What's Catching You Fish?

Tom Butler

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Tried different color poppers in different places for bass for almost 2 hours without any luck. Gave up and rigged a leach under an indicator.
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pretty breezy, got a good workout
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The NRS chinook vest was a great recommendation. It's so comfortable you don't even know it's on.
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Eastside

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The NRS chinook vest was a great recommendation. It's so comfortable you don't even know it's on.
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I’m ordering one during the current REI sale. No argument from the wife, safety first. I’ve been using inflatable vests, but always wonder if they will deploy properly, so I’m going with then NRS Chinook. In my drift boat, I always have full whitewater vests, so am doing the same with my float tube.
 

Tom Butler

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I've been meeting several new folks this spring. Buggers seem to be the majority vote for fly choice. Several of the fly fishers basically troll olive buggers on sinking lines and seem to do well enough. I've tried, and with the olive willy, but I just can't seem to get it like they do. I do OK with a black bugger, usually cast and stripped, but all I ever seem to pull are little ones.
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Zak

Legend

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Nice! Were you fishing the muddler on the surface or underneath?
Just under. It floats when it first lands but then pulls under with movement. One fish hit it hard the moment it hit the water. I think it would work either way, but last night quick pulls just under the surface was money.
 
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Tom Butler

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I fished my favorite beadhead GRHE softhackle. Not so good, but one week until streams open where this shines.
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Been struggling fishing buggers and getting the same results as the others. I think I just need to learn to fish a sinking line better. I talked to Mike, and he had been doing well with olive again. Since I only had my dry line I rigged a peacock simiseal leech, close as I had, dropped the fly with my forceps and set depth just above the bottom on my indicator. They didn't like it still but a quick 3" strip retrieve and I was in business.
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swimmy

An honest tune with a lingering lead
Tied up a couple of these

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To trick one of these

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