Steve@BBT
08-30-2010, 04:23 PM
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Pere Marquette Report 08/30/2010.</DIV></B><P>I did a trip with anglers Austin and Nate on Saturday the 28th. We had a good time, but it was fairly slow fishing. Our hopes were high when at first light we had fish rolling around us and a quick one to the bag, but it shut off rather quickly after that. In the end, we wound up going one for three on Kings and catching one small Pike. Unfortunately I was also slow on the video camera and missed a lot of the little action we did have, but I made something out of it anyway. Thanks again guys, I'm looking forward to that next one...
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">PM River, August 28th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14541467&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14541467&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Nice fish...</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-28-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">...and a shot just for Titus.</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-28-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P>Today was a one man gig with Robert as my angler, but we did have a few more fish around and did just fine for only one stick in the water most of the time. (I did cast a little and got tore up in one spot! ;^) We wound up putting a couple solid fish in the net, losing several others after good battles and having a few other heart stopping takes that didn't hook up as well as one that rolled hard on the lure right at the boat. Looks like things are picking up, thanks again Robert... <P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Some still shots from today, video in next report...</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-30-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-30-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Alaska 2010, Part 3.</DIV></B><P>Here is a few clips from the Moraine & Funnel Creek fly out we did on August 8th, 2010. We just managed to get in ahead of the weather landing in 30 - 35 mile an hour sustained winds and from there the weather got much worse quickly.<P>That worked out in our favor as others on the two creeks bailed out early and we had the place basically to ourselves much as I remember it from back in 1994 when I could guide it all day long there only seeing maybe one other guide or group on most of those days.<P>It wasn't the sunny, beautiful, calm & surreal place I wanted to show the guys, but I'll take the solitude and good fishing we had instead any day and we managed to have a blast. As a bonus we only had a dozen or so bears to contend with all day as it appears that most of them lay low in the bush during that kind of weather as well...<P>Wind gust reached 50 - 60 mile an hour easy at times during the middle of the day and the visibility was only a few feet in front of you at times as well. For a while there we were certain we'd be spending the night in the tundra for a morning pick up, but as luck would have it the weather and winds calmed down just enough for a quick evening pickup...<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Moraine Creek, August 5th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14343359&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14343359&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P>Below is some footage from just a few short hours on the Naknek River out in front of my cousin's camp and not to far below it. We had tried to do another fly out to explore some other waters that day, but after one short flight that we had to turn around on and then waiting all morning for the weather to clear, we wound up tossing in the towel on the fly out and fishing at home.<P>Luckily, there's absolutely nothing wrong with fishing "at home" as the Silver and Rainbow fishing can be nothing short of spectacular at times during the first couple of weeks in August there and our afternoon was a productive one...
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Naknek River, August 13th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14531194&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14531194&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">A few Naknek fish...</DIV></B><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Rainbows,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-6.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Pinks,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Silvers,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P>
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">and... The gratuitous Sockeye!</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">A few from the Moraine.</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-5.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-6.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Some other random shots...</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P>The American float trip for the last week of July (The 24th to 30th) is sold out and I still only have one spot booked for the 17th to the 23rd. I can take as many as three more anglers for that week... The first two weeks are still wide open (July 3rd to 9th & 10th to 16th) and those trips can be done with anything from 2 to 4 anglers. If anyone wants to do both the Naknek camp and the float trip I can still get you in camp right now during the 3rd or 4th week of July.<P>The "BBT Group" reserved weeks in camp of July 30th to August 6th and August 6th to August 13th have good availability yet as well. If you call soon you can lock in at the lower rate and save yourself a couple hundred dollars... Anyone at the store can help you with those BBT group dates for camp, but shop personnel cannot help you with the American float trip or the July camp dates! Please leave your contact info for that at the shop and I will call you back personally. 1-231-745-3529 or 1-877-422-5394<P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-7.jpg"></DIV><P>Also, We currently have eight openings for our annual Argentina trip (January 15 – 22, 2011). The package price per person based on double occupancy is US $3,250.00 and includes:<BR>• Six full days guided fishing (with expert, local bilingual (Spanish-English) fly-fishing guide)<BR>• All your lodging, meals and beverages (including beer & wine with meals).<BR>• Transportation to and from the Airport in Bariloche.<P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/01-18-09-1.jpg"></DIV><P>
