Share your comments with the group as I did - not directly with me.
-tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Sienkiewich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 11:03
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Deer Creek Fish (Regards to the Stilly)
Touchy Touchy aren't we...
You stated that you fished the tail in front of Deer Creek, that sir will
send someone to the there and most people don't know the history of Deer
Creek, especially if they don't even know any spots to fish on the Stilly.
You said tail out, (you're mistake) you don't think someone is going to go
there?
It wasn't a rude email, but I don't care how experienced you are, there is
still a chance of hurting one of these fish no matter what when you catch
them with any type of gear. Ever seen a small steelhead hooked in the eye
by a large spey hook?
Most of the people on this list seem to only talk about Rattlesnake Lake
and floatation devices.... Yawn.... If they were so experienced I think
I'd be getting my butt up to Canada for some nice beautiful "Real" giant
trouts. I personally know a lot of the gentlemen on this list, ran into
them, took their pictures with steelhead, had them take pictures of me.
There are certain steelhead no one should bother. Deer Creek are one of
em.
So the Picnic Table is a zoo eh? Always fished it alone. Try it
sometime. Or do you stand in line with all the others off the side of the
road below Boulder Creek?
>From what I've seen of everyone and their brother getting into fly fishing,
is a bunch of fish getting hurt, exhausted, and held out of the water too
long getting their pictures taken.
So if you don't fall into that category good for you. The lecture wasn't
meant for you but all the inexperience idiots out there with a fly rod
trying to be Brad Pitt.
Angela
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Gades [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 10:44 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Deer Creek Fish (Regards to the Stilly)
I appreciate your concern but have no use for your lecture. I take
personal
offense at your incredibly rude email. You have no idea of what kind of
fisher I am (or anyone on this list is) or my experience. If you want to
get even the faintest idea of this have a look at:
http://faculty.washington.edu/tgades/
I've been fishing the Stilly for a long time and am well-aware of the deer
creek fish, their history and their current status. I don't need to be
told
by someone to go fish that zoo-of-a-fishery around Fortson. If you knew
anything of the river and were even slightly considerate you'd suggest
fishing above mud slide at mermaid - as I did in my email response to the
query about the fishing conditions on the stilly.
Further, given the number of beautiful wild steelhead I caught and released
last year alone, I resent the accusation that I do not know how to do so.
I
would state with some certainty that I know more, have more experience and
do a better job at this than the overwhelming majority of fishers.
My running one of my newly tied foam-bodied waking flies through the
tailout
below deer creek did not and would not harm anything.
-tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Sienkiewich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 10:23
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Deer Creek Fish (Regards to the Stilly)
Please leave the Deer Creek Steelhead alone.
Since a mud slide nearly wiped them out, and someone correct me if I'm
wrong, only 500 return now a year from 50, instead of the healthy run of
5,000 back in the 60s, it is not a good thing to be targeting them. They
are a very aggressive little summer run that use to have the reputation of
being one of the fiestiest fish to catch on a dry fly but since their
numbers have been decimated to near extinction, due to bad logging
practices (Surprise Surprise). Fishing by the mouth of Deer Creek is not a
good thing. This only applies to their return months of June & July.
Please consult your Steelhead Book about the history of Deer Creek.
They are very fragile and anyone accidentally tiring them out and
exhausting them to death is doing a bad bad thing. Their numbers can't
take a bad C&R.
The Deer Creek fish thank you.
Go fish below Fortson.
