First, I have a brother-in-law coming from North Carolina for the 4th.
He's an experienced east coast surf fisher, I know nothing about ff'ing
in the salt. We'll be up up on Lopez Island for four or five days and
he's hot to hit the salt for anything. I'd like to be able to take him
somewhere to fish for something in the salt with a reasonable (read 1%)
chance of catching something. Anybody here have any guidance on what to
do or who to call for advice? It would be much appreciated.
Secondly, I was fishing on the ff only section of the N.Fork Lewis 2
weeks ago today. If you recall that was after the weekend we had of high
wind and lots of rain. The river was mostly blown out, in fact I dared
not even set foot in my normal areas. Anyway a long, cold, fishless day
ensued until around 4:00 when I hooked up with truly large fish. When
brought to shore after a long fight he didn't look like anything I had
ever caught before, milky white below, dark olive above with bright
orange spots. He was also at least twice the length and three times the
girth of the normal rainbow on the river. I wondered at the time if it
could be a Dolly Varden, reputed to inhabit the Lewis but have never
caught one before and didn't hold on to this one long enough to have a
careful look (alright I fell down and dropped him in the river at just
the wrong time). Could it have been a DV? How could one tell for sure,
assuming one learns how to hold on to fish for long enough?
Thanks all, for answers to this, and for this list. I don't contribute
too much and most of you fish in places and for things I know nothing
of. Still it's a really enjoyable, friendly place and I thank you all
for it.
