5/20-23 pack-in

[flyg]

Wife and I had a mini vacation. Headed up to do a little back-packing and fishing. Hiked in Sat. evening and left Tues. am.

Man, what a spectacular time I had. I fished like a fiend, stopping during the heat of the day to swim and hike, and lay around camp. Caught many, many fish. Only drawback: no biguns. But I caught more streamborn fish in the 10-11" inch range than I have for a long time. Mostly dries, few little beadhead droppers, even dredged one morning and dragged a streamer during a rainstorm after dark. Got tons of pics.

We went here:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0562.jpg

I also hiked and fished up here:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0580.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0581.jpg

Here's a stunning little native I caught:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0561.jpg

There were some of these around:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0570.jpg

And of course, caught plenty of these:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0612.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0617.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/fish.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0626.jpg

And a couple of these:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/IMG_0619.jpg

Brought the mask and snorkel and spent a happy hour or two getting close and personal with the habitat. Put the underwater camera case through its paces. I'll try this and see if it works--here's a short video. Bigger fish is a horny-head, the other is a warpaint shiner.
http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/?action=view&current=MVI_0574.flv

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[finless brown]

Awesome video!!!! thanks for sharing.

[River Rambler]

That video is awesome. Was that done through a point and shoot digital? And what kind of UW case did you have?

[flyg]

Taken with a Cannon SD30.

Waterproof case looks like this.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=CAAWDC40&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=397951

The waterproff case is $100 but worth it imo. I dropped the last camera in the water and now I know better. The video is actually clearer than what you see because photobucket compresses it. I'm gonna do some real underwater shooting this summer.

Here's either a white sucker or a stoneroller (not sure). About 7" long.
http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/gwsundin/Stream2/May_20-23_06/?action=view&current=MVI_0572.flv

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