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I agree with Bob. While I would find it a very interesting talk for myself, I don’t think it fits in well with the majority of the club’s interests. Also, I would prefer we didn’t get into paying for programs. Becomes too much of an advertisement program feeling.
– PeteFor sure, Bob. Nothing secrete here.
The Damsel Fly Nymph is what I think of as my own pattern, but there must be a thousand guys out there that think the same thing about the same fly!
Hook: Size 12 2X long, wet fly hook. I use Daiichi 1710or similar.
Thread: 6/0 olive
Rib: copper wire
“Tail” (really part abdomen/tail) light green marabou – thin
Dubbing for abdomen: light green sparkly – I use the Stillwater Solutions stuff
Wing case: same marabou torn off short (don’t cut – marabou should ALWAYS be torn)
Thorax: same dubbing for abdomen. Build up thorax more than the abdomen and figure eight the dubbing around the eyes also.
Eyes: burned 30 lb test mono.The Carey Special is pretty basic.
Same hook as the damsel
olive or black 6/0 thread
Tail: a few barbs off a pheasant rump feather
Copper ribbing
Body: 3 or 4 strands of peacock herl spun together
Hackle: Olive pheasant rump feather tied in by the tip.
I don’t weight either fly as the hook is heavy enough and I always fish them on some sort of sinking line.
Go to ’em!
– PeteGood point! I’ve got all of them in a film container right now. That should get them home for me too.
I’ll make a couple quick notes. No one else fishes Mud because no one else wants to catch 252 6″ bass. There are no fish in the tree farm that would grow too big for an osprey to take. A 20″ fish is childs play for them.
Rich – Should everyone bring some sort of container/baggie to put flys in? Could be a bit prickly to go home with a pocket full of hooks 😯
Well, I HAD all my flies done! Back to the tying table. I actually did tie up a bonus fly I just learned about so I’ll throw in a second one into each pile.
Hi guys – I just got a new computer and finally have joined the hi speed connection crowd. I just fished Lone a week ago and got 3 fish from 14-18″ on a micro leech hung below a strike indicator. I was fishing in the late afternoon and the guys I talked to who fished in the morning found that the fish had a lot of blood worms in them. The fish I pumped had nothing in them. Blood worms come out from their casings in low light and I think the fish go on the prowl at that time for them. A large mouth full moving slow is usually the ticket for trout in the winter. The lake was 40F and the fish felt like popcicles. :snow: But, like Kent said, they have to and will eat in the winter.
It will be interesting to see how the lake fishes in the early summer compared to the fall. Count me for sure and probably Cheryl and daughter Kim. Maybe even Becca too.
Sorry guys – I haven’t kept up with this thread. Re: the non planting of Hancock lakes. The state has been somewhat reluctant to plant lakes which not all residents have full (or easy?) access to. They have been in talks with the folks at Hancock for some time to resolve this issue. We did get some lakes approved year before last, but things have broken down and I think we are waiting for the Hancock bios and the state guys to get together again and make it happen. As Rick said, Rex is the point person here and knows what the story is for sure.
– PeteI’ve been messing with a glass worm pattern for all you chironomid fishers out there. I’m in.
– PeteJim – that big CT that Dave got was a Lahontan, which is a westslope of sorts, but considered different in the record books. I’m pretty sure, at this time, you would have to pack the fish out and take it to a certified scale at a grocery store or someplace like that and then get it to a WDFW office. Length and girth would not be enough, I wouldn’t think.
I’ll jump in here for a word or two. I think Boundary is the only one of those besides Black which has the potential of producing larger fish. Fitchners and Metcalf are only going to benifit from MORE harvest as they produce way to many fish for them to ever grow larger than the “typical” tree farm sized coastals. Metcalf has the occasional larger brookie, but it’s been doing that for a long time with out C&R. Again, they are probably growing a little larger because of the harvest to keep the numbers down.
The only reason Boundary has fish at all is because we were able to convince the tree farm folks to let us plant it a few years back. It has no repro on it’s own. Hannon is very unique. It has JUST enough repro to keep the population at just the right number to allow the fish to grow to good size. All the other C&R lakes in the state are planted yearly and have well enough stocked shelves with groceries that the fish do well. The fish only have a certain life span and the Boundary fish will only be there for a few more years before they die off, regardless of whether or not there is C&R going on. In fact, I think the biggest fish taken out of that lake were just prior to when the ones in there finally died off from old age. I believe that unless we can get the tree farm to allow planting again you will only have a couple more years to enjoy good sized fish there. Black gets hit pretty hard, but that is what allows the few fish left to grow large at the end of a cycle just before the next plant.
Reading back over this it sounds like I’m trying to throw cold water on your idea. That was not my intent – I’m just not tired now and felt like writing to the subject. I’m all for C&R and you guys know I do a lot of it. I just think the situation in the tree farm is totally different from the rest of the typical C&R lakes.
– Pete
