Good report, Charlie. I'm going to be back "home" in Fall City for several
weeks and will float the Yakima. I have been in good March Brown hatches,
(usually a #14) and have had few fish rise to them. 44 degree water doesn't
seem to bring fish up very well) We've done better using Hare's Ears prior
to and during the hatch. Also, the belly on those bugs is light colored and
not dark brown. That's the story on most adults. Slower water is also
where fish seem to hangout until the water temp warms up to around 50
degrees. Excited to get my new Clackacraft. The new inovation for 200l is
you can get your rods out of the way in transit. Can't be stepped on and
broken. GAWD do I like these RIO line makers over here. They are really
into designing lines. Saw the European Spey caster that put on a demo at
the International Sportsman's Show several years ago in Seattle at their
plant recently. He is working for RIO and was heading out, with owner, Jim
Vincent, to test a new line. These guys are really on top of it (and I have
no reason to pump RIO other than I like their lines) Sorry to hear your rod
broke. Replaced, or not, it makes a downer for the day for me. The delay
in getting it back etc. That's all I think about. You should see the
weighted, big ugly's they throw on the South Fork of the Snake! They'd
break your oar! Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Mastro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: Yakima on Sunday
> Fellow list member Danny McMillin and I took a friend's 2 man pontoon
> boat over to run Bighorn to Red's as usual. Weather was overcast at times
> with the water temp at 44, air temp in the lower fifties.
> The brown's showed up around 12:30 and lasted about an hour. Caught
one
> fish wading up to a riser I saw. He ran off under a log and I lost him.
> Saw another riser behind a stump as we were drifting down stream. That
was
> fun, saw him rising, laid the fly on his nose and bam he hit it a ton and
> jumped about 3 ft in the air. It was a healthy 15" bow and he swam away
> after I finally got the 18 march brown fly out of his mouth.
> No other action the rest of the trip. I did manage to break my 5wt on
> the first cast of the day. Second time this has happened when I've fished
> with Danny on the Yak. Two summers ago Danny stepped on the rod in a mad
> rush to retrieve a floating fly box. This time it just broke when I cast
it
> probably had a nick from a bead head hit or something. That is why I
always
> carry 2 rods when I fish. Last time it was the reel ( which has been
fixed
> by Sage) now my Sage rod goes back for the second time.. Hurrah for
Sage...
>
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> Tight lines my friends,
> Charlie
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