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Set up another camera here, and checked this camera.

After seeing endless schools of herring fry, then watching the fish I’d just caught regurgitate a bunch of the same little fish, I decided to tie some flies to imitate those baitfish. I started with crystal flash chenille for the body. The wing has 3 layers, starting with white marabou… …followed by a layer ofContinue reading “A New Fly for Salmon Trolling”

Didn’t mess with any of my trailcams this weekend because checking them when it’s been raining often leaves too much humidity inside them. Watched an eagle dive into the water and grab a pink salmon that was too big for it to carry while flying, so it swam the fish to shore. I paddled toContinue reading “Hiking and Kayaking”

This spot didn’t get a lot of action, but I did catch some interesting deer behavior, plus a couple of nice bucks. I moved this camera about 100 feet to an area with more food and cover.

This is the first time I checked the camera I set up in this new spot, which consists of an intersection of two trails at the edge of big dark timber and some more open forest. I’ve had a camera here for a few years; it monitors a spot where a couple of minor trailsContinue reading “Checking 4 Cameras July 4-5”

I weeded this album down to 60 from a total of over 1400 images

I took a few cameras to an area I haven’t been to since I first started using trail cameras about 10 years ago. Back then, this area didn’t seem like a very good spot for camera trapping, considering how long it takes me to get there by kayak; after gaining a lot of experience withContinue reading “Setting Three More Cameras”