Just read his account of releasing a 19 inch smallie that lingered on the top a bit and was plucked out of the water and carried away.  Wow. 

I would love to be able to do a trip with him sometime.  Has anyone here been a client of his before?

No, but I've ran into him twice on the water!  Both times were late July/early August up around the Conmee/Williams area.  Seemed to be in a bit of a hurry both times.  When you portage as much stuff as he packs, I don't blame him...and he's got paying customers.  I think a Sutton River trip would be awesome, though.

pd

The Sutton River is on my bucket list.  Now to find $5,000. 

An eagle snatched up my son's Zara super spook on the southern end of McAree, just across from Rebecca falls a few years ago. It broke the line, but dropped the lure from about twenty feet up. He recovered the lure, but lost it to a big pike on the north end of the lake a few days later.

Pat

Years ago I was fishing a local pond at dusk and pitching a rapala from shore.  I knew there was a bat flying around and might have been casting high arching pitches to bait it but I don't remember.  ;) 

Hey, I was young and stupid.  The thing was so quick he flew at it in mid air cast.  Never touched it though.  Smart bat.

I did catch a 4 ft alligator on a floating rapala in Alabama once.  Dragged it to shore and it simply opened its mouth and out flew the lure.  That was an adrenaline rush.  1981.

Had a party member snag a beaver by the tail with a buzz bait once, fishing from shore on Suzanette Lake.  Got into a tug-of-war.

The beaver won.

Jimbo.  8-)

I've never gone with Stu, but have used guides for other trips. It's usually been a good experience.

Just returned from Oct Q trip. Paddled Jean Ck from Boulder to Jean. Beavers had the water at a nice level. Saw a cow moose, I hadn't seen a moose in a few years, she was close and calm.

A few turns farther 2 beavers swim towards me, I coast, they keep coming, still coming, finally turn and dive at my bow. I look over the side to watch them swim by in the shallow water and one surfaces right next to me, just where you'd reach to land a fish. He gave me a huge tail splash, soaked me good, better than any pike ever did.  ;D ;D

Beaver's can scare the bejesus out of people with that tail slap.  In 2013 they got my dog pretty good.  We were sitting around shore at dusk on a quiet evening and then "Kerplunk!".  Luna bolted upright and snorted at the lake.  :)

This year on Camel Lake after dark I was laying in the hammock and had one do about 3 kerplunks before moving on.  They are assertive creatures.

I've taken the Sutton River trip with Stu. Very professionally done. I've been fortunate -- I've travelled widely fishing. Stu does about the best job of any trip I've been on. (Disclaimer: Stu has published many of my articles.)