Well it's right around the corner and it was looking like it might turn out to be a good one. I drove by Lenore Monday and it had open water at the south and north end and looked real good. Several of the Pothole lakes are at this time ice free."But" that was before the weather forecast said we were going to get down into the teens or even single digits. That could push us out a few days, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
We have been able to get out a couple times in the last week and it has been real nice to see the blue skies and feel the sun on our faces.
We fished Roosevelt on Monday and it was slow going. I also got out to Rocky Ford on Thursday and had great fishing. It was a bit on the windy and cool side and just a few midges hatching. I choose to ignore the little buggers and fished a couple of the old stand byes for the Ford. The apricot supreme egg pattern was by far the best but the olive mini leech took fish as well.
I have started to book Back To The Wall ( Isaaks ) for the spring season and it is starting to book quickly so you better get on the phone and get a date. It should be a great season with some real monsters to be caught. There were several Rainbows in the 9-11 pound range caught last year. We had open water all winter and that bodes very well for the fishing this year and we will still have the big guys around. Thanks to the new owners are in order . They pumped water all winter to keep some of the water open. They are really trying hard to continue to make this one of the best trout fisheries anywhere in the world. There are some good possibility's this year and we are keeping our eyes on them. A stop at the store to chat with us about these fisheries might be in order. Stop in and pick up some flies . Take a look at your leader and tippet supplies while you are here. They are very likely on the low side .
There should be some great surprises for anglers this year in the Columbia Basin.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Fly Tying Time
Hello All,
It is past time to start tying for spring. I for some reason have the bug to tye bugs. I tye a lot of flies thru the year (3000-5000) and still get caught up in spring tying. Its just a great way to start looking forward to the coming season. I start to make plans on where to I will fish and dream about places that I probably won't get to this year either. Yesterday it was Carp Flies and I swear the sun was out and it was 85 degrees the beer was cold and the fish were tailing.
Well it didn't last long but it was a nice trip down memory lane. Today it's chironomids. I have some new multi colored beads on the shelf and I thought those would look good on a midge pattern so I tyed up six of them and I think they are going to fish well. I also used scud back on them and it is so nice to work with. Add a nice fine red wire rib, a little peacock herl and some poly yarn gills and you have a sexy pupa that I bet will rock. 
Here is a little tip or two for fishing chironomids. When fishing with an indicator clip your forceps to the fly and lower them to the bottom so you know exactly what depth you are in. Then lift your line up a couple feet and attach your deep water indicator.You might want to take into account that there may be some weed growth so shorten up a bit if you think that is the case. Fishing lava patterns near the bottom will bring you more success. Pupa patterns might fish better at one depth than another so experiment.As the water warms up in late spring or summer, lakes develop a themocline and the fish are the most comfortable on that band of water. What ever that depth might be, so if you are slowly retrieving your pupa thru the water column and hit a fish, reel in your slack and strip the fish in being carefull not to let line come off the reel. When the fish has been landed you will know if you cast the lenth of line you have stripped in you will be at the same depth that the fish ate at. That depth very well may be at the themocline and if so there will be more fish at that level. I like to tie a little bit of tippit to my fly line to mark that depth or lenth of line.
Well it didn't last long but it was a nice trip down memory lane. Today it's chironomids. I have some new multi colored beads on the shelf and I thought those would look good on a midge pattern so I tyed up six of them and I think they are going to fish well. I also used scud back on them and it is so nice to work with. Add a nice fine red wire rib, a little peacock herl and some poly yarn gills and you have a sexy pupa that I bet will rock. Here is a little tip or two for fishing chironomids. When fishing with an indicator clip your forceps to the fly and lower them to the bottom so you know exactly what depth you are in. Then lift your line up a couple feet and attach your deep water indicator.You might want to take into account that there may be some weed growth so shorten up a bit if you think that is the case. Fishing lava patterns near the bottom will bring you more success. Pupa patterns might fish better at one depth than another so experiment.As the water warms up in late spring or summer, lakes develop a themocline and the fish are the most comfortable on that band of water. What ever that depth might be, so if you are slowly retrieving your pupa thru the water column and hit a fish, reel in your slack and strip the fish in being carefull not to let line come off the reel. When the fish has been landed you will know if you cast the lenth of line you have stripped in you will be at the same depth that the fish ate at. That depth very well may be at the themocline and if so there will be more fish at that level. I like to tie a little bit of tippit to my fly line to mark that depth or lenth of line. Remember shop online and no shipping with orders over $25.00
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