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I’ve got three buddies that want to go with me to the lower part of Ontario to Walleye fish and to do some river/stream trout fish. I’ve been looking a little bit for a place that can suit all our needs but can’t seem to find one. Anyone got some suggestions? Thanks Matt

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I’ve got three buddies that want to go with me to the lower part of Ontario to Walleye fish and to do some river/stream trout fish. I’ve been looking a little bit for a place that can suit all our needs but can’t seem to find one. Anyone got some suggestions? Thanks Matt

Typing with left hand here . . . Grand River – upper section, smallmouth & carp – upper mid-section,- mostly brown trout, occasional smallie, pike, and carp – middle section, smallmouth, some pike and carp, steelhead (in season). – lower section, smallmouth, pike, pickerel (walleye), gar pike, carp, mooneye (in season), chinook (in season), steelhead (in season). – lower section can be navigated by power boat; canoe and drift boat for the rest – don’t go over any weirs – it hurts. That should get you started. More to follow when both hands are working . . . Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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Typing with left hand here . . .

(snip) More to follow when both hands are working . . .

How did you do the caps?? Your nose? riverman

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Typing with left hand here . . . (snip) More to follow when both hands are working . . . How did you do the caps?? Your nose? riverman

No, my . . . never mind . . . CAPSLOCK ON, CAPSLOCK OFF, or just stretched out the pinkie Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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Typing with left hand here . . . (snip) More to follow when both hands are working . . . How did you do the caps?? Your nose?

Oh man, you just HAD to ask, didn’t you?! Wolfgang shiny new nickel says it ain’t his nose.      :(

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– lower section, smallmouth, pike, pickerel (walleye), gar pike, carp,

Pickerel aren’t walleye on this side of the boder, Peter.  I think they used to be, but the more rigorous border checks since 9/11 make it tougher to travel on a false passport! Scott

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– lower section, smallmouth, pike, pickerel (walleye), gar pike, carp, Pickerel aren’t walleye on this side of the boder, Peter.  I think they used to be, but the more rigorous border checks since 9/11 make it tougher to travel on a false passport! Scott

I know, I know.  It’s made the education of our southern neighbours in the use of proper piscine terminology in the Queen’s English, so much more difficult.  These things are sent to try us. (Imagine calling a pike, a pickerel?  What is this world coming to? And a walleye?  Whoever heard of walls having eyes, let alone, swimming?) Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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I know, I know.  It’s made the education of our southern neighbours

        wtf is a "neighbour"?         yfitons         wayno  (damn brits never have been able to spell.)

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I know, I know.  It’s made the education of our southern neighbours    wtf is a "neighbour"?    yfitons    wayno  (damn brits never have been able to spell.)

a yank Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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Recieved the flies and want to say thanks–for some reason at a clave the guys seem to think I am a fly moocher–actually I am only an art appreciater. took my grandson to brim pond [he is trying to get fly fishing merit badge] put a yellaw  on and he caught  a brim on his first fly fishing lesson My buddy the newby came down and he caught  a bass on one of your purple jobs–he wants to buy a dozen flies. Think the glo glo stuff you put on bottom of fly really works. My trip thru Texas in August turned into a new Zealand trip in December so donm"t know when I will see you but wanted  you to know that BIG DALE  flies are a big hit in Carolina. Indian Joe McIntosh

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merit badge] put a yellaw  on and he caught  a brim on his first fly fishing lesson My buddy the newby came down and he caught  a bass on one of your purple jobs

That is the kind of feedback that I love. The only reason I tie them is for folks to catch fish with them. I can see the grin on your face from here as your grandson caught a brim on one. Big Dale

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That is the kind of feedback that I love. The only reason I tie them is for folks to catch fish with them.

Well BD, I was lucky enough to win some of your flies at two separate claves and I think I have told you before how much I have enjoyed them, but if not, I am now. <g I have caught bream, smallmouth, rainbows and browns off them here in GA and even tried a couple in the Baltic when I was in Denmark. Great flies. — Charlie…

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Actually, walleye are often called "yellow pike", not pickerel, and at one time there was a strain called "blue pike" in the lower Niagara.

