ben on Westfly). They will forever be in my memories as I return to the waters in 2006 that we fished so much.
I appreciate all the ifishers that I met this year and look forward to the future fishing together.
Phil