http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou An Angler's Journal -- please click on any picture for a high-resolution version Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:56:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en P7170007 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou After our Monday outing, the three of us were determined to get in some extra innings; so Wednesday evening we hit the road again as soon as the conference ended. We managed to reach Mike at the fly shop just before he walked ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=82 P7170009 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou One of several trout taken during a wonderful evening caddis fly hatch on the Elevenmile stretch of the South Platte. http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=81 spring and summer 08 066 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou The unsavory threesome that put a serious hurting on some unsuspecting Colorado salmonids. Please be advised that these fishermen are armed and dangerous. Any fish that comes in contact with one of these bad-ass long-rodders should grow legs and run for the ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=85 spring and summer 08 058 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou Our annual EduStat conference was held in Colorado Springs this summer, and it gave me an opportunity to fish with Jonathan and Greg Wilborn on Greg’s home waters on the North Fork of the South Platte. We headed out ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=83 spring and summer 08 051 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou Jonathan’s nice rainbow. http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=80 P7070069 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou I arrived to moderate trico activity on a cool, grey July morning along the heritage section of the Little Lehigh. Fish rose steadily from around 8AM until 10:30, feeding very selectively. I had many refusals, and had to change flies often, but the ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=79 P7060063 Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou I fished the Monocacy on a cloudy, muggy Saturday after Independence Day. Air temperature was in the low 80’s, and the sun did its best to peak out between intermittent downpours. Having just tied a brace of snow shoe rabbit tinsel-tail emergers and ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=78 DSC_0053_Br Originally uploaded by Luyen Chou WSW winds swinging around to northerly winds – beautiful weather, despite hot haze, fog, and high temps…. Thorne and I headed out to the rips, despite the new flats that were created as a result of the new cut through the outer beach. ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=77 Mid-70’s air temps, seasonal flows over Passover weekend.  Hit the first pool at Berry’s Bridge.  Fish holding in the usual spots, just subtly dimpling the surface. Fish were highly selective and unresponsive to the usual offerings.  Switched to a homebrewed #18 rabbit foot, gold tinsel emerger, and despite a cast ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=75 After two straight years of shortened jaunts to Sanibel, Florida, I arrived on February 10th with heightened fishing expectations, and two specific goals.  The first was to get back out on the water with Steve Bailey, my erstwhile annual Pine Island Sound guide.  The second was to make sure my ... http://reel-time.com/blogs/chou/?p=74