There’s some talk that the blue pike isn’t extinct.  If it wasn’t packed, I find the literature review I have, done by MNR on all of the peer reviewed stuff on pickerel (walleye) and I’m pretty sure that there is one that mentions the blue pike.  It’s also know as the blue pickerel here (figures, eh?) http://www.nativefish.org/BluePike/ Just one more to add to our legacy. BTW, I’ve also heard of walleye/pickerel/yellow pike being referred to as pikeperch.  It’s seems mostly a European usage – same as zander. blue pikeperch n : variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, blue pickerel , blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum] Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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BTW, I’ve also heard of walleye/pickerel/yellow pike being referred to as pikeperch.  It’s seems mostly a European usage – same as zander. blue pikeperch n : variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, blue pickerel , blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum]

Where does Northern Pike fit into this? I’ve tried eating Northerns several times (once in Montana, once in Finland) and the local Finnish slang of ‘mudfish’ certainly applies to the bland taste. However, in Riga, Pikeperch was a local delicacy. I never ventured to try it, figuring it was a desperation food. riverman

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – BTW, I’ve also heard of walleye/pickerel/yellow pike being referred to as pikeperch.  It’s seems mostly a European usage – same as zander. blue pikeperch n : variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, blue pickerel , blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum] Where does Northern Pike fit into this? I’ve tried eating Northerns several times (once in Montana, once in Finland) and the local Finnish slang of ‘mudfish’ certainly applies to the bland taste. However, in Riga, Pikeperch was a local delicacy. I never ventured to try it, figuring it was a desperation food. riverman

It gets confusing as pike get called all sorts of names south of the border, but north, it’s all pike – northern, (Esox lucius) and what is known as chain pickerel south of the border (Esox niger) or chain pike in the GWN.  Then there’s grass pike (Esox americanus vermiculatus) which is also known as grass pickerel plus a few other names, you know where.  Then there’s the muskie – Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy). BTW, fresh pike is very tasty. Anything with an Esox genius is in the pike family.  Apparently the word Esox means pike so who knows where the pickerel part came from. Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – BTW, I’ve also heard of walleye/pickerel/yellow pike being referred to as pikeperch.  It’s seems mostly a European usage – same as zander. blue pikeperch n : variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, blue pickerel , blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum] Where does Northern Pike fit into this? I’ve tried eating Northerns several times (once in Montana, once in Finland) and the local Finnish slang of ‘mudfish’ certainly applies to the bland taste. However, in Riga, Pikeperch was a local delicacy. I never ventured to try it, figuring it was a desperation food. riverman

Most of us up North here in the Midwest go for Walleye as the major game fish.  I find it okay to eat, but Northern Pike is delicious. I’d guess it depends on the habitat you find it in and the food it’s been eating, as with venison.  Might also matter how quickly and well it’s cleaned, too.  I slightly to greatly overcook it, so that might make a difference, too.   Local nickname for Notherns when I was a kid was ’snakes.’ — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless remove invalid or hit reply to email. Though I’m very slow to respond. http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Most of us up North here in the Midwest go for Walleye as the major game fish.  I find it okay to eat, but Northern Pike is delicious. I’d guess it depends on the habitat you find it in and the food it’s been eating, as with venison.  Might also matter how quickly and well it’s cleaned, too.  I slightly to greatly overcook it, so that might make a difference, too.   Local nickname for Notherns when I was a kid was ’snakes.’ — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless remove invalid or hit reply to email. Though I’m very slow to respond. http://www.visi.com/~cyli

Speaking of walleyes ,"Cyli", Thursday I caught two of them in the old river channel between the dam and the powerhouse just north of your campsite on the Wisconsin R.. I also took 7 bass including one that had to push 4 lbs. All on a bunny leech variation called a "Koch’s Lamprey" and all within an hour and forty five minutes. You’ve got to head back this way soon. George C.

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    Speaking of walleyes ,"Cyli", Thursday I caught two of them in the old river   channel between the dam and the powerhouse just north of your campsite on the   Wisconsin R.. I also took 7 bass including one that had to push 4 lbs. All on a   bunny leech variation called a "Koch’s Lamprey" and all within an hour and forty   five minutes. You’ve got to head back this way soon. Nice bass! What kind of line were you using to get at the Walleyes? Usually they’re too deep to get them on fly gear. I fished with a guy a couple of times that was "crazy" about getting a big Walleye on a fly. The lower section of the Miracle Mile has a Walleye run in the Spring. I fished upstream for trout and he would troll the more placid water downstream with a clouser on a sink tip behind his bellyboat. He literally trolled all day hoping to get a Walleye. It took him a dozen trips before he got one. He said it weighed 10 pounds! VERY determined guy. Willi

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Nice bass! What kind of line were you using to get at the Walleyes? Usually they’re too deep to get them on fly gear. I fished with a guy a couple of times that was "crazy" about getting a big Walleye on a fly. The lower section of the Miracle Mile has a Walleye run in the Spring. I fished upstream for trout and he would troll the more placid water downstream with a clouser on a sink tip behind his bellyboat. He literally trolled all day hoping to get a Walleye. It took him a dozen trips before he got one. He said it weighed 10 pounds! VERY determined guy. Willi

