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My two biggest alpine fish were 3-5 pounds. Both cutts. One from an eastslope cascades lake above 5,000 feet with an easy 1 mile hike. One from a west slope cascades lake which you can almost drive to.

Always learn something when you post Curt. Someone should collect all your posts and title it "The Wisdom of Salma." I've done that with everything you've posted on bull trout. What's your sense as to how long a typical alpine lakes fish lives and does it vary by type of trout (brook, cutt...

I like fishing alpine lakes with self-sustaining populations. Enjoy knowing the fish are wild and that I won't be skunked by a winterkill or by happening on the lake in the year when all the old fish have died out and the new fish haven't yet been stocked. And when the wild lake is an abundant...

Because it was a solo trip I took the 20 fl oz capacity Aluminum Trekker which weighs 19 oz. 20 fluid ounces is plenty of water for coffee or oatmeal or dehydrated dinner for one. When I'm on a group trip I bring the 41 fl oz capacity Aluminum Scout which weighs 25 oz. Two options...

Lighter than you think. The wilderness lite float tube weighs 3.5 pounds. Opti-pack fins 16 oz. Simms waders 40 oz. Aluminum Kelly Kettle 19 oz. That's about 11 pounds. Add clothes, lunch, 40 oz of water, fire starting kit and medical kit and fishing gear and I'm in the 20-25 lbs range.

This lake is about the limit for me for a day hike. 4.7 miles each way, 88 switchbacks and 1,500 feet elevation gain in the last two miles. But a self-sustaining population of wild rainbows was the draw. I didn't find many fish till I reached the rock shallows at the far end of the lake. A...

I am a big Enos Bradner fan so was thrilled when a niece of Enos Bradner sent me some flies he tied and used. Right row from top: Black Carey Special; brown Carey Special with one hackle tied mid body and another at the head; two Size 12 Orange body Carey Specials; size 8 Nyerges Nymph; two...

My granger victory 8642 got a varnish chip on thread wraps on an outing Friday... Took the rod to bamboo rod magician Mike Monsos. He heated up some spar varnish... Applied varnish to the wraps... Cleaned up the edges with doubled dental floss... Look who supervises Mike's work...

The other great book on northwest-angling-how-it-used-to-be is Bob Heirman's Snohomish, My Beloved Country: An Anglers Anthology. Lots of great stories about fishing the Mountain Loop Highway and Stevens Pass Highway and Fishing in the Monroe area. The steelheading is not so good and some of...

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Brookie lakes are great for a family trip when you want to be assured of fish. They taste good too!

I actually think 7' is as short a fly rod as you need for small streams. With the rods less than 7' you can get drag more easily because you aren't keeping as much line off the water. Ed Shenk, however, did just fine fishing short rods on Pennsylvania creeks and limestone streams. He loved...

Sounds like a great rod Cliff. 2 tips is nice, especially the the 7030 because it's a little more fragile than the longer rods. The key issue with the shorter rods is you have to think through what kind of fishing you do. I have a 6' Ray Gould, a 6'6" Sharpes, a 6'9"Constable, a 7' Tom Fulk...