Phil Lilley

That's a problem... I can't get them completely down and I know of ppl who have gotten tickets because of a single stran of wool.

We're coming out with a barbless version of our jigs shortly. I want to get down there and try them out.

Did you fish any of the barbless areas? Or don't they still have barbless areas on the NF?

I am planning on floating. Using a jon boat.

I see guides catching fish on night crawlers off points... but I bet that's about it. But I don't fish for bass...

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said these were the greatest commandments. Even if you're not "religious", it's not a bad place to start. Even if you don't believe in a god, you still have to recognize creation, life and be thankful in some way. And through that lens, we are to see that man is part of that creation, a very special part. The Word says we are created in His image. I'm not smart enough to parse that out... but compared to the rest of creation, humans are set completely apart, different. So I guess what I'm saying is that if we have a reverence for the Creator and we recognize our fellow man as His special creation, then we should treat our neighbor as such.

Would a jon boat be too big for this section of river?

I changed the title. Dan, you might edit the first post to include any details about the float, to date, so that ppl don't have to search for specifics. Appreciate you organizing it. I'm hoping to go... I need to find a suitable water vessel.

Sept 21, Saturday?

He already did

Crickets..... I hope Jayhawks!

We’ve had private discussions about this. I don’t use a hammer when driving home my worldview. Again, I won’t argue them online. I show my worldview in how I live, how I treat ppl. As far as being a great human…. I’m not. I have many faults.

Guard dogs? Protecting me? Didn’t think I needed secret service, not that it would do any good. Let’s cool it.

Ness was right. No one has changed anything and won’t. So let’s call a truce. Back to fishing.

Got a PM from @Terrierman this morning about resigning as moderator. I thought that was strange.... so I checked the forum. Wow! Alot happened while I slept. I'm not passing judgement on any one person in particular. Just like all the blow-ups we've had in the past, they blow over, although I think grudges remain between certain members. Alot has to do with their worldview slant and how they clash. The question is - how do you treat your fellow man? With respect, even though you might not agree with him? Or contempt, because they don't see things like you do? I tend to be a very forgiving person. My beliefs are very black and white but how I manage them differs from most ppl. I really don't like to debate online because it's too impersonal. I'd love to discuss politics and religion face to face. Some of the things said in the locked thread were pretty over the top personal attacks and I would advise not continuing. I understand Ness's foul language, although it took reading a couple of pages before I got it. Sorry I wasn't around to delete it As for news, I listen to Brett Baier, Jake Trapper and Wolf Blitzer. And PBS news hour sometimes.

I'll do one cast today using the hopper. They're running water pretty hard this afternoon.

No. They're all lake rainbows.

Fished last evening. Lookout to the narrows. 2 units. Pink hopper along the bluff. 8 takes. 6 landed rainbows. 2 over 20! It’s going to be a fun fall run!

There were a couple of rainbows chasing smolt I saw that I really didn't want to hook! We've seen them longer than 40 inches in that river - some real live horses.

Figeater Bug

Maybe they only hatch once in a while... like the cicadas.

I've also been seeing a lot of big Japanese beetle-looking bugs, but these are triple the size of what I usually see. I wonder if they'd work... someone showed me a half dz jbugs they found in a rainbow's gut back in June.

Nice to hear!! I need to get out and see it for myself! Question - water running or not?

Did do one cast up there...

Back home... had a really good trip. Didn't fish hard at all. A few hours here and there, almost all out in front of camp over the boulder field. I think I ended up with a dozen rainbows over 25 inches and these 2 almost 30 inches. The chrome was the closest at 29 and the colored up buck was 28 inches. Man what I'd give for a trolling motor! Next year Jim said he'd have at least one on a boat. Never caught a salmon although they still were running fairly well. The sockeye were low in number and very small average. They said a lot came back after only one year. Don't know what triggers that... they said the bay was much colder than normal this year. Showing off some improvements to the dining hall. Jim's upgrading all the cabins too.