Believe it or not I was using a floating fly line with a 9′ leader. It was also at noon with nary a cloud in the sky. Go figure. The fish were stacked up below a small chute leading into a very large pool about 300 yards below the open gate of the dam. Were the fish there to hit on injured baitfish being washed down? Possibly. Also the freshwater lampreys the fly was tied to copy die after spawning, maybe I just lucked into a good situation. The lead eyes on the fly put it on the bottom which was maybe 5 or 6 feet. Needless to say, though, the walleyes were a surprise. George Cleveland

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Anything with an Esox genius is in the pike family.  Apparently the word Esox means pike so who knows where the pickerel part came from.

Walleye (some call them walleye pike) are in the perch family.  No Esox here Scott

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Anything with an Esox genius is in the pike family.  Apparently the word Esox means pike so who knows where the pickerel part came from. Walleye (some call them walleye pike) are in the perch family.  No Esox here Scott

I know, I just find all the tangling of all the names, interesting. Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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I know, I just find all the tangling of all the names, interesting. Peter

The minute ya got em all down, they’ll just change em Scott

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I’ll be going to Deschutes and Waterton-Glacier park in Montana. Does anyone know of any good fly shops near by and some good trout streams? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ron

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I’ll be going to Deschutes and Waterton-Glacier park in Montana. Does anyone know of any good fly shops near by and some good trout streams? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ron

Er . . . There is a Deschutes River in Oregon (and a smaller Deschutes River in Washington), but I don’t know of a "Deschutes" in Montana?  If its the one in Oregon, there is a fine shop in Maupin, but if you are fishing the mouth from where the Deschutes meets the Columbia, you need to get your stuff in Portland (Kaufmans Streamborn in Beaverton?) or if coming down from Washington (I-5?) then Angler’s Workshop in Woodland is your best bet. As to the Waterton-Glacier area . . . I don’t know. Dave

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Dave, that wasn’t very clear. I should have said Deschutes OR and Waterton-Glacier Mt. Ron

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ll be going to Deschutes and Waterton-Glacier park in Montana. Does anyone know of any good fly shops near by and some good trout streams? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ron Er . . . There is a Deschutes River in Oregon (and a smaller Deschutes River in Washington), but I don’t know of a "Deschutes" in Montana?  If its the one in Oregon, there is a fine shop in Maupin, but if you are fishing the mouth from where the Deschutes meets the Columbia, you need to get your stuff in Portland (Kaufmans Streamborn in Beaverton?) or if coming down from Washington (I-5?) then Angler’s Workshop in Woodland is your best bet. As to the Waterton-Glacier area . . . I don’t know. Dave

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Nothing has a probability of one, except the likelyhood of me getting wind knots on a trip. Lou

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I recall that the Law of Large Numbers allows one to derive that if an event has a non-zero probability, then if you conduct the experiment an infinite (or very large) number of times, then the event occurs with a probability of one.  So this means that if I cast a fly line an infinite number of times, I’m bound to catch a fish.  So, every time I go practice casting in the sound, then I’m just working off those non-occuring casts, no?  {Aside, I did have a couple of bad days last summer where I actually caught a fish, so I must have a lot more non-productive castst to work off….} Happy New Year!!! john

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I recall that the Law of Large Numbers allows one to derive that if an event has a non-zero probability, then if you conduct the experiment an infinite (or very large) number of times, then the event occurs with a probability of one.  So this means that if I cast a fly line an infinite number of times, I’m bound to catch a fish.  So, every time I go practice casting in the sound, then I’m just working off those non-occuring casts, no?  

No. The trials are independent (assuming you aren’t learning anything as you go along). {Aside, I did have a couple of bad days last summer where I actually caught a fish, so I must have a lot more non-productive castst to work off….}

I have an fool-proof system for roulette you might be interested in. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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Logic and calculus don’t always go together.  Combined with something as illogical as fishing it’s a complete waste of time. Try rotating the function   Y= -1/X about the Y axix and compute both the volume and the area of the surface you have created.  It has a finite volume and an infinite surface area. Which means…. You can get enough paint to fill the shape but you can’t get enough paint to paint it. I recall that the Law of Large

Happy New Year!!!

