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First one is a Fatty!

Regarding wading Boots I have fished these on freestone slick stone rivers out west CO,WY and the Ozark rivers and streams, love them no need for felt metal studs or bars. grip is great, love them. Orvis Pro BOA at scheels https://www.scheels.com/p/19543302598/?store=&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=22849592637&cq_con=182034387254&cq_term=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_pos=&cq_plt=gp&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22849592637&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjL3HBhCgARIsAPUg7a4Act0AqPkHcV-z3XostTxp-9_WQLfY2DzqvEqUUyiO8al27vMrsrMaAgMPEALw_wcB

Very Very Cool! thanks for sharing!

I've seen the Columbia on my visits out there, want to get a charter sometime. Funny, was reading a book about when Captain Cook sailed and explored the Pacific Northwest coast while the American revolution was going on and long before Lewis and Clark got there, but he was not permitted to go up into the Columbia, the author said he was lucky because to this day the Bar is still one of the most dangerous crossings in the world. I'd like to see that sometime.

NASA probably dumped it's supply of Tang

If the marina is closed for the season and you can't buy a sticker, I believe you can still put a boat in without the sticker

Mouth Watering healthy looking meal, looking forward to the New Mexico report, don't know much about the fisheries over and down there.

I'll definitely be there Friday am with my boat, not 100% if I can spend night and fish Saturday. I will confirm this, but will bring a sleeping bag and contribute $ for the lodging if I stay.

Love White Castle, it left KC, but I used to do some work in ST. Louis and on the drive home bought a bag of them to munch on. I could eat six or seven of those things, like the slider half box, made it easy to drive and eat. Also, like IMO's pizza we have one of those in KC

Thanks for sharing, vacationed in Norway last year, great place to visit, did not find a lot of fishing guides or shops. Did find a tackle shop in Tromso, lots of places to fish, besides the ocean, he indicated folks mostly DIY it.

That's pretty cool, you should keep a length of it with a note about how you obtained it. Might interesting to folks a 100 years from now

Was out chasing Whites and Wipers at Clinton last evening, came across this BAD A## shad, tried to eat this Baby Fat . Evening Top water bite has been good, Bio Masses of Shad

Wow Epic!

I love fair food, paid the gut ache price more than once, but worth it

He has an interesting job, he is on a research Postdoc fellowship with Washington State university lab in Wenatchee WA, they work closely with the USDA, but he is on a Grant from the State of Washington researching how Leaf Hoppers are vectoring a nasty , virus (x-disease) to Cherry Trees. Here's an article about his research work from a fruit growers trade magazine. https://goodfruit.com/solving-for-x-disease/

Yes, he became an Entomologist because of fly fishing, we'd go fishing I would look up and he became more interested in turning rocks over and beating the trees for bugs. It can get really technical, but understanding the basics lifecycle of aquatic insects can be helpful when you are checking out new water, so when you drop into the fly shop and get some bugs, you'll now how to fish them. That said the basic lifecycles are necessary for presentation purposes, Here's a brief description, hope it helps, sorry if it too simple Basic Lifecycle for - Caddis, Mayfly, Midge, Stonefly (They differ a little but, for fly fishing doen't really matter, in my opinion) Microsopic eggs on the bottom - No patterns to small Become Larva - Blood worms, rock worm patterns, prince nymphs,, many patterns (Mayflies and Stoneflies, don't have Larva stage (Incomplete Metaphors-is, ooh fancy technical word) fish on bottom with indicator. Nymph/Pupae, start rising to top.(suspend in water column or bottom) , or crawling out of the water - Bead head zebra midges, Pheasant tails, prince nymphs, there are many patterns, some have tails, legs, etc... trout can't count, so really I think size and color are key. For instance, I believe a bead zebra midge fished with a tail at Taney, which I don't believe has prolific Mayfly hatches, but the Nymphs have tails would work to represent a midge. Adults the Pupua has risen to top of the water or crawl out on a tree, and break out of there wings, hang a bit to dry out, trout pound them, then fly away, have insect sex and die, eggs drop back and float to bottom cycle repeats. -- These are your dry fly's no indicator, there are many patterns and they don't usually have to be anatomically correct, the right sized stimulator can make trout think it's a cluster of adult midges, caddis, etc.. not always, but sometimes. It's probably how the trout see the hackle dimple the water from below, but who knows. This was super generalized and simple but hope it provides the basic framework on how to present flies. Also, turn over some rocks in any body of water and you will certainly see some kind of larva or nymphs, If you want to get fancy you can a dip net , stand above it with the net basket below you and down in the water, kick your feet around to move gravel and rocks and you won't believe how many critters you will find. Also, the fisherman below you will be happy Taneycomo has mostly midges for aquatic insects, so you can fish Larva patterns on the bottom and bead head zebra midges on the bottom when the water is running, when off, bead head midges suspended in the water column does really well, the dynamic is size and color, just have to play around, honestly I have not spent a ton of time fishing adult presentations at Taney (not usually the best percentage way but it is the most fun), the fish will go fairly crazy eating and sipping them off the surface, but does not seem to be as crazy as other waters. When you see them kind of just sipping or getting mouthful on the surface I think they are eating the midges in the transition stage from pupae to adult. Again, sorry for the simple stream of consciousness. I Attached a book cover that I liked has a lot of information, but presented in an easy to read way.

A buddy tied some of these for me, they are awesome, caught whites, wipers, and even dead drifted them at Taney under the indicator when water ripping, they performed well. "I want my baby fat baby fat...Chilies baby fat ribs" Great pattern

Thanks will check this out and forwarding the article to my son so he can do some recon before I get out there again.

That's awesome, will let him know and I'll be back. Will have him do some recon there. thanks for the info!

Thanks, I drove through Oregon on a previous trip, country was beautiful, bet you'll find a fishing hole.

Visited my son (Jake) in Wenatchee WA, a small city in the Cascades. He took me on a 6 mile round trip hike to Eight mile lake that holds Western Slope Cutthroats and Lake trout (Mackinaw). Did not catch any Mackinaws, but the cutties where easy to fish. Getting old, hike up was taxing, but once I made it to the lake with the beautiful setting and the fish where bitting I was reinvigorated. We fished mayfly and midge patterns under and indicator. They where looking up, so a dry probably would have worked, Jake had one eat his indicator and hooked up with the dropper, as it slide out of itd mouth. Here's a pic and of course I had to make a video

Great report! Thanks for sharing the technique. Also, used to watch SOF on TV and they often talked about that lodge.

What a journey, rest fingers and post the fishing reports

So, WY has a conservation stamp you have to buy once a year only for resident and NR resident annual licenses, when you buy a daily license they make it clear it does not apply, guessing so they don't hurt tourism.

It was on Wednesday got there about 8 am and saw about 5 folks along the whole meadow stretch to where the canyon starts. Nobody in the canyon.