A dolly and a brook trout are both char and look very similar, especially
small ones. I can often differentiate them by size..(ie) if they are say
18" and up they are more than likely a dolly if caught in a stream or river.
I also took note of the "red" humpy that you caught the fish on. I've had
"red" on the brain lately. Red is very visible and hence the fishy quality
of a black wooly worm with the red tail that has been an all-time classic
fish producer. I watched on cable TV yesterday, Joan Wolfe explain the
effectiveness of the Royal Wolfe that has been a "fishy" fly for years, yet,
as she explained, it really represents nothing in nature. It has a red,
floss body. We used bare, flourescent "red" hooks to catch sockeye..the
royal coachman had the same red as the royal wolfe..etc.,etc. I'm not
saying your fish was not a dolly. Maybe you can ID a dolly better than I
can. Years back, I fished the South Fork a lot, and there were sloughs that
would go back and connect to the river near the area you identified. These
sloughs had lots of brook "trout" in them..Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 1:43 PM
Subject: South fork Snoqualmie
> Fished (or attempted to fish with my 9-year-old daughter in tow) the
> south fork of the Snoqualmie last night. Tried several spots from MP
> 40 to 45 then came back to the Fire Training Academy exit at about MP
> 38.
>
> From the bridge over the river up to the Academy, we watched small
> fish rise in the deep pool below. Went down and succeeded in
> persuading an 8-9 inch Dolly Varden to take my #14 red humpy.
>
> Anybody else caught Dollies in any of the Snoqualmie forks?
>
> Kent Lufkin
>
>