Good thought  I’ll second that. BJC

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I recall that the Law of Large Numbers allows one to derive that if an event has a non-zero probability, then if you conduct the experiment an infinite (or very large) number of times, then the event occurs with a probability of one.  So this means that if I cast a fly line an infinite number of times, I’m bound to catch a fish.  So, every time I go practice casting in the sound, then I’m just working off those non-occuring casts, no?  {Aside, I did have a couple of bad days last summer where I actually caught a fish, so I must have a lot more non-productive castst to work off….} Happy New Year!!! john

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says… : Alagnak 1998 I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. JonCook. Easier for you to say than I! (I *am* jealous. I AM jealous. I am SOOOOO jealous! ;^) Great story, Andrew! /daytripper I agree, i’m so damn jealous my skin’s a turnin’ green. great report…. –Wataugan Walt

I betcha he never left his house.  I betcha he invented all of this just to piss us off. . . .    It’s working, it’s working, I’m pissed.   Great trip, Andrew.  We all desreve at least one of these per lifetime. Peter Peter        Merry Christmas

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I betcha he never left his house.  I betcha he invented all of this just to piss us off. . . .    It’s working, it’s working, I’m pissed.   Great trip, Andrew.  We all desreve at least one of these per lifetime. Peter

I just want to say, right here, right now, that I have the best wife in the world, not least because she lets me do this more than once in a lifetime.   Now, about that "Betcha he never left the house" stuff, try these on for size…  http://www.aa.net/~andrewbr/alagnak/ The jpegs are a little big, so it’s kinda slow to load, but it’ll give you a nice sense of what the trip was like.   Lest any of you think this was some big bucks, Gucci trip,  this cost us less than $600/apiece, not counting airfare to King Salmon and malt beverages.  Start saving your pennies, men. — Andrew Brunette

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I just want to say, right here, right now, that I have the best wife in the world, not least because she lets me do this more than once in a lifetime.   Now, about that "Betcha he never left the house" stuff, try these on for size…  http://www.aa.net/~andrewbr/alagnak/ The jpegs are a little big, so it’s kinda slow to load, but it’ll give you a nice sense of what the trip was like.   Lest any of you think this was some big bucks, Gucci trip,  this cost us less than $600/apiece, not counting airfare to King Salmon and malt beverages.  Start saving your pennies, men. — Andrew Brunette

Andrew Nice site and pix.  Actually this is a great idea as we all like to talk about our trips and stuff.  Building a simple site combines the pix with the text for a better story.   Looks like some of us (me) will have to brush up on our HTML skills. Peter Peter        Merry Christmas

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: : Now, about that "Betcha he never left the house" stuff, try these on for : size…  http://www.aa.net/~andrewbr/alagnak/ Andrew, please let me know where you bought those pictures, I’d like to see if they’ll put together a "saltwater flats" trip for me…

Rite-Aid photo counter.  They have the plastic bushes, blow up fish, everything.  They even told me, "you don’t look like a good enough fisherman to use the big fish dummies, use these middlesized ones instead."   Didn’t even charge me more than the normal 6.95 a roll for the Pix.  Is it great living in the age of the service economy or what? — Andrew Brunette

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Alagnak 1998 It was a hot, buggy afternoon when we landed in King Salmon.  One of our party was already missing, having been marooned in a hostile check-in line in Anchorage.  We had stopped there to see some friends, pick up licenses and stimulate the late summer business of the local fly shop economy.  

Hi Andrew, This reminded me of my first AK trip. I floated the Togiak River with Bus Bergman, Jim and Kitty Vincent (Rio Line Company) and my cousin in 1976. It was a wonderful trip and was the real AK experience. Float trips are great. Bill Kiene Kiene’s Fly Shop Sacramento,CA,USA 800/4000FLY www.kiene.com

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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : Alagnak 1998 I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. JonCook. Easier for you to say than I! (I *am* jealous. I AM jealous. I am SOOOOO jealous! ;^) Great story, Andrew! /daytripper

I agree, i’m so damn jealous my skin’s a turnin’ green. great report…. –Wataugan Walt

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Great report Andrew … thanks for the post.

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: Alagnak 1998 I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. JonCook.

Easier for you to say than I! (I *am* jealous. I AM jealous. I am SOOOOO jealous! ;^) Great story, Andrew! /daytripper

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Great report – thanks. Thomas Gilg

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: Alagnak 1998 I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. I will not be jealous. JonCook.

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Alagnak 1998 It was a hot, buggy afternoon when we landed in King Salmon.  One of our party was already missing, having been marooned in a hostile check-in line in Anchorage.  We had stopped there to see some friends, pick up licenses and stimulate the late summer business of the local fly shop economy.   After trying to locate the bush carrier that we were to use, we found out that we had a couple of hours to kill, so while waiting for Dave, we loaded up on the supplies that were too heavy to fly in from Seattle, notably Milwaukee

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Will be at camp Moosehead Lake, Maine second week September.  Want to do some casting/spinning fishing for trout, salmon,  teage what should I take, in way of lures, what weight line, etc.  Any suggestions where to fish on Mt Kineo side lake?    

