April 28, 2014 3:02 pm
By Joseph Alfe
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If I could fish every day, I would. No question about it. I know that I’m not alone in this sentiment, because a lot of you would do so as well, I just know it. You understand that’s it’s not only about the fish. To try to boil it down to non-fishers is always tricky, because it’s so much more than the fish. It’s the hunt. The constant thinking and strategy is a far cry from the layman’s observation of fishing as a relaxing pastime. It’s the long hours preparing and deciding how to approach a lake, what to throw, how to dissect a spot. It’s the pouring over maps, and contour lines and GPS coordinates. It’s the physicality of thousands of casts, pitches, flips, skips per day,
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April 23, 2014 1:20 pm
Even though I was able to sneak away for a few long distance trips this winter and this weekend marked the beginning of Rhode Islands Trout Season, I still had an itch from last fall that need to be scratched. An itch that simply couldn’t be satisfied by locally stocked trout or most other species available this time of year. Last fall team ECC’s Erich Medenbach, Lou Defusco, Brandon Lake, My Brother Kurt and I, all headed up north for what turned out to be an extremely successful trip on Chinook and Coho Salmon. But for one reason or another, not one of us got a shot at nice large Steelhead.
After several conversations with Erich regarding the anticipation of shooting one again, we decided to make a quick 2 man strike up north for a 24hr window of springtime Steely action.
Running on little Intel we saw a weather window for Wednesday and decided to make the 6+ hour drive. Besides a change of clothes, we packed a couple of light setups, about 1lb of fishing gear and easily 80lbs of camera equipment. (It’s a sickness)
Upon arrival, we noticed that the past couple days of warmer weather in the region had caused much of the snow to melt and begin to wash down into the river. In addition to dragging tons of mud and debris with it, this had caused the level of the river to rise significantly and increased the flow rate to around 1800 cfs. Not something you want to try wading in.
A little concerned but not dissuaded, we pulled up to one of our familiar parking areas, loaded up the gear and began to make the mile and half trek through 2ft of iced over soft snow. You know the type “step-slip-crunch-sink-pull your self out” Repeat. Another setback, but again anticipation won out and before long we reached the slick soft muddy banks of the river.
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April 7, 2014 2:58 pm
Team STORMR member Greg Hackney finished 3rd this past weekend at the Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament at Table Rock Lake in Branson, MO. He weighed 60.15lbs over the four day event. When the weather calls for it, Hackney has been wearing our STRYKR series rain gear for the past two years.
Here is Greg’s initial reaction after using the gear for the first time at the 2013 Bassmaster Classic, which was one of the coldest Classics on record:
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