St. John's River Fantasy Picks

Been too busy to blog lately, been to Mexico and back this week already.  Still manged to get the podcast done, sorry for short notice, talked to producer to work towards publishing by Tuesday of tournament weeks.  So go here to listen to Podcast.

Otherwise, my picks - KVD, Big Show, Bernie Schultz, Chris Lane, & JVD.  BTW - what does JVD gotta do to get his face on the Fantasy Game?

I saw that JVD got some of KVD's cookies, so I am convinced he is good to go this week!

Also, got some goodies on listed in my Bass Fishing eBay Store

Fantasy prizes coming soon for Beaver & Harris chain, still need to hear from Harris Chain winner....

Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/03/16/st-johns-river-fantasy-picks.aspx?ref=rss

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McKenzie River Trout Fishing - Thumbs Up!


Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to guide a super awesome guy from Japan named Seiji. He came to the United States for a fly fishing vacation, and I was fortunate enough to be his guide for his very first day of fly fishing in the states. Seiji had never been to the United States before, nor had he ever fished here for our wonderful trout. He was super excited to get out and experience it all, and I was ready to christen his trout catching experience on the lower McKenzie.

We got on the water, and the weather seemed to be one of those days where everything was threatening, but we ended up lucking out. More or less, most of the threatening squalls swirled around and just missed us all day. We ended up getting rained on hard for about 10 minutes towards the end of the day, and the sun took over to dry us up after that cell passed us.

The fishing started out slow, but Seiji persisted to probe his subsurface offerings into likely lies hoping his luck would soon change. He had a huge fish hook up, as the rod thumped and throbbed down with a serious bend. The fish ripped some line, and bucked the rod hard. I was anticipating a huge rainbow, but the fish gave itself a long distance release. Seiji looked heartbroken at the moment, but I reassured him that it would not matter in the long run; since I had confidence we would redeem that pig of a rainbow sometime during the day.

We fished hard, and the fishing was remaining to be slow for what this time of the year should be providing for action. It was time for lunch, and time to regroup. Lunch was interesting for me to experience; since it was Seiji's first time having an "American" lunch. He commented on how good our vegetables and produce are; being that Japan does not grow many of the things we have here in the states (we import a lot of produce to Japan), and he also really enjoyed things like the chips & salsa. He loved his gourmet sandwich, and he was stoked on his experience so far for the day. He commented to me several times about what a wonderful time he was having out there. Now I was just hoping for the hookups and landings to pick up, and that was the only (and most important) variable I was really wanting to change for this given day.

As luck would turn out, the fishing immediately turned around right after lunch time. Right away, Seiji hooked a nice sized rainbow, and it jumped and threw the hook. Then right after that, the hookups started to come with some serious consistency. It finally got to the point where the fishing was where I like it to be. I was able to call the fish when Seiji presented the fly into the spots. We were crushing rainbows more or less where they should have been holding. I would say, "Seiji, put your flies into that deep green slot on the left side down below that riffle....", and when he put them in there, I would see the indicator dunk down, and he would rip the line tight with a lively trout on the other end. Seiji was having a blast, and I was utterly stoked to see how good of a time he was having.

The fishing was good for nymphing with a golden stone and a possie bugger dropped about 3 1/2 feet off of a Thingamabobber. Swinging wet flies also worked well, and we caught fish on the shallower drop off shelf spots with a downstream 45 degree cast. The flies that worked that day were a beadhead peacock and partridge softhackle with a red yarn butt (size 10), and a size 10 Royal Coachman Wet. We fished them tandem with the softhackle on the end of the leader, and the Royal Coachman Wet about 3 feet up on a dropper tag hitched off of the leader. No topwater opportunities on this day, but we had very good nymphing and relatively good wet fly swing fishing.


It was really a special day to be a part of someone's first experience in another country. I really enjoyed guiding someone who was so stoked on everything ranging from the scenery to the fish to the food. Guiding someone from a foreign place helped me to really appreciate how good we have things here in Oregon. Seiji commented on everything from the nice bountiful trout to the large open space we live in to the great produce we have here. He let me feel really good about where I live and what I get to experience where I live. We truly live in a wonderful land!



