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#1 Jun-17-16 10:55PM

Fishfry
Northern Snakehead
Registered: Jul-06-14
Posts: 111

Hope Island - Washington

Got a call from a fly fishing friend (lets call him Pete) late one Friday night..

Pete:  "Hey, wanna go flying and fishing...?" 
Me:  "You mean fly fishing...? What kind of stupid are you...of course I want to go fly fishing." 
Pete:  "no, no....do you want to go FLYING to go FISHING." 
Me:  Err, (remembering that it is a late Friday night) "Pete....you been drinking?"
Pete:  "I have an opening for tomorrow morning to go fly fishing for Sea Run Cutthroat on Hope Island...you want go?" "And Yes, I've been drinking that Pappy Van Winkle you gave me."
Me:  "Sure, I'd luv to go....where and when?

And thus my starts my next fishing adventure.....I arrived at the Kenmore Air and the first thing I see is this beauty...and I suddenly realize..."Float Planes!!!  We're going via float planes....AWESOME!!!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_06_50_31_Raw.jpg

Pete arrives and before I can thank him....he points to another plane and says..."load your gear in that one."  That one proves to be a 1955 de Havilland Beaver...even cooler...we're going "Old School!"

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_08_14_00_Raw.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_08_13_35_Pro.jpg

Look Ma' no computers or radar!!!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_08_50_27_Raw.jpg

Seattle Space Needle...from ah...almost too close...yeah, its been awhile since I flew "below the cloud cover."

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_09_02_21_Raw.jpg

Hope Island - on approach:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_14_28_28_Raw.jpg

Hope Island:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_14_20_35_Raw.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_14_20_38_Raw.jpg

Oh yeah...we caught fish...I caught five of these bad boys...not very big...but full of fight and a lot of fun:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_13_47_10_Raw.jpg

Getting ready to leave....da' plane, da' plane! - as Indiana Jones would say "start the engines!!"

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb18/MSAuto/WP_20160521_14_21_07_Raw.jpg

Trip back was uneventful...thankfully....

Next trip...back to the OP!!!

Best regards,

Fishfry

Last edited by Fishfry (Jun-17-16 10:59PM)

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#2 Jun-18-16 2:21AM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15560

Re: Hope Island - Washington

Very cool......need to start finding a way to get out that way!!!!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Jun-18-16 10:40PM

firemunkee
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Ashburn, VA
Registered: May-23-13
Posts: 1766

Re: Hope Island - Washington

Wait. You acquired a bottle of Pappy? And you gifted a bottle of Pappy? Sweet. Is it as good as people claim or is it all just hype?

Sweet trip! Getting there is part of the adventure too. Glad you caught fish too.


Together we'll fight the long defeat.

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#4 Jun-20-16 12:05AM

Fishfry
Northern Snakehead
Registered: Jul-06-14
Posts: 111

Re: Hope Island - Washington

firemunkee wrote:

Wait. You acquired a bottle of Pappy? And you gifted a bottle of Pappy? Sweet. Is it as good as people claim or is it all just hype?

Sweet trip! Getting there is part of the adventure too. Glad you caught fish too.

Hi Firemunkee.....Pete says its very good....I wouldn't know...I don't drink :-)

Regards,

Fishfry.

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#5 Jun-20-16 10:19AM

mkupchyk
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Registered: Oct-21-14
Posts: 87

Re: Hope Island - Washington

Wow what an incredible experience! Thanks for the detailed report and pictures.

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