#778730 - 08/14/12 05:57 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: Neal M]
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Returning Adult
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"The fish. "
Pics are all spectacular as usual but your excerpt sums it up perfectly. Thank you.
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#778737 - 08/14/12 06:24 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: outfishn]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
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Nothing to add that hasn't been complimented already....awesome pictorial! I was curious about your "40 year high water". Down here, the Cascades were 140+ % on snowpack this past winter=later, longer snowmelt. Was that the case for you guys or just coming in behind a rain? That water in the final pics looked like it dropped nicely and went from olive to emerald. Thanks for sharing. 
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#778749 - 08/14/12 07:05 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: Free_Globbin]
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Spawner
Registered: 03/02/08
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Awesome! Good work guys and thanks for sharing a wonderful trip.
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#778764 - 08/14/12 08:05 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: SRoffe]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 2994
Loc: Olalla, WA
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Wow. How do you guys enter back into reality after an epic trip like that? Great narrative to go with beautiful shots, especially 40' up an alder tree STAM: I'm just guessing, but I bet you know how much a used helluvacopter goes for after this? You could set logs on the Mizer by air, too! Just a thought..... 
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#778766 - 08/14/12 08:15 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: NOFISH]
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
Posts: 14486
Loc: Tuleville
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+UberAwesomeWin!
I need to go there.
Would like to see the backing on my spey reel. Just once.
I wonder what a 30 pound equivalent of Stam's blinger picture perfect platinum buck would do to a spey rod???????
PS. Congrats on the Redington Catalog, Web Site, etc, cover photo, Stam! As good, if not better as anything I've ever seen.
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#778772 - 08/14/12 08:53 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: Twitch]
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Ornamental Rice Bowl
Registered: 11/24/03
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Just went thru the ENTIRE thing again.
STUNNING!
Definitely on my bucket list.
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#778777 - 08/14/12 09:08 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 02/03/09
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Good for you guys!!! THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE HELL OF A TRIP!
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#778791 - 08/14/12 10:15 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: ParaLeaks]
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Captain C/22 - Team Stay Up Right!
Registered: 01/13/00
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Loc: Hurricane Ridge , Wa.
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Whole new category: Ultra-Mint, High-Translucent Index/Stiff Finner Buck  c/22
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#778797 - 08/14/12 10:39 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: chrome/22]
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Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 10979
Loc: McCleary, WA
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Had an extremely crappy day at work, and this thread has been the highlight of my day. Thanks for the pics. Outstanding! Ending the day with a smile.
Stam had talked about how happy he was to be going on this trip, and now I see why.
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#778806 - 08/14/12 10:59 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: AP a.k.a. Kaiser D]
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Registered: 10/13/00
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Loc: everett
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Never saw any bears. Lots of tracks though. We did find fresh wolf tracks one morning about 30 yards from where Stam was sleeping.
Snow pack was super big up there too this year. That, combined with a mild spring, resulted in what we had. We were told that the snow we could still see should have been gone weeks before.
Water conditions are also determined by the flows from the glacial Sakumtha River. We had temps cool over our trip so color improved and flows dropped. The only thing we could have done better was to show up a few days later but we're not complaining. Probably a she wolf for sure.
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#778840 - 08/15/12 12:11 AM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
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Dah Rivah Stinkah Pink Mastah
Registered: 08/23/06
Posts: 6868
Loc: zipper
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Nice!
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#778844 - 08/15/12 12:22 AM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: fish4brains]
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 04/29/06
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Loc: Offshore
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#778939 - 08/15/12 12:53 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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They're fine here.
Fish on...
Todd
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#778955 - 08/15/12 01:37 PM
Re: Swinging - Eight Days on the Dean
[Re: ColeyG]
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 04/29/06
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Loc: Offshore
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In a word, they are perfect. Simple truths are oft self-evident to those so inclined. Thank you, gentlemen, for taking us along on your discovery of same....
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