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I have a Fishin' Buddy 1200(bottom line -side finder) that I do not use anymore. It is free to anyone who wants to pick it up in Olympia. It is about 30 years old and works great and is excellent condition. It has an attachment to clamp to a canoe or boat. I do not have an operation manual...

Nick Clayton: Great write up ! You and I have the same philosophy about fish out of a boat. If I fish a location for 5 minutes or so and do not see or hook any fish I will go to another location. I usually fish 12 to 15 location every outing . Occasionally I will find the "mother lode" and...

Thanks for the kind words! I like to pass on my thoughts on how to fly fish for sea-run cutthroat on Puget Sound. I fish top water patterns for sea-run cutthroat over 90% of the time. I mostly use a slider Dehlia sand shrimp pattern( see photo) since it has such a high hook up ratio of 50 to...

Tele turns made on Mt. Rainier many years ago on the west side of Mazama Ridge east of Paradise parking lot. I used Black Diamond tele skis. It was a memorable day with deep, fluffy snow. I skied that slope many winters. In the past I tele skied every month for six years. In the summer it...

Thanks Jojo for organizing a great event and Salmo-g for ride sharing. Roger

Great idea! I live on the west side of Olympia. Where and when do you want to meet up? Roger

I'm in. It will be good to meet and maybe fly fish with some of you for sea-run cutthroat in Marine Area 13 from my boat using top water patterns. Roger

Below is a writeup which did several years ago. Roger

I have fished that lake since the early 1990's. It is a very special lake. One day I landed several brook trout(14 in.) plus numerous nice sized cutthroat and rainbow trout. I only landed brook trout one other trip. They were located towards the shoreline near the small island near the...

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I remember seeing you many times on the west side of a Marine Area 13 island. The resident coho fishing during the winter/spring of 2016 to 18 was outstanding in that location. The fish were 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. and schooled up and moving up and down the shoreline feeding on sand shrimp. It was...

It was good talking to you and remembrance about past fly fishing adventures on Puget Sound. Your salt water fly box had many outstanding looking patterns. For those interested the bottom fly is T. W. (top water) sand shrimp pattern. It is my go to pattern when top water fishing for sea-run...

I just tied up a realistic, segmented pile worm pattern that should be an extremely effective top water fly for sea-run cutthroat. Most of the polychaeta worms which I have seen are olive or light brown. The flies are 5 1/2 inches long. The photo below shows my attempt to match real pile...

Thanks for the kind words. I have just started tying a segmented floating pile worm pattern. It has a lot of side to side movement which should be enticing to sea-run cutthroat. It is a little time consuming to tie but is extremely realistic since it looks like a real pile worm. I will post...

This pile worm pattern is a fly which I have not used very often. It is 4 1/2 inches long as shown in the photo but can be tied as long as 8 inches. It will catch large sea-run cutthroat which is probably due to the long length of the pattern. The first time that I used this fly I landed...

I use the foam head shown in first photo and made by the company in the second photo. Roger

In the past I have had excellent success with a subsurface coon strip shrimp pattern which have gold/rust color that you described. Last year I tied up several top water coon strip shrimp patterns in those colors as shown in the photo. Coon strip shrimp are really available in much of Marine...

I use a tube tying tool made by HMH and is probably carried or can be ordered by most fly shop. It is shown in first photo. The second photo shows HMH micro tube inserted into the tool. A small round metal rod is inserted into the tubing and secured onto the tool with round nut at bottom of...

I use the top water sand shrimp pattern 80 to 90 % of the time when fishing for sea-run cutthroat. Frist picture shows this pattern while the second picture shows a nice sized fish with the pattern hooked in the side of its mouth. This fly is a modification of the Dejlia Squid pattern. It is...

Good question and eyes! I put a 1/4 inch hook holder sleeve cut from HMH(see picture) onto end of MHM micro tubing. The sleeve holds the hook as it is pushed against the tubing. Sleeve material can also be purchased at most model stores and is the gas line for model engines. Roger