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Jmd123	May 12th, 2011, 11:28 pm
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	Here's some of those warmwater fishies I am so fond of, some from downstate and some from around here. None of them are very big but hey, you gotta start somewhere, especially after a long, cold, hard winter. Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Troutnut	May 12th, 2011, 11:45 pm
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	Wow, that's a beast of a pumpkinseed!
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Jmd123	May 13th, 2011
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	Well, he was fat, but I've caught bigger. I pulled a 9-incher out of the lake I used to live on in the West Branch, MI area (about an hour west of where I am now), fly fishing too. They bend the rod over pretty good! Almost as pretty as a brookie, too... Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Flyman85	May 13th, 2011, 6:21 am
Posts: 30	lots of different species for you,s over there, im jealous haha. for me its mainly the browns grayling chub and dace from the river and mainly rainbow and smaller portion of browns from resorvoirs and lakes
Jmd123	May 13th, 2011, 2:54 pm
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	Flyman, the diversity of fisheries in my part of the world (northern lower Michigan) is just outrageous, and most if not all of them can be caught on flies if you know where, when, how, and what to use. Come visit us sometime and we'll set you up! Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Flyman85	May 13th, 2011, 3:40 pm
Posts: 30	jmd thanks for the invite,doubt il make it over there but if i did id take you up on your offer, few pints of stella tonight and wetting a line tommorrow. cant wait!
Jmd123	May 13th, 2011, 9:16 pm
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611	Hey Flyman, if you can send us some photos of your fishies! We would all like to see what you catch over there "across the pond", trout or otherwise. Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Flyman85	May 16th, 2011, 7:16 am
Posts: 30	alrite jmd? yeah i will do, i need a new lead for my phone as i only have photos on phone. used to take my digital but it got dropped and smashed so had to replace it for pictures of my kids! go to - www.yorkshireflyfishing.org.uk have a look at tanfield and leighton theyre my favourite stillwaters, whoever wrote them is a numpty haha, leighton fishes well to buzzers and tanfield has the best evening hatches i'v ever seen! read my report on TRIP TO LEIGHTON, hope you enjoy and i'll post some pictures as soon as possible

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