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writes: Will be at camp Moosehead Lake, Maine second week September.  Want to do some casting/spinning fishing for trout, salmon,  teage what should I take, in way of lures, what weight line, etc.  Any suggestions where to fish on Mt Kineo side lake?    

Stop off at the Maine Guide Fly Shop in Greenville before heading to Rockwood. Danny will set you up with what you need for spin fishing or lake trolling. Bill — Bill Fling                     Tel. (315) 298-3044 SALMON RIVER ANGLERS LODGE     FAX  (315) 298-2619 P.O. Box 353                   Rt. 13, Rome Road Pulaski, NY 13142-0353   ‘SALMON RIVER/LAKE ONTARIO SPORTFISHING REPORTS’             ‘http://www.salmon-river.com’

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Has anyone fished Moosehead Lake (Maine) for Bass?  I am thinking about going up there in August.  Thanks

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Wow, this takes me back…haven’t fished Moosehead since the early 70s…didn’t know bass were there! Try spinners fished deep near the islands and points. ACP

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I will be fishing the Rock Creek Area the first week of August and am looking for an area with accomodations and good fishing someplace in between there and Seattle. I don’t want to "double-back" ie: fish the madison then go back towards Missoula. Any ideas?

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I will be fishing the Rock Creek Area the first week of August and am looking for an area with accomodations and good fishing someplace in between there and Seattle. I don’t want to "double-back" ie: fish the madison then go back towards Missoula. Any ideas?

I don’t follow what you’re saying…Rock Creek..the one I know…is only 20 miles east of Missoula..the madison is 200 miles southeast…so are you saying you want to fish Rock Creek and then head down to the Madison and then on to Seattle?  If you fish Rock Creek stay with Doug at the Rock Creek Mercantile…down on the Madison the West Fork cabins are an excellent place to stay..between the Madison and Seattle i think you’ll find that it’s difficult to get there from there…have fun trying though…you’ll drive by some pretty good fishing in Idaho while you figure out the easiest way to cross that state from east to west.

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: I will be fishing the Rock Creek Area the first week of August and am : looking for an area with accomodations and good fishing someplace in : between there and Seattle. I don’t want to "double-back" ie: fish the : madison then go back towards Missoula. Any ideas? : I don’t follow what you’re saying…Rock Creek..the one I know…is only : 20 miles east of Missoula..the madison is 200 miles southeast…so are : you saying you want to fish Rock Creek and then head down to the Madison : and then on to Seattle?   I think he is saying he wants to fish Rock Creek then head west.  Two options… stay on I-90 past Kellogg-Wallace, then head south down a bad road to the St. Joe.  Lots of tunnels blasted through rock and wonderful to drive, except when it washes out, which is often.  Look closely at a map and you will see the road I suggest.  There are some cabins down at the St. Joe Inn, but don’t expect a palace.   The easier (and I think you will find better fishing than Rock Creek) is to go through Missoula down to Lolo and head over into Idaho on Highway 12. This will run you along the Lochsa, which joins the Selway to form the Middle Clearwater which joins the South Fork, then the North Fork to form the Clearwater, which joins the Snake, which joins the Columbia which fills the entire Pacific Ocean.  As you might imagine, great fishing is found all along the road but it changes from a small stream to a fairly large stream (g) the farther you go. As for accomodations, I suggest you spend a day or two at Three Rivers Lodge, located at the bottom of the Lochsa at the confluence with the Selway.  This lodge is located about 90 miles from Missoula and has budget cabins or less modest cabins.  It is right on the Lochsa river, but you can also follow the Selway with a road that continues for 20 miles until it reaches the wilderness boundary.  There is also camping available all along the rivers.  The fishing tends to be better for cutthroat and ‘bows the higher you go on any of these rivers.  I should also mention there is the largest steelhead hatchery in the US on the Clearwater near Orofino and there is also a salmon hatchery near Kooskia on the same river.  (Salmon are extremely rare to find, though, but steelhead are a major trophy during the right time of the year.  The Clearwater is fairly large, and a drift boat is recommended.)  Both the Lochsa and the Selway are among the best whitewater rivers in the US.   To get back on the route to Seattle, you can take the long way along the Columbia river, or when you get to Lewiston take highway 195 to Pullman and then continue back up to I-90 in Spokane.  (Or take Highway 26 out of Colfax.)  Look at a map… but the fishing is great in N. Idaho. There you have it… better than a travel agent or and "adventure guide." — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

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To get back on the route to Seattle, you can take the long way along the Columbia river, or when you get to Lewiston take highway 195 to Pullman and then continue back up to I-90 in Spokane.  (Or take Highway 26 out of Colfax.)  Look at a map… but the fishing is great in N. Idaho. There you have it… better than a travel agent or and "adventure guide." — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

There ya go! And you never mentioned fishing in my favorite M*nt*n* stream the B** *ol* !!

