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Just trimmed most of the silver skin and connective tissue off a boneless leg of lamb and now marinating for dinner tonight and extra will be vac bagged up and frozen for later. An off shoot is my dogs think I’m the coolest guy on the planet as they’ll get the trimmings today and tomorrow. Dave

Makes me so glad I changed up from my Watermaster to a Journey… Dave

Have you ever found a mirror that works yet mate? 🤪At least you can understand me when I write….I do like that you pointed this out so that folks do not immediately blame the rancher below which I’ve heard in the past re drawing down the lake. To the point, let’s hope they could build up the...

Aye, mine 🤪 but not sure if only 14s count 😀 Dave

On a recent trip I saw a couple of things going on that were really cool. The first is that I thought hummingbirds were strictly vegetarian or at least nectarfarians…one morning my buddies parked raft had a pile of emergers resting on the wind free side but from time to time some blew/flew off...

This was the fishing post…water is down a lot vs before. Dave

Well after all the intel I got for this lake, there were a couple of things that were spot on; It was really cold – colder than a witches tit at night and early morning. It appears that there was a fish kill. I saw quite a few dead fish at the south end in the shallow water but the overall...

I agree but for my fishing buds this is their place from when it was perhaps great, really over 30+ yrs as a pilgrimage of sorts so I follow along. They are wonderful friends. Their camp setup/running has set me in good stead for when I can’t fish with them. While really good fishing is the...

I like this. I have a ton of stickers collected from over the yrs but don’t want them on my rig as I see them as ‘I’ve got stuff, rod me’ but on your cooler, well that’s kinda cool to me. Dave

Having seen the work of art that is the creation of your new fishing rig, I wish I had a local contractor with your skills and eye for detail. Dave

To dbakenize things, sorry dude 😀 there may be flies there. Almost ready re getting my stuff together with 90% of the list checked off and truck gassed to the brim at Costco today and water tanks filled. Ice to come tomorrow night. Emergency calls for tying up the ‘hot’ flies fulfillled…Can’t...

Very small mids in sz 18 - 20, black or olive, seem to be good and down 10 - 20+. No news on mayflies, buds have to work for fish. I’m off on Sat for a week or so 😀 Dave

I've never caught one nor heard of it and I've fished it annually since then. Current fishing is slow for my on site reporter but the fish are of good size and fitness. I'm loving the fact that the temps are relatively on point with the seasonal average for this time of yr. The last couple of...

Last yr was as bad one apparently but have not heard from 2025, TBH it was a very mild winter and a lot of the climatic things in Fall of 2023 didn’t happen the same way. A lot of BC lakes incl Roche got hit bad last yr. Dave

Just packed up a load of gunciale using Berkshire pork cheeks, very fatty and so able to cure for 10 weeks before today. Mangia😀!!! Dave

I go down in 1st now to avoid that but been there, there is nothing like the smell of hot brakes in the morning… Dave

There may be travelling sedges by then too in the evening. Serious fun fishing. Dave

Thanks, you make a very fair point re it being early in the season and yeah, I’m one of them who go once a yr for the early chironomid and mayfly if they come off. It is slow right now but fish are healthy. Dave

It’s always packed at the opening time but I thank you both for your responses. I was just thinking the constant ‘name no lake’ mantra is a bit misconstrued for a lake that is so, so well known for spring fishing and mayflies or damsels or chironomods or sedges or hoppers or rattlesnakes or more...

Hmmm…was not expecting zipper lips writ large. I guess the road in is washed out, the weather and fishing is crap with many big grizzlies prowling in the campsite slots…if you can get one 😎 and many raging log truckers steaming down the grade. I am obviously naive or possibly stupid to think...