Jere,
This little Dolly/brook had a dark greenish back and upper sides with
numerous, small light cream colored spots. Although I first thought
brook, what made me suspect it was a Dolly Varden were a number of
orangish-pink spots along the side (not the top). Your thoughts?
Although the standard NW dries like stimulators and elk hair caddis
will always have a spot in my box, red flies like the humpy or
various flavors of royal coachman like the parachute, Wulff or Trude
seem to be more productive.
Kent Lufkin
>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
> >
> >