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My favorite is a "crawdad color fat rap.. Mine has teeth marks in it! Good for bass or walleye.. Get one

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 I Enjoy flyfishing for bass using a popper of wetfly (you can catch a hell of alot of fish on a dryfly but these take a bit more skill)

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I like the good ol’ heddons torpedo.  TOPWATER TOPWATER TOPWATER! There isn’t anything much more exciting!  Thank God the warm weather is here!

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Depends on time of year, water temperature, lake level, water clarity, depth fish are holding, … Whatever they are biting best!!! Always my favorite.

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This is an old idea for a thread, but a good one.   I’m in a traditional Rapala phase, because I’ve caught a bunch of

fish on them in tree-tops the last few weeks. I’m a Mepps man!!! Depending on the size, type and finish they’re great for Bass, Pike and Pickeral (Walleye to my US friends!) Phil

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When they are not hitting on top try a good old fashioned rooster tail…nothing beats them…;and thats a fact…

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I generally like topwater…super exciting!  I’ve alway’s liked floating Rapalas.  Lately, I’ve taken to this yellow Rebel rattling cricket.  I’ve caught bass, black crappies, and even a 14" brown trout on it. pbh xxx

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The purple backed REBEL minnow is the best lure I’ve found for large mouth.  I have caught fish on it in almost every environment that I’ve fished.  A silver and blue rattle trap is a close second.

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I like the Rooster Tails, I’ve caught Smallmouth, Bluegill, Crappie, Largemouth, Pike, Pickeral and even Catfish on them. I think they are about the best all-round lure ever created. Tight Lines and may God Bless you and yours. Misha * Misha Kozupchik                     *     Researching Family Genealogy:  * * 9103 #15 California Avenue          *     Barna: Certizne, Slovak Rep.   * * Marmet, West Virginia 25315         *     Kozupchik: Rechitsa, Belarus   * * USA                                 *     Kozupcik: Certizne, Slovak Rep.*

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As of now I too have been cacthing about 2/3 of my fish on an Orange Rapala…..(bass, perch, crappie, pickerel)….. what about everybody else…. Matt

7 gram floating orange Rapala (expensive), large Panther Martin with buck tail, grey/white 1/8 ounce Roostertail…

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – As of now I too have been cacthing about 2/3 of my fish on an Orange Rapala…..(bass, perch, crappie, pickerel)….. what about everybody else…. Matt 7 gram floating orange Rapala (expensive), large Panther Martin with buck tail, grey/white 1/8 ounce Roostertail…

I find in real hard to beat the old round lead-head jig with a curly-tail grub.  The possibilities are endless for the various combinations of weight, grub size, color, action, weedlessness, etc etc.  Add in the other soft plastics, and you have a whole tackle box ready for practically any situation:  top water (slug-go type things), worm fishing (a lead-head is really nothing but a pegged Texas rig), panfish (just last weekend I tired my arm out catching endless perch on 2" white curlytails, *and* caught a few bass and pickerel in the process!), deep jigging, vertical jigging, flipping, open-water suspended fish (like blues or stripers). You get the picture.  I rarely use anything else but jigs.

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As of now I too have been cacthing about 2/3 of my fish on an Orange Rapala…..(bass, perch, crappie, pickerel)….. what about everybody else…. Matt,

Try a chrome and black ratt;ing Chug Bug by Storm Manufacturing.

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As of now I too have been cacthing about 2/3 of my fish on an Orange Rapala…..(bass, perch, crappie, pickerel)….. what about everybody else…. Matt, Try a chrome and black ratt;ing Chug Bug by Storm Manufacturing.

Nothing beats a Blakemore Roadrunner.  1/32  - 1/16 oz for panfish, 1/8 oz – 1/2 oz for bass, 1/2 oz – 1 1/2 oz for stripers.  You can’t fish it wrong as long as you fish it slow. John Hanks

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Bauerle) writes: what about everybody else….

