Latergrams - Week 27

Playing catch up. Been a few weeks behind posting updates from Instagram. I actually have been busy fishing! Enjoy!

Some folks were busy chasing carp competitively today, I chose a more worthwhile pursuit, hunting for bigmouth buffalo. This warrior has been ravaged from the toils of the spawn. It's amazing how beat up these fish get each Spring from spawning. The raw strength these native fish possess is incredible. #roughfish #bigmouthbuffalo #minnesota #carpcrack #artisanflies @scientificanglers @rossreels @umpquafeathermerchants @loonoutdoors

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 13, 2015 at 7:36pm PDT

#tbt to that time I almost died carp fishing. This mirror carp was hard earned. I fished a string of hot days on the South Platte when I was in Denver for the #iftd show back in September of 2010. Low flows forced us to seek out sources of fresh water entering the system, resulting in us fishing downstream of a water treatment plant. After landing this fish we had sucked in enough ammonia to make our lungs start burning. Sometimes you gotta pay to play. #dsp #flyfishing #carponthefly #carppro #mirrorcarp

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 18, 2015 at 2:59pm PDT

Smalljaws in crystal clear water #flyfishing #smalljaws #lakeofthevalley #minnesota

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 16, 2015 at 11:40am PDT

Even smalljaws dig the clam. #darthclam #artisanflies #flyfishing #smalljaws #littlerunt #clameater

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 17, 2015 at 12:33pm PDT

Not a symbiotic relationship. Zebra mussels showed up in the Otter Tail River drainage a few years ago and it was only a matter of time before they became well established further downstream. Here, several zebra mussels have attached to a native Unionid mussel. It is only a matter of time before they suffocate the mussel, usurping all of its food before it has a chance to enter its siphon. #AIS #stopANS #zebramussels #protectourstreams

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 18, 2015 at 8:02am PDT

One of my most interesting catches to date, a native chestnut lamprey. Look at those teeth! All business. My guess is that I lined the host fish while fishing a current seam and the fly must have slid down and hooked the lamprey in the mouth. I'm not sure how else a parasite would take a fly. #flyfishing #chestnutlamprey #strangecatches #natives #minnesota

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 22, 2015 at 6:56pm PDT

Rigged up in middle America. #flyfishing #flyfarming #carponthefly #carppro #artisanflies @scientificanglers @rossreels @loonoutdoors

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:28am PDT

Most definitely a target rich environment. A bunch of channel cats were mixed in with these carp. All the excitement you could handle in an hour. #flyfishing #carponthefly #carppro #carp #channelcats #minnesota

A video posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 23, 2015 at 10:37am PDT

Fruits of labor. A hefty teener. #carp #carpcrack #carponthefly #carppro #flyfishing #artisanflies

A photo posted by Jean-Paul Lipton (@roughfisher) on Jun 23, 2015 at 12:25pm PDT