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Title: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 01, 2005, 10:39:59 PM
A very brief note on the Master and my annual lake fishing trip to the Merritt area.

 Just got in from day two of our three day trip. Of course the Master showed me up both days. :D Today he landed 11 today to my 2, and I lost about 6, 2 of them very nice fish. :'( The saving grace was I got the largest, 5 pounds. ;D ;D I believe we hooked about 25 or so today.

Yesterday we hooked about 10 or so and I broke a beauty off, Nick said it was about 4 pounds so I am out fishing him in size anyway.

The mosquitos are really bad on the shore but none out on the lake. Very windy yesterday but a lot better today so we hope for a equally successful day tomorrow. Have takend a few photo's and lots of video footage to view later and get some tips that I need to study. Wow does he ever have a lot of flys in the boxes, one for every insect on earth I think.

Time to jump in the hot tub and then to bed and dream about tomorrow's action. ;D

I will give a slightly longer story Friday morning ;D and a better discription on the fish numbers etc. when I review the video tapes.
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 02, 2005, 07:59:15 AM
Sounds like a good time.   ;D  Can't wait for the next installment.  Its nice to hear even the pros can be out fished.  With a lil help from one!  ;)  What flies were working best ?
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: rob.l on June 02, 2005, 12:46:46 PM
What lakes are you hitting? :)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 02, 2005, 05:09:17 PM
 ::) ;D  YAh what lakes...... ;)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 02, 2005, 05:11:27 PM
By the time the trips over the nice weather should be on its way. ;D  And the fraser will be way higher,  you know what that means!   :P
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 04, 2005, 05:07:57 PM
 DAY 1, MAY 31, 2005



I awake at 4:15 am, a mix of excitement and the fact I had no time to get ready the day before. Was foolish to play badminton twice, including a late night session. I played terribly and hope my fishing skill would be better. :-\

I knew at least "The Master" (Nick) would be getting into some of these acrobatic rainbows and I would be happy to once again to document the trip on video. This is a two fold purpose, to enjoy the trip over and over again in the years ahead and to preserve the tips I would learn over the next 3 days. I hope one day we will have simple means to transfer highlights of these tapes to this forum for those interested to view. Then I would not to write these reports out and more time to fish. ;D

I arrive at 6:30 am on the nose at Nick's house and he is ready, allready to roll as he is always on time, not late as I am a lot of the time. If I am late it gets the trip off to a bad start as I get "what happened this time GADSY" he asks me.

I quickly seperate what I need for the trip from the Leaf Mobile which Lew, George,Terry and others call my "office", that is most likely too polite a term to describe it.

We are on our way body of water to start the adventure at. I donot care as this was only the second year of fishing chironomids for me, just to get out is good enough for yours truly. As most of you know know there are hundreds of lakes around Merritt and Nick knows so many of them, just like the back of his hand. ;D

We are passed by several others vehicles loaded with their fishing crafts of all sorts, all with the occupants I am sure with the images of dancing rainbows in their heads just like me as I remember back to a little over a year ago when I took the biggest fish of our trip, lucky I know or was it skill? ;D ;D ;D

The first stop is our ritual of having breakfast at the Home Restuarant in Hope that is partly filled with other eager travellers glad to be escaping the confines of the big city 100 miles away.

Breakfast is quickly consummed and we are onto Highway #5, the miles pass quickly as Nick and I relive our 30 plus years of friendship that first started on the fastball field as we were both chuckers, of course he was a lot better at pitching, like he is a far better fisherman than me.

We pay our toll of 10 dollars and I remark it would be nice to have the toll off. I add to Nick as I volunteer for a certain political party that I hate to admit at times, I would try to sugggest we try to remove the tolls before the next election. Maybe I better run myself and campaign on that issue but hey if I got elected there would be no time to fish. ;D ;D

Sorry Rodney this is not suppose to be a political forum.

As we see the Coldwater River off to the left Nick tells me chinooks would be in the lower sections of it already. Marvelous fish aren't they?

We talk about the weather and he tells me the temprature of the water should be around 12 to 15 celius roughly for the best angling  He adds it should be about that at the high levels lakes we will be fishing.As well it has cooled down a bit after the first hot spell of the year a few days back.

Nick who has been talking to Brian Chan, a famous fly-fisher and author says things were starting to pick up lately, which I am glad to hear.

Final I have to ask "what lake are we going to try first", the reply is, "an unnamed one" he says with a grin on his face. Surprises can be good I guess.

