I find the same white fins in some rainbows I catch in a west side river. This is a
population of fish above a falls.
Bill
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> From: Jeff Mix[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 9:15 AM
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> Subject: Icicle and Ingalls Creek
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> Fished the Icicle in the evening on 7/21/00 with my wife's uncle. It was
> his first time flyfishing and he caught several small fish. I landed about
> 20 small ones up to about 10". All were caught on a #14 Royal Wulff. Some
> may balk at my use of a fly that doesn't match the hatch but I say, "Don't
> fix it if it ain't broke." Besides, there wasn't much surface activity so
> there wasn't much of a hatch to match.
>
> On 7/22/00 we fished Ingalls Creek. I only landed a few small fish here.
> However, my wife's uncle, this time on spinning gear, landed a 23" lunker.
> I was across the river so I didn't get a good look at it but he thought it
> was a Dolly.
>
> Does this sound possible, a 23" Dolly Varden (or Bull Trout) in tiny little
> Ingalls Creek?
>
> Anyway, all the small fish we caught looked like rainbows but they had white
> tips on their bottom fins. They were not brookies or goldens. Any other
> possibilities?
>
> Jeff Mix
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