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You need to post a picture of the fish you caught on your outing Mike. Much bigger than the ones I was catching...

Took my 9' 6 weight Wright and McGill WaterSeal bamboo rod to a western washington lake Friday. Last year when Greg Armstrong and I fished the lake it was very cold and wet... This year it was sunny and mid 60's. The recently stocked rainbows were less active but I managed to bring 5 to...

The washington lake callibaetis duns which I've turned over have a olive or brown-olive bellies so I usually fish a callibaetis dun imitation with a dun tail, olive or olive-brown body, dun hackle and dun parachute post. The callibaetis spinners I've looked at have a darker body which is well...

Took my annual trip to the eastern washington desert. Brought a 9' spliced Sharpes and a Sharpes 88. Both 6 weights. The rainbows were cooperative and hard fighting. Got half my fish on sinking or intermediate lines with an Olive Carey Special or Olive marabou damsel or olive wet fly. The...

Unless people have a strong objection, I'd like us to hold it on Sunday June 9 at 11am at Cascade View Neighborhood park in Redmond WA. That is the second sunday of June but some of us bamboo anglers have a fishing trip to the Methow scheduled during the first weekend of June.

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I grew up fishing a coachman for the cutts on Kelsey creek in my backyard. The outdoor writer Joe Brooks swore by it. Enos Bradner liked it with a bucktail wing. I still fish a royal coachman and coachman on beaver ponds in May and June. I have a leather fly wallet full of larger royal...

I promised ParaAdams some Grey Ghosts for some bamboo rod maintenance. He did a great job on the wraps so I had to carry out my end of the bargain. First you glue the jungle cock to the silver pheasant cheeks.... Then you glue together the saddle hackle wings... You glue the cheeks to...