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While I was out in the yard trying to get everything looking good and ready for summer Casey and fishing friend ShiftyChevy, probably not his real name, went to the Miramichi river to see if they could catch a few sea run trout and some stripers.

The scenery was great as was the weather but the trout and stripers were taking the day off to relax in the sun I guess because there wasn't much catching going on. Those can be frustrating days so it really helps when the scenery keeps your mind occupied through a long day of no fish.

Well I shouldn't say NO fish as Casey's friend managed to hook into a 19" striper at the end of the day. That's him in the picture top left.

This is one of the pictures Casey took. What a beautiful scene.

I have never seen this part of the Miramichi. Whenever I am fishing the Miramichi it's always been much further upstream and I've always been fishing Atlantic salmon. It would be quite a surprise to land a striper on the fly rod.

Well boys I hope you have been luck in the future.

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The last day Casey and I were out fishing the Shepody river for some trout. Yeah that day that was so windy the birds were grounded. Well we followed the river all the way to the Shepody dam where I was able to see the lighthouse and the dam.

Shepody Dam on a day that wasn't quite so windy.

This is painting of the Revolving Light. Painting that belonged to Edson Thompson, first mate of the "Revolving Light" (Courtesy: Annette Jennings)

There is a scaled replica of the Revolving Light with any sails that's pretty cool.

I took a few pictures of the replica but didn't have the right lighting so it's not the best and I had to adjust some of the contrast. I hope it's still okay.

The day we were here the first time it was just about sunset and made things look really cool, like this image of the river bank with the setting sun shining on it.

I love lighthouses so I couldn't leave without getting shot of the Shepody dam lighthouse.

We may not have had much luck fishing but I had a great time taking as many pictures as I could with my new video camera.

We continued fishing back to the starting point for the day but the wind only got stronger and made it a rather soggy trip back as the waves were busting all over Casey. I was lucky enough to just get a bit damp as I had the best seat in the boat.

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Casey stopped on the way so I could snap the this cool scene

Got out for a day of trout fishing on the Shepody river with Casey on Friday. I have to say that it got a tad windy with 30 km winds. It was so windy I'm sure I saw two birds flying backwards.

All Birds Are Grounded Til Further Notice Due To High Winds

I grabbed all my gear from the truck and put it in the boat while Casey was checking to be sure all systems were a go before launching.

BTW: The boat launch we used is on highway 915 just off highway 114 at Riverside Albert. I think it's called humpback bridge.

Just as we were launching we saw another boat with couple of guys who were trolling slowly towards us. We took a minute to say hi and ask how they were doing. They hadn't been there long and had only one trout so far.

I looked in the water and asked if the water here was always this colour. I decided to try my new Fujifilm XP20 camera and took an underwater  video. I put the camera under the water less than a foot and couldn't see it. The visibility was all of about one foot making me think we were in for a tough day of trout fishing. Of course I kept that to myself.

Soon we were seeing more and more people walking to the river side to fish trout. They were flocking there by the dozens. I guess the word gets around quickly when a fresh run of sea trout come in.

We fished for a while and came to a point where the river splits. The boat ahead of us took the right fork so we took the left.

Something I have noticed with Casey that I really like is the respect he gives others who are fishing. Every time we got close to anyone on the bank he would slow right down so that the boat wake wouldn't bother them.

As a guy who doesn't own a boat and fishes on foot, from my float tube or in Jamie's canoe I appreciate when those with boats take the time to think of others.

Fly Fishing For Trout

The weather people told us to expect 30 km winds but I still brought my fly rod hoping the wind wouldn't pick up until later in the day. I was wrong. I made a few short casts which were pretty controlled but not far from the boat. As I increase my cast I had less and less control.

I feared for Casey's safety and was sure he wasn't up for an ear piercing so I put the fly rod away for another day.

With no chance of catching a trout on the fly I then grabbed my spinning rod and put on my secret weapon for the day, a Original Dardevle Spoons (Yellow/Red Diamonds, 2/5 oz.) , don't tell anyone.

I was sure it could handle the wind and stay on track. I made a cast to the shore, not meaning to land it on the shore but I did. Then I gave it a yank as it was just on the mud and a bit of grass.

Well about 30 feet of my braided line snapped off. I've never had this happen in all the years I've used braided lines, very strange. Now my new Five of Diamonds lure was on the river bank and the water was too shallow to pull the boat up to the shore.

I decided I would go get it and took off my shoes and socks, rolled my pants up past my knees and climbed overboard into 47 degree water. The water was only a foot deep here but the mud was another foot deeper and it was more than gross. Funny as all get out and after a couple of hilarious moments I retrieved my lure.

Now that should have been on video as I'm sure it was the funniest moment of the day.

The Only Trout I Saw, All Day

I put that rod away and grabbed my second rod, tied my lure back on and made a cast to shore. Nothing, but just as I got the lure back to the boat I saw a trout following it. The water was so murky I could barely see the trout's back and it was just a couple of inches under the water. It never actually touched the lure.

It's not very often we get skunked but 'hey shit happens'. It's always great to catch lots of fish but a day out on the water with Casey is always a good day and beats going to work every time. If laughter is good for the soul we have pretty healthy souls.

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