1/4 oz. spinner baits with 3 inch grub trailers. — J.O’B. If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind…

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This is an old idea for a thread, but a good one.  I’m in a traditional Rapala phase, because I’ve caught a bunch of

fish on them in tree-tops the last few weeks.     For pure out and out FUN I love a Barney spoon ( can’t buy um any more-sorry )in weedbads. There is nothing like a little meat and some salad on the side. This isn’t my favorite have to catch a bass lure just my FUN lure..

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This is an old idea for a thread, but a good one.   I’m in a traditional Rapala phase, because I’ve caught a bunch of  fish on them in tree-tops the last few weeks.

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Comer ) writes: This is an old idea for a thread, but a good one.  I’m in a traditional Rapala phase, because I’ve caught a bunch of fish on them in tree-tops the last few weeks.    For pure out and out FUN I love a Barney spoon ( can’t buy um any more-sorry )in weedbads. There is nothing like a little meat and some salad on the side. This isn’t my favorite have to catch a bass lure just my FUN lure..

    Of course I’m a little prejudice, but for all around "fun" I prefer a "M’ or a "MM" series M-Bait in a gold side. —   **** Mike Muncy’s ****         "M-Baits" Handcrafted Cedar Crankbaits

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As of now I too have been cacthing about 2/3 of my fish on an Orange Rapala…..(bass, perch, crappie, pickerel)….. what about everybody else…. Matt,

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Would the guy that posted about the Saltwater flyfishing trip for rockfish in the kelp beds off of Santa Cruz please followup with a valid email address?  I tried responding via email but it bounced.  I’m interested in the Livermore Flyfishers group that was mentioned. — John Fereira Pleasanton, CA

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That’s a numeral one after my name. Kent McCammon Lightwave Systems Engineer Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Just another crash dummy on the information superhighway

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 Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small  pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish  with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill  and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs)  catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has  anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures  is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best?   Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly.                           Brian Hadley

        I’m the onw who’s smewhat responible for all this catfish talk, and through my queries have heard of similar instances.  An article that lies at my feet says that when they spawn, they are best on crankbaits and spinnerbai et etc.  Interesting. —      |  Travis L. Clements |    And we all like the bit when you take      |  N. Logan, Utah     |    The jeans from the refridgerator and  

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writes: Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs) catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best?  Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly.

I’ve caught channel cats on 4-5 inch jointed floating Rapalas on the Allegheny River here in PA. I’ve even seen them rising for large white mayflies during a hatch. I wasn’t able to catch them with a fly, only a white Mr. Twister. Jason

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|  and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs) |  catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has |  anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures |  is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best? From time to time I have caught cats on a lure.  They have hit mostly, but not exclusively, crankbait type lures fished along the bottom. The thing this most resembles is a crawfish, i.e., the action of crawling along the bottom stiring up the mud.  The color/pattern didn’t seem to matter-although I prefer shad color crankbaits first and crawfish color second.  I have also caught them on plastic worms when bassin’. Tight Lines, Mark O’Shea — In the absence of common sense we will not accept responsibility for any acts of complete or even partial stupidity.

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|   |  Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small |  pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish |  with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill |  and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs) |  catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has |  anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures |  is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best? |   Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly. My father, brothers, and I catch lots of catfish with fly rods in the brackish tidal creeks that flow into the coastal rivers of Virginia. We fly cast small jigs and small spinners, and fish them on the bottom (which isn’t usually much more than 6 feet down).  This is very effective for all kinds of species — bream, largemouth, yellow perch, stiffback perch, crappie, and catfish.  You even occasionally hook into something a bit more exotic.   My brother once caught a carp that we estimate was well over 30 lbs.  My brother is about 6′ tall and when he held it up vertically, the tail was touching the ground while the nose was up at his chest.  He could barely stuff it under the front canoe seat after he landed it.  He gave it to a family from Cambodia, who must have feasted on it for days.  We occasionally catch carp in the 15 – 25 lb range.  It’s not all that exciting since it takes forever to land them and you usually assume that you’ve hung bottom until it slowly starts to lumber off.  On a light fly rod a big carp probably doesn’t even realize it’s hooked, so it fights like a log.  I guess we could just break the line, but that is just totally anithetical to an angler’s natural instincts. The catfish seem to hit best when it’s hot.  In the spring and fall we get more bream, largemouth, and perch.  But when it gets good and hot, the catfish take over and become the majority of the catch.  It amazes me how in the middle of a sweltering, humid, windless day, when you would expect all the fish in the creek to be hiding in the deepest hole that they can find, that the catfish are having a feeding frenzy in the shallows. We seem to have the best luck fishing from when the tide is about half out down to low tide and then maybe for the first hour of the incoming tide. These creeks have large, shallow weed beds and marshy areas that are exposed at low tide.  As the tide falls, baitfish have to get out of the shallows and into the main channel or get beached.  This is when the catfish (as well as other species) like to stack up next to any little channel that flows out of the marsh and watch the day’s buffet swim by. — University of Virginia Academic Computing Center

