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Looks like you had a great day. I'm leaning toward getting out for a quick overnight trip and this lake has been on the list for a while. Maybe I'll make it next weekend.

Great advice. I spent a few days at a west side general regs lake over the weekend. I still peg my chironomids to 18" above the bottom, but as the weather has warmed, I have increasingly been picking up trout on my upper (dropper) flies. This weekend the majority of my fish were caught in the...

It's a love hate relationship with the loons. It is amazing to see them dive under the boat after the fish. Nothing sets the mood for enjoying nature more than listening to their calls in the mornings and evenings. However, in the lakes they learn to follow the boats they become a major...

I start with at least one ASB chironomid. The lakes I primarily fish on the west side are stained, so I prefer to use flies with white bead over here. Once I see bugs coming off, I might make the change to match the hatch if the catch rate is slower than I like.

1. Get out as much as possible. Between a master's degree and deployment I haven't gotten out much the last few years, but this is going to be the year of the fish. 2. Perfect my indicator game. I've already seen an exponential improvement since committing this year, but still room to grow. 3...

Without something to compare it to for size it's hard to be sure. If the shucks next to it were decent size I'd say the other thing is likely the side profile of a dragonfly nymph with the legs hidden in the vegetation (top profile would make it easier to identify). They are often right in on...

Otter, I think you are correct on the shucks being from Caddis. The long antenna would be the giveaway in my mind. There are so many types of caddis that it would be hard to nail it down just looking at the shucks. Where I fish in BC it's usually either the cinnamon (small) or the traveler...

I should also add that I only use this for indicators. I still prefer the tag method for casting and trolling. If I fished dry droppers in the river I’d probably try it though.

I use the general concept from Troutbitten’s “adjustable dry-dropper”, but modified for indicator fishing. -10’ Tapered indicator leader to tippet ring 3x or 4x -4’ 3x or 4x flouro to double surgeons knot (this is the sliding section) -2-3’ 4x or 5x flouro to point fly This allows for...

I agree that being in the zone / in front of fish is much more important than the fly…especially with chironomids. The lake I fish most often only allows one rod, so I converted to a slidable system that allows me to adjust my dropper fly from 2’ to 6’ above the point when indicator fishing. I...

Congrats and great news! I can't wait to visit the shop again in July.

I’ve lost a handful of wild trophy rainbows in BC, but thankfully I caught the two biggest that I ever hooked (29” and 27”). However, the first time I can remember hooking into a really big rainbow during a mayfly hatch my rod went down, the reel caught, the line snapped, and I got to watch the...

It was similar for me. About 10x as painful as a bee sting. I’d say I was probably feeling it for about an hour, but by the time I was back at the bar with the family it had mostly worn off. We definitely want to go back to CR within the next few years and do an AirBNB style trip to explore more.

I recently returned from a family trip to a resort in the Guancaste province on the northwest shore of Costa Rica. While I was there, I had time to get a bit of flyfishing in during the early mornings and at sunset. Sharing a recap as it may be helpful to any PNWFF members planning to fish...

It’s dependent on lake, weather, and time of year for me. At my favorite local lake I’m going to show up with an indicator rod rigged with chironomids on point and a sliding dropper. Unless I see surface action I probably won’t change because it’s usually just a matter of waiting until the bite...