Great to hear you'll be there, perhaps we can have a beer with eachother
for a while. I'll be the guy camped next to the trees next to the lake, with
the new green Tundra. Please stop by and say hi. I'll be by myself this time
so If you want to tie a few up in the evenings I'll have an extra vise.
Take care...
----- Original Message -----
From: Preston Singletary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Washington Fly fishers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: triploids
> Patrick,
> I believe that's the WDFW's hope; that the triploids, with their longer
> lifespan due to not having to breed, will grow to larger sizes and remain
in
> better condition. I know that some of the triploids planted in Lenice last
> year were pretty large, but by last fall we were catching plenty of
> fourteen- to sixteen-inch fish which I assume were the smaller triploids
of
> that spring's plant. These same (I assume) fish are the dynamite
> eighteen-inchers we've been catching this spring. These fish are uniformly
> fat, chrome-bright and, when hooked, seem to want to spend almost as much
> time in the air as in the water. As to their growth rates in Chopaka, I
> wouldn't hazard a guess. It's higher and colder than Lenice, but certainly
> has plenty of feed. I don't think the Callibaetis hatches of Lenice can
hold
> a candle to those of Chopaka and Chopaka's damselfly hatches are certainly
> as good if not better. Two years ago I had a long (and somewhat boozy)
> conversation with an old-timer who claimed to have been fishing Chopaka
> since the 'fifties, and he maintained that eight-pounders were, if not
> common, at least not unheard of in those days. I'll be going up there for
> four or five days around the Memorial Day weekend and am looking forward
to
> whatever the lake has to offer. In my years of fly fishing there have been
> few experiences that can match a full-on Callibaetis hatch at Chopaka.
> Preston
>