As we traverse the dusty road, part of it on the old Kettle Valley Railroad we see countless beaver dams, deer and other bird life that to me are a bonus and I love to film them. To add to the joy not a soul in sight, heaven. ;D

Final we are at the lake and the air temp. is 12 degrees, and the water 11 about the same due to the hot weather I have mentioned. We launch quickly as the mosquito's are plentyful and big as jet planes.There is lots of swallows feasting on these menace to society, why were they created I think and I marvel at the winged feeding machines as they twist and turn just above the rippling water surface. I just answered my own question didn't I?

We work our way down the lake with Nick watching keenly for hatching chironomids. The odd trout also breaks the surface  and breaks the silence of the lake at the same time. I am told by my compainion they are picking off the sedges that are putting their life on the line from these creatures the lurk below in the depths of the 30 foot lake.

It is not long until Nick of course is into fish number 1 of the trip, as he lands the 14 inch silver fish. Nick on landing this trout he sees it has a very deformed mouth that spoiled his silver beauty somewhat. He has had no difficulty of feeding it appears as he is a plump fellow. Nick carefully "spoons" the stomack of this fish before release, to check the colour of the hatching chironomids they have been munching on so as to try to find a matching colour. Some are green, the same colour chironmamid I am using  ;D ;D and a silver which I believe Nick calls it a chromie.

I am next up, as I try to cast which I am not that good at most of the time I can not get my chironamid and the 12 foot or so tappered leader to clear the water. I soon find out why, I have a fish on which I take some ribbing from my partner in trying to cast a fish. :-[

A pair of loons circle us now, looking for an easy meal. Their occasional wail signals we are with nature at its best. The call of ducks and other song birds as they go about there daily chore of feeding themselves and their newborns is something that I never get tired of. How lucky we are to be here and the fish we are catching are an add on, in my books anyway. I think of those that are at work and at school and can not be at a similar location as we are. But their day will come, like mine did seven years ago after 35 years of work. That is why we must all work hard to look after nature and her environment, we owe it to those that will come after us.

As I type this one of my grandchildren, just 1 year old is hooting with glee in his highchair, enjoying his supper my wife is feeding him. It gives me all the more resolve to keep working for our fish so as to give him the same opportunity I had and stiill have if he chooses the great sport of angling. If I give up, I have let him down very badly and thousands of similar children and young adults throughout British Columbia, Canada and the world.

I interrupted myself here but these thoughts came to me during my edit, sorry.

I did not get the thrill of seeing my indicator go down or for that matter I do not see the fish either as I lose it after about 30 seconds. Not to to be dispared I am into another 5 minutes later, a 13 inch fish that is netted, spooned and then released, 1 for two, and ahead of my guide on fish hooked. Nick quickly ties me up with a lost fish also taken on a sinking line.

He then moves ahead with a nice good two pounder or a little more. I tell him he is a beak as I am suppose to get the biggest. ;D Then he is into another using a mayfly as a 3 pounder is brought to the net.

We are missing the odd fish as well as the ones we are  landing when around 3 my indicator goes down, I strike, a fish that Nick says is close to 4 clears the surface by a few feet a couple of times.  ;D :D

My joy is quickly dashed as it throws the hook on the third jump as the reason for its acrobatics prove succcessful. I take more ribbing but Nick suffers a worse fate asa the next fish he hooks he breaks off so my turn to do the taunting.

The time has passed quickly and around 6, time to head to Merritt, get a motel, and satisfy our hungry stomack that are more interested in a meal than the fish were on day one of the trip it seemed.

The count for the day is,  Nick has a tally of 4 for 7 and I, 1 for 5, with the only saving grace being I had the largest on. ;D 

I tell Nick that it is warm up day and we should do better tomorrow.

Talking about warming up we did some of that as Nick's battery for the electric motor had gone dead so it made for some paddling on the no outboard lake. We will have to buy a new one tomorrow. Funny there is always some incident on a trip that makes it memorable.

Once again we battle the mosquitos at the launch so we move quickly and in no time flat we are heading for Merritt 90 minutes away.

We find our Motel and freshen up and then head for supper that is adventure in itself. For those interested this fishing diary will continue later with some pictures as well. There was more fun ahead, well I think so anyway but others may find these long stories not to there liking but that is the beauty of a forum, you only have to read what you are interested in.



Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Rodney on June 04, 2005, 05:39:20 PM
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Nice fish, but it looks like you two were having a garage sale on that boat. ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Trout Slayer on June 04, 2005, 05:49:33 PM
Great read and  beautiful looking fish Chris! Can't wait for the rest of it, keep them coming. :)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 04, 2005, 05:50:30 PM
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Nice fish, but it looks like you two were having a garage sale on that boat. ;D
I always go with enough stuff for a month you know that by being on our bar fishing trip in the Leaf Craft.
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 06, 2005, 08:57:40 AM
After checking in at the Best Western Motel it is time to find something to eat. First stop though was to buy another pair of glasses as I lost mine somewhere, I make the store one minute before closing, thank goodness as I would not be able to read the supper menu. ::)

We then go to the Home Restuarant, Nick's favorite but it had just closed, "lets try the pub, they have good food as well as Keno" he adds.

Nick just settles into a comfortable chair as I grab a keno card, "the grill is down, no business tonight" the waitress tells us. What is with this town, does everything shut down at 9 I think. "Maybe it just comes alive during the Merritt Music Festival" I tell my now famished partner.

We finally find a 24 hour Husky just off Highway 5 and quickly take a booth for a much desired meal,hoping they do decide to close for some unknown reason, it is now close to 10.

I order a hamburger steak and when it comes it is 4 slices of meat, being tired and hungry I quickly dig in. Partly through my meal the waitress comes and tells me she gave me meat loaf and your hamburger steak to another customer, we all share a laugh as I did not even know the difference. Too tired I quess, will have to take a longer nap in the bottom of boat tomorrow. ;D

Nick digs into fish and chips, why fish I think, maybe to keep him in a fishing mood?

With the meal now complete two tired anglers drag themselves to their much welcomed beds in sleepy Merritt. ;D ;D


DAY 2

I awake early, 4 am, excited for the day I guess, so I quietly dress and head to the local Tim Hortons, leaving Nick to his dreams of the day ahead.

On the way to Tims, that I am pleased to see open, I pick up a few beer tins, enough to pay for the much coveted coffee. ;D I am the only customer there and as I sip down the coffee I read the paper and then do a few ball stat's, never away from work it seems. ???

I wander back to the motel as Nick had told me the night before he will be ready by 6:30. On arrival he is at his truck ready to roll and start another adventure.

First order of buisness is breakfast of course, so back to the Husky. As the waitress is bringing us a refill of coffee a terrible scream emits from her mouth, nearly dropping the coffee pot. We turn to see a good sized mouse with a long tail scampering across the floor at her feet. ;D

This scene breaks up the breakfast patrons and then more screams are heard as the rodent trys to climb a wall but falls to the floor, it then heads to the kitchen, for his breakfast I persume. Ouch, rodents in our eating establishment.

With breakfast completed we leave the restuarant and the mouse behind to pick up a new battery in downtown Merritt, no more rowing for us today. With a $125 battery with plenty of power safely in place in the boat it is onto our fishing destination for the day, the same lake as yesterday. ;D

We are on the water by 10 ish and Nick wastes no time and is into the first fish of the day, a 14 incher. As Nick is checking the stomack contents for what the rainbow has been dining on for breakfast, the fish does not like this operation, tosses it head and sending the device into the lake. It takes a quick netting job by Nick saves it from a watery grave.

A fellow and his wife near us are trolling flatfish, one green and the other an orange they tell us. They are doing very well, landing several nice ones. A flatfish is a good way to catch fish Nick tells me but I have to agree with him that fishing chiromomids may be more challenging and exciting. Each to their own of course I remind myself.


Nick is into the next one, he take a 2-0 lead but it is a very crimson coloured spawner that was in the 3 to 4 pound range. Nick then decides to move to another location of the lake and it pays off for me. ;D

Down goes the green and red indicator, I react well for a change and by the feel of the pull it has some weight to it.
I play it with care and a good netting job by Nick sees a 5 pound fish (On Nick's scales) my biggest ever is safely in the boat. I decide to keep it. It is not the most beautiful fish of the trip but will it be the biggest of the trip?  ;D (It has a small bend in its back near its tail.) :-\

We find later in the day when cleaning my trophy it is sterile fish. Nick tells me the eggs are put under pressure at the hatchery, destroying the gonads thus creating these sterile fish.

