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I’m set to return home in a little over a week, after having put in five months on a ship. Fug. I was thinking of checking out Merrill Lake for a camping and fishing trip. Unfortunately, I saw on Google Maps that there was a landslide last year that cut off access to the campground and boat...

Winter is the time for stillwater jumbo trout. Glad you got yours! 🤙🏼

Remember to say, “God save the Queen,” before you strike. 🤙🏼

This is the ideal cat. No guard hairs in this one. Too bad she passed away around 15 years ago.

Not the best tie, but I hope you get the idea. The best dubbing is from light gray cat fur without guard hair. This example doesn’t have it. At the eye of the hook, the shuck edge was originally made from a sharp tip of dry fly grizzly hackle.

Waterwisp chironomid emerger. Deadly effective pattern.

That is nuts!

Me and a friend fished there on Wednesday. I managed to find one 14” ‘bow. That was it. My friend and another guy who arrived early both struck out. That lake can be fickle in that way.

No algae at Lone. Pass looked thick with it. Deep green color. I’ve never seen algae that bad before. Made me wonder if something weird got into the water to make it bloom that hard.

I hit Lone on Wednesday. Arrived around 11:45. In the water at 12:15. Left around 4:00. Real slow but caught a nice fat 14” rainbow about an hour or so before calling it quits. Maybe 1/2 hour to 45 minutes later, got a hard strike that broke off about two feet of 5x tippet. And that was...

Escaped the “Priest” with only a headache.

Oregon speaking for that scene. What part of O-country? I have a close friend in Alsea.

Gonna go there tomorrow afternoon. I plan to post a report. Thinking that lake is shallow enough to have cooled well enough by now to galvanize the trout. Don’t you just love that word, “galvanize”?!

A knuckleheaded rainbow subspecies.

Sum nice feesh!!!

The stripped retrieve of a streamer should emulate fear-induced motion. Imitating food is one thing. Imitating prey is another. Go play with your or any cat to see what I'm talking about. This advice is relevant to trout and their ilk, from my experience.

Are the shallow lakes cooling quicker than the deeper lakes?

I dunno. I usually hit a lake with one rod with two back up spools: Intermediate, floating, and a fast full sink (type 3 or my current 5/7). Fly line choice depends on lake depth and the season’s water temperature. If I really want to be fully girded, I’ll bring along my 4wt for dedicated...

Are we getting close?

Not the kind of guy to just let your bass get handed to you. 😉