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 Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small  pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish  with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill  and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs)  catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has  anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures  is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best?   Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly.                           Brian Hadley

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Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs) catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best?  Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly.                          Brian Hadley

On the Potomac we used to catch catfish on lures all the time, so much so that we used to fish for them specifically with lures. They seem to like the white Mr. Twister jigs we used for Stripers, and also Lime Green Mr. Twisters we used for Largemouth.  We caught plenty on Mepps spinners as well.  I even caught a Bullhead on a tiny torpedo (!)                         Mark — <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Harris Space Systems      ::            Melbourne, FL

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: Hello, I was wondering if anybody has heard of this before. I fish a small : pond near my house on occasion and when I’m not using my fly rod I fish : with lures on my ultra light spinning rod. The pond has largemouths, bluegill : and Catfish. On three seperate trips I have caught nice sized (~2-3 lbs) : catfish with spinnerbait lures. Now I’m not an expert on catfish but has : anybody heard of catching them on lures? If you can catch catfish on lures : is there any particular type, size or colors that would work the best? :  Now I’m just trying to figure out how to get them to rise for a dry fly. Caught two on lures last year; both had been sprayed with Garlic Oil(TM). The first was around a 1 1/2 pounder on a purple plastic worm in early April in the back end of a cove on Lake Lanier near Atlanta. The second one was around 2 1/2 to 3 pounds on a "chirstmas tree pattern" Hal Fly on a small lake at Stone Mountain Park.  I was very surpised. I was trolling for crappie at least 2 weeks after they had come off the beds and was only catching "hand-sized" ones (as opposed to some of the slabs that I have caught in the weeks preceeding them going on the beds). I happened to have my small landing net with me, and was rather unhappy that I hadn’t caught the "slab of my dreams" . As for catching catfish on flys… As a boy growing up, my father and I would be able to fish 1-2 times a year with my grandfather in Florida on Lake Talquin(sp).  The lake had (may still have) a large population of blind mosquitoes that were active at night.  We would fish around the full moon with size 8-10 popping bugs for bluegills.  We would catch some "smallish" bass on some trips.  On one trip my father hooked what he taught was a "very" large bass, and after spending approx. 30 minutes getting the fish to the boat the first noise he heard as the fish was being netted was a catfish "croaking".  Weighed the fish the next morning at over 8 pounds. I wonder to this day if that fish was 1) actually trying to eat the popper, 2) chasing a bulegill and got hooked some how, or 3) god just put the thing on the end of that line. — Mike Marler                        | Rich Building, Room 242, Georgia Tech

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                   NCFF MINI CONCLAVE                 SATURDAY, MARCH 13,1993 The sixth North Coast Fly Fishers’ Mini Concclave is a focal point of fly fishing education, instruction, and communication for northeastern Ohio. This annual event will be held on Saturday, March 13, 1993 at Pentitentiary Glen in the Lake County Metroparks.  

AND, IN THE LOWER LEFTHAND CORNER OF THE USA…      The Southwest Council FFF Conclave will be April 3-4 at the Long Beach Convention Center (across the harbor from the Queen Mary), probably the biggest flyfishing show in Southern California.  Speakers/presenters will include Poul Jorgensen, Maggie Merriman, Lani Waller, and the proverbial cast of thousands whose names I don’t have at hand.  The SWC conclave is probably the biggest of the regional FFF conclaves. — * Bruce Pencek    Political Science Dept   UNLV    Las Vegas, NV  89154-5029 | *  "To him, all good things — trout as well as eternal salvation — come by | * grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy."   Norman Maclean |

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                        NCFF MINI CONCLAVE                      SATURDAY, MARCH 13,1993 The sixth North Coast Fly Fishers’ Mini Concclave is a focal point of fly fishing education, instruction, and communication for northeastern Ohio. This annual event will be held on Saturday, March 13, 1993 at Pentitentiary Glen in the Lake County Metroparks.  Ther will be "hands-on" programs for people interested in learning fly fishing skills–including casting, fly tying, terminal tackle, stream tactics, reading the water, fish behavior, and fly fishing strategies.  In addition, there will continuous demonstrations of numerous fly fishing skills, exhibitions by tackle dealers of the newest equipment, and displays by various fly fishing clubs of their activities and interest. P.S. I am sorry for posting this so late but I just now learned how to do it.

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