How Close To Home Can You Catch A Fish Part 2

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Rob Snowhite

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Apr 7, 2020, 2:46:29 PM4/7/20
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Several years ago Trent suggested we all see how many steps it would take from your front door to catch a fish. Today I decided to put my book down and pick up my 1wt rod and look for some big chubs that I spotted last week. We live in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Anyone else fishing locally to their front door? 

Here is what I found: 





Daniel Davala

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Apr 7, 2020, 2:58:09 PM4/7/20
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Sooooo................how many steps from your house was it Rob???  If you didn't count you may just have to do it again!! 

HA - great memories - here is the post from the archives for everyone's reference - only 8-years ago!! 

Thanks for the video man - nice to see so much greenery too - still a couple weeks up here until we see some leaves show up!  

Much love to all TPFRers hunkered down out there!!

Dan

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Daniel Lazenby

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Apr 7, 2020, 3:38:36 PM4/7/20
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Shame you didn't have a copy of the DGIF Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia with you. 😊

Daniel


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Rob

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Apr 8, 2020, 7:40:46 AM4/8/20
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This guy wins for shortest distance to catch a fish. 

Extraordinary moment an angler catches a fish from his BALCONY


https://mol.im/a/8198553


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namfos

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Apr 8, 2020, 11:49:19 AM4/8/20
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So any ole dry fly?
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Lane Thurgood

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Apr 9, 2020, 12:18:39 PM4/9/20
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l took your challenge, Rob.  1,231 steps from my front door to a downed tree on Accotink Creek running past my neighborhood.  Bluegill and green sunfish aplenty.  My replies are getting automatically deleted, I assume because I'm attaching pictures, so I won't attach one to this one.  


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N Elgas

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Apr 9, 2020, 3:10:46 PM4/9/20
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2500 steps from my door to broad run.  Sunnies, LMB, Smallies,  perch, crappie,  bull heads,  chubs,  carp and every aquarium fished ever flushed in gainesville.  

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Trent Jones

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Apr 14, 2020, 10:35:29 AM4/14/20
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Ha!

I love it when an old TPFR post gets a reprise!!

Well done everyone. I have moved since that post 8 years ago and will need to put a session on the books. Its gonna be a lot more than 651 steps this time.

-Trent

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Tom Moran

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Apr 14, 2020, 1:28:37 PM4/14/20
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I wonder what the tiebreaker is, if you have multiple contestants catching fish from their balconies.  Biggest fish?  Longest cast?  Shortest cast?  Shortest distance to the refrigerator?


Nice snook.


On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 7:40:46 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote:
This guy wins for shortest distance to catch a fish. 

Extraordinary moment an angler catches a fish from his BALCONY


https://mol.im/a/8198553


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On Apr 7, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Daniel Lazenby <dlaz...@gmail.com> wrote:


Shame you didn't have a copy of the DGIF Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia with you. 😊

Daniel


On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:46 PM Rob Snowhite <r...@robsnowhite.com> wrote:
Several years ago Trent suggested we all see how many steps it would take from your front door to catch a fish. Today I decided to put my book down and pick up my 1wt rod and look for some big chubs that I spotted last week. We live in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Anyone else fishing locally to their front door? 

Here is what I found: 





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Dalton Terrell

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May 25, 2020, 7:22:25 PM5/25/20
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I’ve been meaning to take this challenge and finally made it happen on our evening walk. 431 steps.

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arthur noglak

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May 29, 2020, 8:15:57 AM5/29/20
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great work Dalton!

Art

namfos

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May 29, 2020, 12:26:43 PM5/29/20
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Costa makes polarized shades that small? 😎

Jason Paragas

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Jun 3, 2020, 8:08:29 AM6/3/20
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How is 59 feet?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/abS6n3dQ6WrHLQRw9

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