I am rolling, rolling, rolling right along ;D ;D ;D as I am into another good sized one but step on my fly line in the bottom of the boat and lose it. The bite is on and we miss many, I lose three in a row, just when I thought I was on that roll my skill level once again slips away. We also have a double header on. This happened while filming a fish that Nick has on and is playing. This fellow hooks itself on my line, just beside the boat but with camera in hand I lose it. :o Nick even calls me a beak for all my losses but I remind him I have the largests so far. ;D ;D

Nick meanwhile continues on a hot streak landing several more before we call it a day around 7 o'clock the end of another enjoyable day with the Master.

 After we load the boat we are on our way back to Merritt and we relive the highlights of the 11 fish Nick landed and my 3 along with the several we lost to one mishap or another. Nick calulates we have hooked around 35 so far for the two days and landed 19 of them. Nick has landed 15 of them in the friendly competion to my 4 but did I tell you I had the biggest ;D Size over quanity I would say. ;D ;D ;D

Pictures to follow as well as the events for day 3 for those interested in what has been a most wonderful trip so far.

I feel at times I am writing a daily fishing column. :D

Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Rodney on June 06, 2005, 12:06:28 PM
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Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Fish Assassin on June 06, 2005, 12:55:15 PM
Niiice rainbows ! :)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: halorail on June 06, 2005, 04:03:14 PM
Nice Fish and yes I'm jealous
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 06, 2005, 06:55:36 PM
Nice fish guys!  :o  Gotta love hittin them on chironomids.  With the hoody up,  you kinda have that uni-bomber look. LOL ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 06, 2005, 07:22:12 PM
Nice fish guys!  :o  Gotta love hittin them on chironomids.  With the hoody up,  you kinda have that uni-bomber look. LOL ;D
It was mighty cold out there at times, as low as 8 c and with a wind chill BRR BRR.Remember also these are high level lakes plus 3000 feet I believe. Also to keep those pesty mosquitos from sneaking up behind you and biting you on the neck.

Will try to take it off for next photo for you though. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: bigguy on June 06, 2005, 10:03:52 PM
Good job Chris!  We like everything to be closed early here so we don't get a lot of undesirables around, obviously it didn't work as you styed for three days! Just kidding!  Have to get out soon as it sounds like fishing has been pretty good! Been watching too much baseball and gardening.  Soon, am off to the island in a couple of weeks for our salmon and hali trip, should be fun!  Did I hear that you are a Yankee fan!!! ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 06, 2005, 11:21:59 PM
!  Did I hear that you are a Yankee fan!!! ;D
As we discusssed last year it is Dodger Blue and of course the Blue and White in hockey. I believe I am converting FA to them also. ;D ;D

Would like to take him bar fishing one day but he will not travel in the Leaf Craft. ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Fish Assassin on June 06, 2005, 11:27:18 PM
Chris, I must confessed I WAS (please note the past tense) a Leaf fan back in the days when there were only 6 teams. I have seen the errors of my way and am now a fan of another Canadian team. I will NEVER be a Leaf fan again. It's a lot of fun running down the Make Beliefs. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 07, 2005, 07:56:19 AM
I better get the rest of this report out of the way as heading off for two days to find some more early chinooks.
 By the way I have just tasted the 5 pounder that I smoked, very nice indeed.

As we travel along the now well known dirt road back towards Merritt we see a whitetail deer, a deer that I have never seen before in the wild, I didnot know thy were this close to the Coast. We observe as well lots of cattle with their new borne calves out on their summer feeding grass lands, we are in cattle and cowboy county thats for sure. The scenery is great and I see why Bigguy lives here. ;D

Arriving back at Merritt we head to our favorite haunt the Husky for supper, mouse and all.  ;D

I once again try to order the Hamburger steak that I didnot get last night but the waitress thinks I just ordered soup for some reason and my hamburger steak never comes. I did not want to once again embarrass the waitress so say nothing as I watch Nick enjoy his supper and a brew. It was a big bowl of soup and when I go back on another trip will try to order that hamburger steak a 3rd time. ;D


Oh, pushed the post button by mistake. :-[
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 07, 2005, 09:55:54 AM
Continue now.

After supper, back to the motel, Nick tucks into bed and I go to the office and read FWR and post a small item on our trip that started this thread. I get chased from the office as they are ready to close, it is 11pm.

