#FishingFriday

Every good fishing camp has a good camp dog. I think it's a law.

Their jobs include greeting boats when tieing up, checking out the catch, bear alarm, jumping in the water for no reason, going cabin to cabin to look in the windows to see if anyone is there, begging for something to eat if someone is inside, and pushing in the door and sleeping in the cabin if they feel like it.

Man giving a treat to a dog in a cabin with knotty pine paneling.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Mar 21

Mar 21

Pickering Creek, PA

Looks like I have time to fly fish tomorrow
In March, I have to drive a bit farther to reach creeks that are open for fishing. While those spots are generally considered better, I still prefer fishing closer to home, even if the conditions aren’t ideal for fishing

A small creek flows through the woods under the cloudy sky. The left bank is flat with some trees standing, while the right side has hills lined with trees that are reflected on the water.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Mar 15

Mar 15

#FlyFishingFriday #FishingFriday

This IPA is really good, especially after staying late in the lab due to a strange gas smell issue
Thankfully, it wasn’t anything serious, so now I can just enjoy this beer
Sixpenny Creek might be a great spot for some fly fishing this weekend

#IPA #Beer #Laboratory #Photography #FlyFishing #FlyFishingFriday #FishingFriday

Sixpoint Stooper Hazy IPA. Hazy golden IPA in a pint glass and its gray can on the side.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Mar 14

Mar 14

#fishing #flyfishing #pike
#fishingfriday #canada

Unhooking a big pike is like changing the spark plugs in a truck with the motor running.

- John Gierach

USPS Letter carrier wearing red tshirt and holding a 40" Northern Pike.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Mar 12

Mar 12

#fishing #flyfishing #bassfishing

Look, I'm not in much of a mood today, so here...

...here's a dam fish.

Don't forget #fishingfriday

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Mar 7

Mar 7

Some of my best days fishing were just like this. Low heavy clouds, some light rain, and a little chop make for a great day of fishing. Put on your rain gear and you are dressed for sucess!

Heavy overcast day with drizzle. There is a light chop on the water.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Feb 28

Feb 28

My son’s soccer practice field tomorrow isn’t near the stream I would like to fish, but there are a few streams open to fishing nearby, so I might check those out instead

A view of stream flowing along rocky cliffs surrounded by woods. The stream edges are still frozen.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Feb 28

Feb 28

For about 9 years, I belong to a bass fishing club, not for the competition, but so I could fish from a boat on lots of lakes and rivers. I didn't quite fit in as most of the members hung around bars and strip clubs after fishing - not my scene. I'd go back.to the hotel.

After some time I began to wonder if I belonged to a bass fishing club with a drinking problem or a drinking club with a bass fishing problem.

Shoreline of a lake in the evening. The sky is blue and the water calm and like a mirror.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Feb 28

Feb 28

I'm more comfortable with a place that calls itself a camp because it probably embodies the practical blue-collar attitude that's handy for a fisherman to have. You're there to fish, and in the odd hours when you're not fishing, you'll need food and a dry place sleep and you won't nit-pick about the ambiance either and if you have had any experience with fish camps,
you'll be pleasantly surprised to find there is a door on the cabin.

- John Gierach

Inside of a fishimg cabin.
All knotty pine interior.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Feb 21

Feb 21

Starting this week until April 5, I need to drive a bit further to fly fish because my local streams are closed to fishing. While I may be fishing "better" streams, like Class A streams, I much prefer somewhere closer to home

A high, muddy water runs under a stone arch bridge on a cloudy day. The water is very fast and looks dangerous.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Feb 21

Feb 21

When you boat into camp on a Friday evening with a week of nothing to do but fish, eat, and sleep, you can feel all your worries and anxiety leaving your body, and you are filled with gratitude.

Evening photp of red buildings at a Canadian fishing camp. The water is like a mirror reflecting the buildings, trees and sky.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Feb 14

Feb 14

Darby Creek, PA

This area, below the confluence of Darby Creek (left) and Ithan Creek (right), is usually an excellent area where fish gather. I’m sure they were there, but my flies were ignored, except by a twig I managed to pull from the bottom

The setting sun casts a warm glow over the creek as it flows through the woods under the partly sunny sky. In the distance, two creeks converge, their swift currents feeding the calm water in the foreground. The calm surface reflects the trees and sky, while a prominent tree on the left leans toward the center, naturally framing the quiet scene.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Feb 14

Feb 14

#fishing #flyfishing #bassfishing

[My guide] said the fishing was slow, but then guides endure so many clients who expect non-stop thrills that sometimes they lose sight of reality. In fact, this was perfectly good fishing for someone who still believes - in spite of a lifetime's of evidence to the contrary - that catching fish is pretty much unlikely.

- John Gierach

Shallow water on a cloudy day. There are reeds and a few other weeds growing out of the water.

**Thin Crust Tavern Cut** @GregArcus · Feb 7

Feb 7

#fishing #flyfishing #bassfishing

Smallies have an air about them of being all business. They're compact, chunky, and muscular; greenish- bronze-colored with broken brownish olive vertical bars….

If a brook trout comes off as a delicate creature on its way to a party, a smallmouth bass is a guy in coveralls clocking in at work.

- John Gierach

Guy in a red hat holding a smallmouth bass.

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Feb 1

Feb 1

#FlyFishingFriday #FishingFriday

Darby Creek, PA

Last weekend - fish were probably under the ice sheet. I sent a fly underneath from upstream, but it didn’t work
The ice should be mostly melted by tomorrow when I plan to fish

A creek winds through the woods. The creek is frozen mostly, but the areas with swiftly moving water don’t freeze.

#FlyFishing #Nature #Hiking

**Eishi Noguchi** @enog@masto.ai · Jan 31

Jan 31