Recent content by dmcauley

Maybe there was a difference in the retrieve or he didn’t detect a subtle take. I’ve caught plenty of fish on lousy casts but a good cast with immediate line control works so much better. I’m convinced that fish hear the fly hit the water and if you are fishing right away, you’ll sometimes catch...

I don’t fish kids ponds but I just assumed that jumbo trout would not be planted in stormwater ponds where they are guaranteed to die later in the summer when the pond dries up. Not knowing this pond at all, I was just asking.

What does hotspotting mean in this context? I don’t want to trespass but I just figured a state sponsored stocking would be in a public pond or lake especially when listed on the WDFW website. Does the state stock private ponds?

I'm going to Orcas Island for a week and thought I might like to try fly fishing by wading from shore (or maybe a float tube or rented kayak). The only open fishing now is for bottom fish (green ling, flounder and cabezon). Is it futile to try and catch bottom fish on a fly with limited...

I have been looking for some jumbo trout plants to see if I can figure out how to catch a large trout in a small pond. Then presumably I can take that knowledge out to bigger water. I ran across Batstone Pond in Mason County that was planted with 5 - 3 pound fish. There were also 150 regular...

I've learned a lot about lake fly fishing by fishing these stocked lakes. Since I know there are a lot of fish and fairly easy to catch, I do a lot of experimenting with different flies and presentations. I bought about 10 different size/styles of San Juan worms a couple of years ago and only...

I started fly fishing some Western Washington Lakes a few years ago because they're so accessible for me. Out of curiosity I created a spreadsheet of lakes that were stocked calculating an estimate of fish per acre (using this years plants). Out of about 20 lakes I calculated, the density ranges...