I then go to the hot tub area as after being on the water for two days it would feel good to get into some H2O myself. I am just hopping into the steaming tub when the attendant comes and says he is shutting the pool down, "give me 5 minutes" I plead, "ok 5 minutes is the dour response". Once again Merritt shuts down too early for me bigguy. ;D

Back to the room and I phone Rodney to catch up on some fishing related news. Finally it is time to hit the sack as 4am and the start of our final day is only 4 hours away. When you have naps during the day in the boat like I do you can stay up later and get an early start the next day. ;D

Before I fall a sleep I read the Backroad Mapbook, a Road & Recreational Atlas that I bought after supper. I would recommend it to those that do not have it as it details the locations of hundred's of lakes in the area. Cost was about $21. I study the area we are fishing but the book falls from my hand as I doze into never never land. The night seemed to go quickly and I am on my feet at 4 and repeat yesterday's route, Tim's, a few tins on the way, ball stat's and read the local paper.

Back to the motel the well rested fishing partner is loaded and ready. I gather my stuff in a hurry and off to breakfast at our second home.

No mice were observed but we are told that Kid Rock's bus is parked outside, talk about a home away from home that bus was. I imagine he was doing some filming here in the Merritt area.

When paying the bill at the counter after breakfast the staff was excited as apparently the Kid was in for supper the night before.

Not following Kid Rock that much I asked about him, they said he is associated with Pamela Anderson which I seem to remember them getting engaged a while back.

I tell her, the waitress that Pam is a second Cousin to my first cousin on the Island in Chemainus, the waitress does not seemed interested in my statement, more interested in the Kid I guess. Maybe we should bring Pam along on a fishing trip one day. ;D ;D

I go and look at the bus to see if the Kid is around and ask how Pam is doing  ::) but my partner is more interested in heading fishing, so much for stardom.

As we arrive at back at the lake for day 3 of the trip the world of movie stars and rock singers quickly is erased from my mind as the serene state the lake is in this morning, fllat calm mingled with the songs of the bird life is far more appealing anyway than rock music. :-X

The fishing is slow as we are, we get off to a slow start as I miss 3 and Nick 2. Nick is first to hit the scoreboard landing the first at 11:30 on a dry sedge. Nick pumps the stomack and finds some green colored chironomids, the same as I am have been using the whole trip. Nick keeps changing his offering to try and find that magic combination. In Nick's first fish he also points out to me some red coloured blood worms. There is so many different types and sizes of these chironomids and other insects, I donot think I could ever figure it out like the "Master" can

Nick then hooks a good sized fish but it turns out to be another spawner, it puts up a good battle for a spawning fish, around 6 pounds. It gets tangled around the leg of the motor, Nick gets it off the prop but the line breaks as we try to net it. All that is left to net is his indicator. :D Nick says if it had been a clean fish his rod would be at the bottom of the lake because he lost it I guess. ::)

Finally I am into my first fish a nice fish of around 2 pounds that I land and retain, at least now I have landed a fish each day of the trip.

Two boats then appear on the lake using outdoor motors, as they come by we tell them outboards are not allowed on the lake we are fishing, only electric. They disagree and disappear. Shortly they come back and they tell us they phoned the CO who told them they were allowed. We calll them over and show them in the reg's they were wrong but it turned out as we talked to them they thought they were on a different lake where outboards were allowed. We share a few laughts and they are on their way to the lake they wished to fish. I should have told them to get the Atlas I had bought. ;D ;D

We bid them farewelll as they go and search for their missing lake so to speak, we back to fishing.

The bite comes on and I land two, lose one and Nick is successful landing three more the biggest about 2 and a half pounds.

As my watch nears 6 the chilling wail of one of the of the loons echo's throughout the confines of the lake and through my veins. It is as if he seems to be telling us it is time for us to leave his lake, the lake of many mysteries, of the fish that inhabit it along with the other bird life that have graciously shared with us the last 3 days.

We recount the day as we pack up, Nick has beat me by one fish today, 4 to 3 if I counted correct, making the final score of 19 to 7. Nick adds we did ok but we missed alot and lost far too many but at this point it does not matter.The fish we caught is now secondary to all the events and stories we will be able to relate and watch on video the next many years. Did I tell you I got the biggest for the last two years in a row, now, that does matter. ;D ;D ;D I hope you have enjoyed this fishing journal and unfortunatley I reused a film I had taken before so I had a roll of double exposed prints, may send to Rodney for a couple of candid shots to post if he wishs.


