[CPAjeff]

The doctor ordered a day on the stream and I gladly obliged. Caught this one and plenty more of it's buddies. It was a wonderful day!

 

[DallanC]

I keep telling people being "sick of work" is a proper use of sick days. One of my co-workers calls it a "mental health day"

PS: Beautiful and healthy 'bow.

-DallanC

 

[caddis8]

That's awesome. How is the runoff?

 

[CPAjeff]

That's awesome. How is the runoff?

Runoff is looking good!

 

[DallanC]

Runoff is looking good!

Which is bad... very very bad. We need to hold that water in the snowpack for alot longer.

-DallanC

 

[taxidermist]

Jeff, I hope you gathered some of the Water Cress to take home and place between two pieces of buttered bread and salt for a sandwich. I love that stuff!! Makes a great sandwich, or added to a garden salad for a little more zing.

 

[CPAjeff]

Jeff, I hope you gathered some of the Water Cress to take home and place between two pieces of buttered bread and salt for a sandwich. I love that stuff!! Makes a great sandwich, or added to a garden salad for a little more zing.

I didn’t this time, but I might give it a try in the future! Thanks for the tip!

 

[caddis8]

Jeff, I hope you gathered some of the Water Cress to take home and place between two pieces of buttered bread and salt for a sandwich. I love that stuff!! Makes a great sandwich, or added to a garden salad for a little more zing.

I've had watercress before. I liked it. Gathering wild watercress for food made me a bit leary becauses I didn't know if one could get sick from the plant itself like giarardia or something from eating the plant. If the water has it, would the plant?

 

[Catherder]

I've had watercress before. I liked it. Gathering wild watercress for food made me a bit leary becauses I didn't know if one could get sick from the plant itself like giarardia or something from eating the plant. If the water has it, would the plant?

I've only had it a few times, but I think if you take it home and thoroughly rinse it, you would be OK. (then again, giardia is probably part of my normal gut flora.)

I bet Goob has a recipe or two using it.

 

[taxidermist]

What Cath said....Wash it up real good. I spin it after washing to get as much water off it I can, then put it in a Ziplock and let it sit overnight in the fridge. I've never gotten sick from it.

 

[wyogoob]

Great fish and nice photo!

 

[wyogoob]

I've only had it a few times, but I think if you take it home and thoroughly rinse it, you would be OK. (then again, giardia is probably part of my normal gut flora.)

I bet Goob has a recipe or two using it.

Uh...giardia is not pleasant, let me tell ya.

 

[taxidermist]

Uh...giardia is not pleasant, let me tell ya.

Ahhhhh, its nothing. 🙄 Who hasn't taken a drink out of a nice cool stream in the mountains, only to find a animal carcass a couple hundred yards upstream. That alone will make you feel sick and queasy.

 

[Vanilla]

I like those sick days.

Nice worm!

 

[caddis8]

Ahhhhh, its nothing. 🙄 Who hasn't taken a drink out of a nice cool stream in the mountains, only to find a animal carcass a couple hundred yards upstream. That alone will make you feel sick and queasy.

Bingo.

And I find watercress generally in slower moving streams. I've drank out of some beautiful clear water and haven't gotten sick. But having had poinsoning before it was bad. I couldn't stand up to fart for a month. Couldn't trust myself.

 

[caddis8]

Nice worm!

I noticed the same thing.

 

[Vanilla]

A SJ Worm or similar pattern is simply one of the best and most effective patterns that you’ll find for spring fishing on any stream or river. No hate here!