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@Northern I was actually going to post the stealth bombers as well. Great fly; tie them weedless and toss them in the thick stuff.

How would you rate the bite? Sit n wait retrieve or aggressive pops? Water temp? Fish I have been finding have come closer to shore than anticipated.

🥳🥳🥳 we've got some warm weather this week. I'm going to try and sneak out a couple times.

That looks like a total blast!

That gives me the idea for a fly name: M90 or Cherry Bomb. Now I just need to figure out what it looks like.

You gave the popper a valiant effort. It was an honorable skulking. 😉

A 65l backpacking sufficient for all the gear and will hold the weight better than the float tube straps.

Ohhhh yes! They'll be hitting poppers really soon.

We need some more weather like today, but they are starting to wake up.

Nymphs under a bobber, crappie will eat a small white clouser just about every time. Crappie are a blast!

@jasmillo gets it! They definitely want to be on the bottom really bad.

I found this in a central washington parking area to a certain hike in Lake. Let me know if you think it might be yours.

Why not?

From what I understand late fall and early spring are the best times to go for them. Summer is when they go deep. This lake is touching a 100 feet deep. If I were to try to get to them in summer I would go early and stay late. Hoping to intercept as the rolled up in to the near shallows...

The tail was one of my favorite parts. I can't remember the last time I had a fish pull half the rod into the water!

Do it!

When i first joined the old board I found that OMJ fished some of the same blue lines in the area I lived. He gave me some pointers and I shared some fishing reports of his old haunts. A true character. Cheers to Jim. He'll be missed.

I've certainly thought about that as well. With Sonar it makes more sense. Otherwise, a more horizontal presentation would seem to increase the chances of getting the fly in front of a fish. This Shooting head from SA with a thin running line would get you down in a jiffy and would hold that...

Next time I want to have an 8wt with a fast full sink and my Garmin Striker rigged up to help stay in the zone longer. Maybe Mark a fish or two on it. I had an 8wt, but only with a slower type 3 sink.

This little diddy whipped up by @Sir Homey. Simple, sparkly, and effective. My favorite type of fly.