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[cool][#0000ff]I "experienced" the wild and crazy RJ. He would camp in snow caves in February and fish at night, trolling Rapalas. But would claim he caught all his fish on the lures he manufactured and sold as "Gorge specials". I never knew anybody who ever caught a fish on one of those things. But, to his credit, he was passionate about those big browns and probably caught more truly big ones than anybody else.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That was also when Del Canty, of Leadville Colorado, would come over and fly fish from his float tube for browns, lakers and the big kamloops rainbows. He actually caught the state record rainbow...a big red 26# hookie bow...from his float tube on a flyrod. And he caught numerous big browns over 20 pounds.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In those days the Gorge was full of chubs...and so were all of the BIG fish. The chub population crashed and the browns have never been as plentiful or as big since then.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Ahhhh...the good old days.[/#0000ff]
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