What's Catching You Fish?
- Thread starter Buzzy
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The old @Stonedfish inspired flashy clouser got some fish during a short outing on a put and take this afternoon. Chasing some more native finned friends tomorrow.
Everything worked, but the Hare's ear w/ the straggle stone on the top dropper was best.
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Bob Rankin
Wandering the country with rifle and spey rod.
The beat up fly on the bottom landed two in the same run. The second steelhead was a handful, so no photo
I started out with a "nightmare" red jig that often fools fish in this lake; it went untouched for about 20 minutes before I switched to the Vampire jig with the chartreuse bead. All three jigs flies produced today.
Leaping little guy
Hard pulling bigger guy
Wasatchangler
Steelhead
Lost both flies by the end of the day, but a yellow egg pattern and a small copper john accounted for several of these and countless whitefish.
Out here on a beautiful weekend.
Out here on a beautiful weekend.
I needed a tool fly to get my small nymphs down, so I picked out a size 12 olive Possybugger. Of course, the fish were all over this thing! After multiple releases the poor fly began to fall apart. First the whip finish began to unravel, then the wire wraps broke and the body flash started sticking out all over. I have no idea when the tail fell off... 
I was too lazy to change it out, so it stayed on and produced all morning. A beautiful tie, that I fussed over, now became a snarly mess.
I was too lazy to change it out, so it stayed on and produced all morning. A beautiful tie, that I fussed over, now became a snarly mess.
SpeyrodGB
Life of the Party
Those are some fatties! Well done.Full report can be found on lake page but I wanted to post this beauty again
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Is that red squirrel tail I see in the center?
Yes. I liked the barring. I often do bucktail in place.
My next door neighbor may think I'm certifiable; I left home this morning a few minutes after 6:00, it was 36°F and sprinkling. 40 minutes later it was still the same temperature but it was raining hard. My friends truck was parked, he was hiking in already. I decided to leavy my float tube in the truck and fish from shore; outside in the rain I pulled on my pant waders, donned my heavy wool sweater and then a rain shell. I had two rods strung up the night before - headed out. By the time I got to the lake I was sweating: generally I won't hike in waders or pant waders if the hike is more than a half mile. Something @troutpocket and @Bakerite have taught me.
I got to the lake and watch Rod hook a fish, he'd just launched. I started out with a floating line, indicator and the VLJ (vampire leech, jig):
I decided to change flies and managed two small tigers with the bronze bead jig. I was getting wet even with the rain shell, my hands were stiff and the rain was starting to become quiet - it was snowing. I managed to tie on a small crawfish jig but couldn't loop knot it. Picked up a nice 15" fish. And headed for home, the temperature had dropped 6°, the desert was turning white. There's something about hiking in the desert when it's snowing; peaceful, quiet, enjoyable (especially after landing a few trout).
I got to the lake and watch Rod hook a fish, he'd just launched. I started out with a floating line, indicator and the VLJ (vampire leech, jig):
I decided to change flies and managed two small tigers with the bronze bead jig. I was getting wet even with the rain shell, my hands were stiff and the rain was starting to become quiet - it was snowing. I managed to tie on a small crawfish jig but couldn't loop knot it. Picked up a nice 15" fish. And headed for home, the temperature had dropped 6°, the desert was turning white. There's something about hiking in the desert when it's snowing; peaceful, quiet, enjoyable (especially after landing a few trout).
Oh yeah... it's skwala crawlah time!
My itty bitty cdc bwo pattern on 6x tippett got all tangled and snarled due to operator error, so I had to clip-out. Decided I owed it to myself to try my skwala chubby.
No big fish but they were ready to get stoned! Such a joy to fish 3x
My itty bitty cdc bwo pattern on 6x tippett got all tangled and snarled due to operator error, so I had to clip-out. Decided I owed it to myself to try my skwala chubby.
No big fish but they were ready to get stoned! Such a joy to fish 3x
No doubles?…slacker…
Not that I didn't have chances, just couldn't pull it off. A couple times one would come off during the fight, once I went for the top fish and couldn't pull in the lower before it got off, and I had one hanging while I netted the bottom fish, and it flopped off too. Just rusty I guess.
A new pattern for me, a jig-head thin mint landed a dozen or so today. Lost count because of all of the fish that came unpinned. Instead of a size 10 jig hook, I’m going to tie them a bit larger with a larger gap hook. Used a Sink 5 line and hooked all of them on a fast retrieve. Others were doing well fishing chironomids. 
No fish pics but imagine, if you will, some central WA stocker ‘bows 14-16” with this stuck in the beak.
