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ahh, once again, thanks. Figured it was something long those lines.
ok, last one I swear: So if the CTs are going after generic wet flies, what might the RBs be going for? or is it a matter or understanding the hatch, and all that that I’m just barely starting to try to figure out.
thanks again!
Hijacking this thread to ask you another question. I keep pulling cutties out of Evan, and no rainbow. They are both stocked in equal numbers in the lake. Is it a species battle thing? a lure thing?
I find it interesting.
cheers,Both Janus and Josephine look wonderful, but they both might be a little long for our first backpack trip in a while….
Hyas sounds like a great hike for us, but I’d love to find a spot off route 2 somewhere, but looks like 4 or 5 miles is the magic number for the alpine lakes wilderness spots….
Janus looks amazing, but that’s a long hike, unless you know a quicker way from the forest roads? otherwise, looks like 9 miles on the PCT
The most notable Newfoundland fishing in my memory, is before they put a moratorium on cod, we would go out in an open dory, an just jig with huge hooks. You usually couldn’t pull more than 2 or 3 times without hitting something. Clean the fish on the beach, and as the tide goes out you can pick all the fresh muscles you can eat.
As far as freshwater goes, it’s pretty much just trout or salmon. The trout are pretty small, and i’ll be damned if i’ve ever seen anyone use anything other than a bobber and worm to fish for trout there.
Pictures would be cool. I’ll see what mom can dig up!
Hey, once again, thanks Brian!
I did actually catch one of those with a dry fly and bubble. I’m not actually sure if the fly was above or below water when it was taken.
And yea, I discovered that if I reel in quickly enough, I can manually float the fly if it had sunk, but wasn’t sure if it was too fast to be taken or not, so thanks for letting me know it’s at least viable sometimes.
I was also wondering if:
A) you guys blow dry your dry flies before every cast
and
B) if there are dry flies specifically for bubble fishers with little floats,but now you mention floatant. looks like it comes in various goo forms? any favourite brand?
thanks sir!
I really do love the tinkering aspect of fishing in this state. Back home we jigged or used worm and bobbers and caught a lot of fish. It’s more of a unique challenge out here.
Cheers,
I bring a thermometer, but couldn’t come up with bring a scale…. duh. I’m a smart one, lemme tell ya! lol. thanks
Gentlemen,
About the surveys, if I clean the fish lakeside, do i log the cleaned weight? or do i estimate the natural weight?
thanks
Thanks Brian! I thought most of them were cutthroats, but there are two with jawlines that made me question it!
That was 2 different evenings! My first 5 fish in WA, and very very satisfying. Catching fish out here is a lot different than the quintessential worm and bobber that you throw in literally ANY lake in Newfoundland that I’m used to, so I was super excited to land a couple. It was getting a little disheartening. lol. Also, I caught them from an inflatable Kayak, which is just such a lovely way to spend the evening in WA anyways, let alone fishing. What a couple of days. Love it.
Excited to meet you all next week, I’m not sure how the meetings work, but maybe we could spend a couple of minutes looking at some photos, to help new folks like me ID? I love the data collection/submission aspect of what you all are doing, and want to contribute good data! lol
Thanks for tips on fish cleaning lakeside, makes sense.
See you next week!
