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Keep your rod tip under the surface throughout your retrieve. Should get it sinking within a few casts.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/reports/creel/pikeminnow https://www.pikeminnow.org/ If I wanted to try for a payday catching Pikeminnow, I wouldn’t do it with fly gear. The award fishery zones are in the hydro system of the lower C and Snake. Big water. Not that you can’t do it with flies, but...

Makes sense. Snakes eat mice all the time.

@Nick Clayton my batches are half the size of yours. I use pint mason jars and rotate my “stock” as needed.

I assume the text in the article about both men losing their legs meant to include the words “lost control of their legs” because the follow up stated they are expected to fully recover. Anyway, some folks just won’t wear ‘em, for whatever reason they use to justify a bad choice. When I get...

These beans are particularly photogenic :). But I’m looking forward to the first cup, for sure!

Went a bit darker with this batch.

For sure we hang on to “confidence flies” from formative experience. Another reason I like Jay Fair/Rickards patterns and materials is that the materials are excellent and the patterns are satisfying to tie. I fish simiseal leeches too, but I don’t really enjoy tying them. Top quality feathers...

If I had to choose a favorite all-around lake fly, it would be Rickards Stillwater Bug. But I can’t pick just one. Sometimes a micro bugger works better, like this Jay Fair pattern. And sometimes I like to present my leeches and nymphs under an indicator. Or lately I’ve been getting more...

Thanks for sharing your adventures! Looks like a nice little corner of the world…

As I’m sure you know, it comes down to the situation day to day. But here’s a few options I like to fish pretty much everywhere, including BC.