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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.

Drove out to see my son who lives in Wenatchee WA for his birthday and stopped to fish the North Platte in WY. Love that place, there's a body of water between the Miracle mile and Grey Reef called Fremont Canyon, great wade fishing. If you ever book a trip with a quide that drifts Grey Reef or the Miracle Mile factor in a day to DIY wade fish Fremont. Made a short video.

My son is an entomologist and he confirms it as a robber flies, Family Asilidae

Let's see em

Yea for good wading you'll need 0 mwh will be about 20 cfs, still sorta wadable up to i'd say 50 mwh, but be very careful. I don't wade much, so others might have an opinion. Also, I've seen a nice public accessible seam up from Acacia club and below from where the YETI lives,. that looks like it could be wadable at up to 50 mwh, but have never done it, may others could chime in. the Acias club ramp is a gravel bar that holds fish.

Great Pics!

I fish 5 weights with the water off or generation low usually fishing midges with light tippet and small indicators. I use six weights in the high generation to handle the longer leaders and heavier split shots, but 5 weights will work, but with the strong current and a beefy fish I can see how a 5 weight might feel a little under gunned. Streaming fishing I throw a 7 or 8 weight with appropriate sink tip line, even with the water off.

Very thought provoking, thank you for sharing.

I'm pretty old 61, but fishing keeps me young at heart

That's pretty cool. I have fond memories of 70's Saturday morning fishing shows, especially Virgil Ward "From the lakes of Northern Canada, to the Gulf of Mexico, wherever fish are biting, thats where were gonna go" I think he lived in KC. My dad did not fish, so only access to fishing info was buddies, BassMaster magazine and these TV shows.

Yea I added that for flash, and I thinks it better to merge or incorporate it in with the Nylon fibers. Worth noting that the nylon fibers undwind more and get finer when fished. I also added a little more material and probably should have made it a bit longer. I was thinking about snipping off the hook bend, but decided not to. I gave it a try and did not get a sniff from a Gar but the Walleye and Wiper liked the pattern. It looks pretty alive in the water.

Love PO-BOY sandwiches, thanks!

Thanks for the intel, might have to check it out, will post results if I do.

So was at the Spillway at Clinton Lake (KS) and saw some GAR, went home and tied up this pattern went back to give it a try. No Gar, but caught a wiper and some Walleye with it.

Christopher Elbow is a famous Chocolatier up here in KC, I've heard he is also an avid Fly Fisherman. I'm guessing so, these are called his fly fishing collection chocolates. Got these for Fathers day, to pretty to eat, but I had his chocolates before, they are beautiful and tasty. Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis is amateur chocolatier and heard he came out last year or the year before and fished Crane Creek on a visit to Christopher Elbow.

Looks like dubbed body, Nice thank you!

I'd love to see a Sulphur Crackleback pattern if you don't mind?

Porch view over the water looked awesome!