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“By the late sixties/early seventies the fishing in the Hiddens had declined so far that local anglers where putting pressure on the bio to plant brookies. The, then, very young and green bio actually did plant brookies in there. Thankfully, for some unknown reason they never took. We know the plants were good because they surveyed them at age one and they had grown very well, but they subsequently disappeared. That could have been one of the all time great disasters.”
Even if it was sarcastic that doesn't matter because sarcasm is allowed here. Jonathan's post was appropriate and I do not like to see posting discouraged.
There have been some tiger trout planted in a few drive to high lakes down in far southern WA and some planted over in Okanogan County. I suspect they are something we may see in some other lakes as experimental predator fish for overpopulated lakes.
“Hey, I liked Jonathan's picture. It fit well with the other photos even though it wasn't a huge fish.”
I see Mike and glen have the hold it out toward the camera so the fish looks even bigger technique perfected. 😛
[Edited on 12-6-2003 by Brian Curtis]
“I've been all up and down the Wind Rivers. Fishing can be incredible. X-country travel is really easy. There can be hundreds of cars at the Elkhart Park Trailhead, but, except for certain popular destinations, the country is large enough to absorb the crowds nicely. E-mail me for more specific advice.”
Here is an article from the Omak Chronicle. I’m not sure how long this URL is going to stay good, it looks temporary.
We can’t sneak anything past you over there. 😀
Was there an article in the paper? If so, is there a link, or would it be possible to get a copy?
“What I call the slip bubble is the one with the clear plastic tube down the middle. The ones with the surgical tube are, as you say, easier because you don't need leader. I like to go down to 2 lb test, so I go with the slip bubble. Realistically, it probably only makes a difference if you are using really small flys.”
I use a 2 lb leader when I’m using a fly and bubble. The best kinds of bubbles are either the teardrop shaped bubble or the slip bubble.
The teardrop bubble is pre-weighted. You can either fish it with the heavy end toward the fly, or the light end but each has advantages/disadvantages. If you are doing a lot of casting put the heavy end toward the fly because it is less likely to tangle. Then you can control the action of the fly by popping the bubble with your rod tip, or slowly reeling, depending on what the fish are going for. If you put the light end toward the fly it will want to flip as you cast and tend to cause tangles. But, when you retreive the bubble will wiggle back and forth giving your fly some action. This is mostly useful if you are trolling from a raft.
The slip bubble is the one I prefer to carry these days. Those are the ones that have a hollow tube through the middle. I weight it by filling it half full of water and slip it on my line. Then I attach a snap swivel with the leader tied to that. Then when a fish hits the fly the line can slip through the bubble and you don’t get as much drag as you would with a fish dragging an attached bubble under the water.
The length of leader I use depends on conditions. I normally don’t go longer then about 3 feet and only if the fish are spooked by the bubble. This is very rare. More often fish will hit the bubble and I’m wishing I had hooks on it.
“Williams is at 4600'. On the flip side of the coin I've skied into, and across, lakes that got really scary when water started showing up around my skis. I think the position of the lake (slides coming in?, lots of snow in the area?), and the weather that year will greatly effect when the best time to try it is. The lakes typically won't have their snow blown off like the lakes in the midwest so snow is likely to be an issue no matter what. It is probably more dangerous early in the year then later. When people are ice fishing in other areas do they often catch trout?”
“I've heard a lot of speculation about it, but I've never heard of anyone actually doing it. Several years ago the biologist in King County hauled an ice auger in to Williams Lake on snowshoes in the late winter or very early spring so he could test dissolved oxygen to see if that would explain the lack of fish survival in the lake. He went down to the end of the auger and had to improvise an extension and even then was barely able to get down to open water. The dissolved oxygen turned out to be fine and the problem with the lake is chemical, possibly from the mines up at the Chain Lakes.^^^^[Edited on 10-21-2003 by Brian Curtis]”
“Steelheading with a Popiel Pocket Fisherman. All I can do is shake my head. Last time I saw one of those I was a Wallace Lake. A bunch of Scouts came in and a couple started fishing. The Scoutmasters were too wrapped up in whatever they were wrapped up in to help, so I showed then how to cast properly. One was using a Popiel Pocket Fisherman. I was telling this story while waiting in line for food and the Trail Blazer/Hi-Laker Social one year when the guy behind me said that is what he fishes with all the time.”