We arrive home at 11 time to do a few chores the next morning and then back searching for a spring with Gary. I was luckly enough to land a small one. I then lost one on Sunday afternoon. Guess what I will be doing today and tomorrow. ;D

I am also planning my next trip to Merritt, maybe in during the Merritt Music Festivel on July 12 to July 17 when I hear there is some beautiful fish in the Coldwater River as well. No Chris do not go there as your wife might start asking some questions about these fishing trips. ;D ;D

Life is sure great in the world of fishing especially when you get to fish with "The Master".

 
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Rodney on June 07, 2005, 11:10:40 AM
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Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Rodney on June 07, 2005, 11:15:52 AM
More!

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This second photo almost qualifies for our blooper shots (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/2005/0605_01.html). ;)

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Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 07, 2005, 11:18:58 AM
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Thanks Rodney, this is what happens when you try to use a film twice. The first one is a shot in the canyon from a helicopter of a FN netting site with the shot of one of Nick's fish in a landing net over top, sort of fitting, a real fluke shot I would say. The other from the same roll, that is why the colour is bad. It is of Nick releasing a nice bow.
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Trout Slayer on June 07, 2005, 11:38:40 AM
Way to go Chris! Excellent read as always. I'm sure everyone who reads it felt like they were co-pilot with you and Nick. ;D

As for Kid Rock:
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 8) 8) 8)
Im in for when Pam goes fishing. ;)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 07, 2005, 11:45:38 AM
Way to go Chris! Excellent read as always. I'm sure everyone who reads it felt like they were co-pilot with you and Nick. ;D

As for Kid Rock:
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 8) 8) 8)
Im in for when Pam goes fishing. ;)
Man you sure know how to find the pictures. ;D I donot think she looks like me ;D  but then she is not really a blood relative. We must be careful or Rodney will wrap our knuckles as this is a fishing site but she could be a good catch.  :-\ :D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 07, 2005, 11:50:11 AM
Chris, I must confessed I WAS (please note the past tense) a Leaf fan back in the days when there were only 6 teams. I have seen the errors of my way and am now a fan of another Canadian team. I will NEVER be a Leaf fan again. It's a lot of fun running down the Make Beliefs. ;D ;D
It took a long time or you to admit it, is it two or three years. ;D ;D

Got to get away from this board as the Master just phoned and said "I thought you were going fishing for a spring"

When the Master speaks I must obey. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 07, 2005, 08:09:45 PM
Well we know who wears the pants there.... ::) ;D  Good reports Chris,  you should have no problem getting some spring action!  River is on the drop and the springs seem to be showing up in better #'s each day.....ooops  that was for the fraser report. ::)  Sooo,  what lake did these boys think they were on anyways?  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on June 08, 2005, 06:17:14 PM
Well we know who wears the pants there.... ::) ;D  Good reports Chris,  you should have no problem getting some spring action!  River is on the drop and the springs seem to be showing up in better #'s each day.....ooops  that was for the fraser report. ::)  Sooo,  what lake did these boys think they were on anyways?  ;) ;D
Where you taking about who wears the pants in the picture Trout Slayer posted? ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Steelies-nitemare on June 08, 2005, 09:43:52 PM
 ;) ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on November 14, 2005, 10:51:29 PM
Browsing through some of my stories I have written and thought I would bump it up to get a stillwater story for those new forum members that may have missed it. Reading it also got me enthused for the Interior lake fishing that is a bit over 6 months away. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: cohokid on November 15, 2005, 04:54:07 PM
man o man, the 2 rainbow in the post 'the big' one looks like a steelie its so big. ;)
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: No_way on November 16, 2005, 12:10:57 AM
Way to go Chris! Excellent read as always. I'm sure everyone who reads it felt like they were co-pilot with you and Nick. ;D

As for Kid Rock:
(http://cache.eonline.com/Gossip/Fashion/Images2002/anderson.kid.rock.062502.jpg)
 8) 8) 8)
Im in for when Pam goes fishing. ;)

Not to wreck your fantacy, but Pam is a BIG PETA spokes person.  She doesn't go fishing. 
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: Fish Assassin on November 16, 2005, 12:21:53 AM
But she'll be in town next week for the Grey Cup
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: No_way on November 16, 2005, 12:45:59 AM
But she'll be in town next week for the Grey Cup

Sure, watching the game, eating nutritional yeast, and slagging anglers.
Title: Re: Three days On Merritt Lakes With The Master
Post by: chris gadsden on November 16, 2005, 10:22:15 AM
But she'll be in town next week for the Grey Cup
Good, then I will talking to her about this Peta thing. ;D ;D ;D