http://www.troutlouts.com You Shoulda Been Here Yesterday! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:55:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Using real-time Google-earth imagery, I was able to reveal the secret to both Glenn's fishing success and the recent kill-off... http://www.troutlouts.com/2010/02/09/kamp-surveillance-photo-revealed/ If you read my last post about the massive fish kill in Fla. because of the extremely cold weather I have some good news and a story right out of any one of the numerous fishing books I have read. Yesterday, I was surveying the different fishing locations I have discoverd ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2010/01/29/florida-update/ I arrived at our home in Vero Beach, Florida on December 21, suffering a bad case of cabin fever, also called, "I need to get out and go fishing". Spring in the Catskills had been awesome, I fished Utah and Montana with Lee Hartman, I enjoyed some good nymph fishing ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2010/01/14/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/ What's that old hunter's saying? Oh yeah, you can't eat the horns or something like that... Here's one of the most horrible looking bucks I've ever encountered. After passing up a small buck during my annual PA deer season this year, I came home to hunt NJ for both ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/12/30/winner-2009-ugly-buck-contest/ [caption id="attachment_227" align="aligncenter" width="598" caption="Awaiting shore lunch..."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_228" align="aligncenter" width="598" caption="Fred Lewis with 33 pound monster"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_230" align="aligncenter" width="598" caption="Doc's 30 pound beauty"][/caption] Fred Lewis and I (Doc) just spent an incredible week of fishing on the Taltson River, south of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Photos below are ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/09/29/monster-pike-in-taltson-river-nwt/ Does anyone doubt that this custom-built burled-maple fly-tying desk would make a fine Father's Day gift?[caption id="attachment_217" align="alignnone" width="604" caption="Rick Axt stakes his claim"][/caption] http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/06/16/the-perfect-fathers-day-gift/ [caption id="attachment_210" align="aligncenter" caption="Louts in full DeBie regalia"][/caption] http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/05/11/trout-louts-09-float/ A word to the wise: If you've never stopped at Dette's Fly Shop in Roscoe, make a point to do so. Now in her 70's, Mary's quite a character, storyteller, sharp wit and authority on what's hatching along with where and how to fish on any given day. Simply put, ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/04/29/dettes-a-must-do/ Given the number of Louts wading Friday in partial reflection of these hard economic times, the 2009 "glass" will have an appropriate theme. Initial working models have proven that magic marker runs when writing on paper cups, but the cups hold scotch long enough to consume at least five or six ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/04/06/2009-barware/ For the nostalgic Lout - Here's a sampling of past vessels of conveyance. What shall be the Lout Glass of '09 that is hoisted 'round the campfire? Undoubtably, it will be engraved with a pithy comment of the season (without the personal mentions which led Lipkin to therapy repleat with threats of ... http://www.troutlouts.com/2009/03/22/lout-barware/