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Went up to the Vedder River in BC this past Wednesday to scout it out. Saw lots of pinks in the river, but it seemed to me that even though the peak of the run ought to be about now, the number of fish indicated that the peak of the run has yet to arrive. The water is very low and clear (kind...

Sorry... It was an accidental by-catch when I was really trying to catch a pink. But, better than getting skunked!

Shore fished a popular MA9 beach on Thursday 8/21 for a few hours, looking for pinks, with not much to show for the effort, but at the end of my time there, I had a hard strike, and I thought that maybe I had foul-hooked a pink as the fish pulled harder than the usual pink. Here is what it...

I thought I was the only one crazy enough to own 3 Humminbird Fishin' Buddies (a 140c and two 120's, plus a really old Bottomline Fishin' Buddy that I never use any more). Love the SideFinder View, portability and use of simple AA batteries. Hopefully, I have a lifetime supply of Fishin'...

Went back to one of my favorite central WA hike-in lakes this past Thursday. You might recognize the lake from this photo if you've been there: I got there later than a couple of other fly casters, and I apparently missed out on a good midge hatch earlier on, but I don't really fish midges...

It is always fun to re-visit this small, general regulation BC lake in the Thompson-Nicola area that I've enjoyed over the years. It is fairly well-known by the BC fishermen, but relatively unknown by the US fly casters. There are no resorts or homes around this lake. The rough road in keeps...

Well done! Exploring pays off!

Nice report, in spite of missing the adaptor! Love those hike-in lakes!

The WA Discover Pass is the only pass required/accepted at this lake, as it is within a WA state park. Your WDFW Vehicle Access Pass will not suffice on its own at this lake.

Oops, I got mixed up. I guess it was @Paul, not you, catching all those spiny rays. Chalk it up to getting old...

That's another thing, tying the tiny flies on thin tippets is too hard for my old eyes these days. And for my style of fishing, I'm usually using 2X 12 pound test RIO Fluoroflex Plus tippet material so I don't break off; if I used 2 pound test, I'd be breaking off every fish. These days, the...

Hi, Steve! Thanks! I'm not as talented as you in fishing dries or emergers, and I wasn't even carrying my dry fly box on this outing, so I didn't even try. I was having plenty of action casting and stripping the leech pattern, and I like the tug over seeing the fish take a dry/emerger or...

Hiked into another small seep lake yesterday (you might recognize the lake from this photo if you've fished it). I haven't fished this lake in 10 years, so it was nice to give it another try. I was the only one fishing this lake all day (which is good if you like solitude, like I do). In 4...

Thanks for the good report! Nice that the ice was all gone! I also fished that same lake yesterday, but I arrived a few hours after you and stayed later, so we didn't cross paths. My Humminbird Fishin' Buddy 120 was reading 46 to 48 degrees, so warmer than what you were reading; I'll have to...

I forgot to mention that @Buzzy also caught a brown, so he caught rainbows, a brown and a Tiger in the same day. Last year he also caught a yellow perch, so there are at least 4 species of fish in that lake.

@Buzzy posted his photo in another thread, but I'll re-post it here as it goes along with this thread. Here's a photo of the large Tiger trout he landed and released: Here is the jig leech fly pattern @Buzzy used to catch that Tiger:

I don't tie those Muskrat Nymphs myself. I buy them online at either Sierra Trading Post (not in stock usually) or https://bigyflyco.com/products/muskrat. I use #10 and #12 sizes. They are cheap enough ($0.89 each) that it isn’t worth tying them up myself.

Was wondering if I'd have to break ice on a small, central WA seep lake, but even though it was still half covered with ice 10 days ago, on this outing yesterday it was totally ice-free. In fact, the water temperature was surprisingly warm at 47 to 49 degrees. The water was murky with about 18...

I know those broodstock cutts at the lake you often fish, but these ones are fresh 11 to 12 inchers that were planted in November. Yeah, there probably isn't much natural food for the fish in the winter, but I think these cutts were planted in an emaciated state.

I wonder if there's been a fish food shortage at the hatchery for the cutts? Doesn't seem like all the cutts would be so thin otherwise. In a natural environment, some of the fish are thin and others not so thin, just due to the availability of food and the competition for that food.