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">PM River, August 28th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14541467&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14541467&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Nice fish...</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-28-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">...and a shot just for Titus.</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-28-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P>Today was a one man gig with Robert as my angler, but we did have a few more fish around and did just fine for only one stick in the water most of the time. (I did cast a little and got tore up in one spot! ;^) We wound up putting a couple solid fish in the net, losing several others after good battles and having a few other heart stopping takes that didn't hook up as well as one that rolled hard on the lure right at the boat. Looks like things are picking up, thanks again Robert... <P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Some still shots from today, video in next report...</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-30-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-30-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Alaska 2010, Part 3.</DIV></B><P>Here is a few clips from the Moraine & Funnel Creek fly out we did on August 8th, 2010. We just managed to get in ahead of the weather landing in 30 - 35 mile an hour sustained winds and from there the weather got much worse quickly.<P>That worked out in our favor as others on the two creeks bailed out early and we had the place basically to ourselves much as I remember it from back in 1994 when I could guide it all day long there only seeing maybe one other guide or group on most of those days.<P>It wasn't the sunny, beautiful, calm & surreal place I wanted to show the guys, but I'll take the solitude and good fishing we had instead any day and we managed to have a blast. As a bonus we only had a dozen or so bears to contend with all day as it appears that most of them lay low in the bush during that kind of weather as well...<P>Wind gust reached 50 - 60 mile an hour easy at times during the middle of the day and the visibility was only a few feet in front of you at times as well. For a while there we were certain we'd be spending the night in the tundra for a morning pick up, but as luck would have it the weather and winds calmed down just enough for a quick evening pickup...<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Moraine Creek, August 5th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14343359&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14343359&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P>Below is some footage from just a few short hours on the Naknek River out in front of my cousin's camp and not to far below it. We had tried to do another fly out to explore some other waters that day, but after one short flight that we had to turn around on and then waiting all morning for the weather to clear, we wound up tossing in the towel on the fly out and fishing at home.<P>Luckily, there's absolutely nothing wrong with fishing "at home" as the Silver and Rainbow fishing can be nothing short of spectacular at times during the first couple of weeks in August there and our afternoon was a productive one...
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Naknek River, August 13th, 2010</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14531194&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14531194&server=vimeo.com&sh ow_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00A DEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">A few Naknek fish...</DIV></B><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Rainbows,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-6.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Pinks,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Silvers,</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-13-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P>
<P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">and... The gratuitous Sockeye!</DIV></B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">A few from the Moraine.</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-5.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-08-10-6.jpg"></DIV><P><B><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Some other random shots...</DIV></B><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-3.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-4.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-2.jpg"></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-07-10-1.jpg"></DIV><P>The American float trip for the last week of July (The 24th to 30th) is sold out and I still only have one spot booked for the 17th to the 23rd. I can take as many as three more anglers for that week... The first two weeks are still wide open (July 3rd to 9th & 10th to 16th) and those trips can be done with anything from 2 to 4 anglers. If anyone wants to do both the Naknek camp and the float trip I can still get you in camp right now during the 3rd or 4th week of July.<P>The "BBT Group" reserved weeks in camp of July 30th to August 6th and August 6th to August 13th have good availability yet as well. If you call soon you can lock in at the lower rate and save yourself a couple hundred dollars... Anyone at the store can help you with those BBT group dates for camp, but shop personnel cannot help you with the American float trip or the July camp dates! Please leave your contact info for that at the shop and I will call you back personally. 1-231-745-3529 or 1-877-422-5394<P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/08-14-10-7.jpg"></DIV><P>Also, We currently have eight openings for our annual Argentina trip (January 15 – 22, 2011). The package price per person based on double occupancy is US $3,250.00 and includes:<BR>• Six full days guided fishing (with expert, local bilingual (Spanish-English) fly-fishing guide)<BR>• All your lodging, meals and beverages (including beer & wine with meals).<BR>• Transportation to and from the Airport in Bariloche.<P><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://bbt.steelcity.net/01-18-09-1.jpg"></DIV><P>