If you are interested in booking a trip for trout on the McKenzie River, or any of our other trout fishing destinations call us at (503)-639-6400 or email us at travel@kman.com.

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Keeping Kids Entertained While Hiking

Hello  everyone This is a guest post  from Jim Bradley, a fellow resident of  Massachusetts and the owner of HuskyHiker.com. Enjoy! Keeping kids happy during a hike can be a challenge. Activities along the way can be huge help; children … Continue reading

Source: http://familycampman.com/2011/02/keeping-kids-entertained-while-hiking/

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Ohio?s Wolf Run State Park ? A Quiet Camping Retreat

Ohio?s rugged hills are the home of Wolf Run State Park, which is one of the finest and most scenic parcels of land in the American state. The 1046-acre park is located near the town of Caldwell, and offers 220 acres of cool, clean waters and exceptional woodlands as a place to enjoy a quiet [...]

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3 Good Articles

In the past week we came across three fishing articles on other web sites that we thought you might be interested in.  Have a look. Hatchery Programs Come Front and Center in Debate Over Wild Salmon. The Native Fish Society and the Pacific Rivers Council are suing over hatcheries on the Sandy River in Orgeon, [...]

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Go Tiger Fishing in Africa for a New Outdoor Experience

Every fisherman has a dream. Usually these people have a favorite kind of fish that they would like to catch and that might be the Tiger fish. These are big fishes and they can be found only in certain locations of the world. This is why they are so tempting for the majority of the [...]

Source: http://www.campingtourist.com/camping-activities/fishing/tiger-fishing-in-africa/

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Vermont Provides Excellent Camping Choices

There are many ways to enjoy camping trips in the adventurous American state of Vermont. These include camping in national forests, state parks and private campground. You can rough it with a tent in the woods with the animals or camp in luxury and style in an RV with satellite dish. There are numerous choices, [...]

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Anybody need some free fishing gear?

Been a crazy week, lots of travel and other stuff going on, been neglecting the blog.  Congrats to Arizona Pros Dean Rojas & Cliff Pirch for both notching tour level wins earlier today.

Not too long ago, I got a nice shipment of new Akinetix gear in, they make some very affordable and functional polarized fishing sunglasses, including youth & woman's models, definitely worth checking out.  They even have floating shades for those of us that our clumsy.

They also have some nice moisture wicking gear and other gear.  So to celebrate spring, I am running a little contest, on my Facebook Page, so just follow this link to enter.  You have until Sunday April 24th to get entered.  So head over and enter to win some free gear and check out the Akinetix website as well.

The Akinetix Shield sunglasses pictured are what i have been wearing on the water!
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Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/04/17/anybody-need-some-free-fishing-gear.aspx?ref=rss

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5 Ways to Catch More King Salmon

We’re already getting excited about the king salmon we’re going to be catching at Alaska West and BC West starting the second week of June.  These are not your normal king fisheries – we’re swinging flies for hot chrome fish just a few miles for the salt, and that really turns our crank! Anyhow, we’ve [...]

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Beaver Lake & St. John's River Fantasy Winners

Just shipped some prizes today.  Congrats to Carl Spande of MN for winning the prize for Beaver Lake event.  Because Carl is a Facebook Fan of this blog, he brings down a pack of Optimum Double Diamond Swimmers.  I think Carl will find these great as a swimbait or large swim jig trailer!

Still waiting to hear from my Harris Chain winner, but Cody Salzmann (Facebook Fan) of IL almost won the whole thing, not quite, but he still wins an IMA Roumba wake bait.  I think Cody will find this a super product bait once the bait get shallow for him this spring!.

In other news, check out the great bass Cory Cook has been catching on his IMA Flit jerkbait that he won from an earlier tourney, also a Facebook fan.

Maybe Cory can get his mug in the next pic, ha!  Thanks for the pictures Cory!   You have set a standard for future winners!


Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/03/24/beaver-lake--st-johns-river-fantasy-winners.aspx?ref=rss

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