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Tyler and I met up with a friend from his school and his Dad up at the Rapidan this weekend for an overnight camping/trout fishing expedition. Amazing weather, great people, and our first flyfishing trip ever made this a great weekend. Thanks Ernie for lending me your 3wt fly rod. It was perfect and so easy to cast.
Whoever said there were "parts" of the road to Rapidan that could get pretty rough, were putting it lightly. I was cruising along on the dirt road and came over one hill and almost got air as I jumped over the deep pothole just on the downhill side! Luckily the truck has pretty good suspension and did great. It was actually pretty fun once I figured out that this road was going to take some slow and steady planning in certain spots to get from point A to point B. We met our friends at the last campsite before the cabins and set up the tent and got fishing.
The Rapidan was beautiful. I think the water level was a bit low. But it was pool after pool with waterfall after waterfall. Of course Tyler went off with his friend and caught 5 or 6 Brook Trout that evening. I was left to figure this out on my own......I didn't. I just wasn't quick enough setting the hook. I must have had 15 hits but was too slow or had too much slack in the line. I couldn't set the hook. So I went to bed Saturday night skunked.
We woke up at 6am and hit the river early before anybody else could spook the fish. Tyler was great and acted as my guide to make sure I caught a fish. I think he realizes the happier he makes me on these trips, the more trips we take. He is a smart kid. Finally, I got the first fish of the morning and first Brook Trout of my life. A nice 8 incher.
I caught another smaller one too. Tyler caught about 4 or 5 more fish that morning. His biggest was this beautiful 9 incher.
These are some of the others he caught.
I have a new underwater camera that takes video and I wanted to try it out. The water was so clear. So, the following is a video of the release of the trout underwater
FYI...this isn't a fish. Just a lot of Bull
Great trip. I think we are going to make this an annual thing. Maybe try to do it again in the Fall.
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Outstanding......
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We think alike. I was just up there a week ago and also took some underwater footage .
Great report, sounds like a perfect weekend.
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Great report and in fact "Over the Stars"
Capt Mike
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Love the write-up and great work fellas. I need to plan an outing like that sometime soon.
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What camera did you get? I just picked up a Go Pro Hero2 last weekend and tested it out on the Chesapeake and Goose Creek ..... absolutely love it.
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I had slightly different requirements for my camera. I was looking for an easy hand held point and shoot that I could take anywhere (kayak, snorkeling, scuba, skiing, etc). I ended up with the Pentax Optio WG-1 (http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/2/7/pentaxwg1gps). I love it. It does exactly what i need. 14MP, HD Video, etc. and I can beat the heck out of it. It also has a great preview screen on the back. The Go Pro doesn't (unless you buy an extra accessory).
BUT, I can see lots of uses for the Go Pro II and often consider getting one of those too. I can't easily mount my camera on a helmet or handlebars. It could withstand the environment, but it just isn't set up to do that easily. Go Pro has done a great job of developing that part of the market and puts out great video.
I do put the WG-1 on a monopod and stick that in my rod holder on my kayak. It does a very good job of taking video over my shoulder. Next time out I will take a picture of my setup (with another camera) and show you.
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