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Took my 8' Phillipson Peerless 5 weight (thanks @rudyc) , an intermediate line and old school wet flies (black gnat, professor, grizzly king) to a well known lake in the North Cascades. There was a large midge hatch (see picture below), some flying termites and a few callibaetis... You...

You ought to put some pics of the rods up. Lots of grangers were fished in montana. Will be fun to see the flies Guy. Are they classic snelled wets or Franz Pott woven hair flies? Franz pott's sandy mite was supposed to have been the most popular fly in montana in the early part of the...

Sold. Boat Fly Box. Never used. One side for large flies, one side for small flies. Box measures 10" by 6" by 3". $15, free shipping. Excellent way to store your larger flies, saltwater flies and lake flies when fishing out of a boat. Paypal or cash.

4" Sharpes of Aberdeen Gordon Fly Reel for spey fishing. 8.9 ounces. Non-adjustable two way drag which allows for left or right hand wind. Satisfying loud click. Some wear to finish which is customary for Sharpes Gordons. $25 plus shipping. Own a reel by a classic scottish tackle maker...

A dozen fly fishing books. Listing here discounted before they go to ebay...I accept paypay, venmo or cash. Happy to deliver the book to you if you are in the seattle area. My guess is media mail shipping will be $4-6. I can combine books PM me what you want to purchase and where you are...

Tim was the guy who introduced me to Constable staggered ferrule fly rods. When I pick up my Constable I think of Tim. Here are a couple of Tim's constables (distinctive green wraps) at a cast around... and Tim himself with some of the darkly flamed rods that he built...

Always enjoy your posts Gary. My 1940 Ben Paris Guide says Royal Lake contains brookies so the state or National Park Service must have stocked them in the 30's. Not sure how they do it but brookies are able to spawn in lakes which have no inlet or outlet. Sometime brookies come into very...

Took my 6'9" 4 weight Constable Wallop Brook rod and JW Young 1A reel to a couple of North Cascade creeks this weekend. Here's to you Tim Cottage. This creek is bigger than many and has delightfully open banks... Not sure why I bring a bunch of flies because I almost always end up with a...

Not surprised you blanked from 6-9 in the morning and again at evening. I've always done best on high lakes fishing gentleman's hours 9-3, but then most of the lake I fish are pretty high so it's good when they warm up middle of the day. Sometimes at evening there can be a rise but I've been...

Our resident alpine expert @Phil K has taken lunkers out of this lake and written it up before. Pretty sure the stream is full of brookies because the lake which it flows from has brookies - and some surprisingly big brookies.

Great fly for high lakes. Looks like a terrestrial. I always try to have some Black Pennels in my alpine lakes box. A greenwells glory imitates callibaetis nymphs. A butcher is a bright attractor pattern. And the Black Pennel looks like a beetle or ant. The more fish you catch the buggier...

Rod tubes are gone. Thinning the herd. Free to anyone who wants to pick these up in Kirkland. Postage will be crazy high. 46" Cabelas plastic rod tube. Zip end. 56" CND spey rod tube, zippered end. 59" homemade aluminum rod tube with screw in end. 59" homemade plastic pipe rod tube with...

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Thinning out my fly fishing library. Wanted to give the opportunity to this forum's readers before I post the books at higher prices on the auction site. Happy to deliver them in person (western Washington) or to post media mail if you pay postage. Media mail postage should be approx $5 per...

Peacock herl body. Foam back. A couple turns of black hackle at the head. And the other fly is a jassid.

I'm old school. Give me a letort hopper. Really small sizes (12-14) seem to work just as well as large sizes.