A friend, Stan Reeve, another loyal BC stillwater guy returned last weekend
from BC (around Kamloops I believe because he fishes with Brian Chan all the
time) and said that things were running a couple of weeks late and he hit a
blizzard coming back over the pass. Your timing might be just right.
Les
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warner, Paul W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: Dry Falls
> I was fishing a seep lake over in Central WA.
>
> I'm still thinking of Les's comment on "every 9.6 minutes" as that doesn't
leave much extra time left over from hooking, fighting and releasing a fish.
I had two days last month where I estimated 30 fish one day and 40 the next.
They ranged from 16 to 24 inches.... and it wasn't 3 minute fights per fish.
>
> Last weekend's trip allowed me to enjoy a greater level of humility as the
numbers were lots closer to a normal fishing trip
>
> Some guys there were doing real well on Chopaka Mays and Calibaetis
emergers.... but I didn't catch on until the third day and it was much
windier that day.
>
> First BC trip is in two weeks and the next is two weeks after that.
>
> Bill
>
> > ----------
> > From: Patrick Petersen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:12 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Dry Falls
> >
> > Bill, were you fishing at Dry Falls or one of your haunts in B.C.?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Warner, Paul W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:30 PM
> > Subject: RE: Dry Falls
> >
> >
> > > Sean,
> > >
> > > I think Phil Rowley's pattern of the "chromie" is a good generic
pattern.
> > It's got a silver body with a red flashabou rib... but you have to
subscribe
> > to the "shiny body chironimid" theory before you'll believe in that fly.
> > >
> > > I've used them during red, black and green chronie periods.
> > >
> > > And... if there's several sizes of chronies hatching then.. size isn't
all
> > that important.. just match one of them.
> > >
> > > This weekend my "shiny ones" didn't work all that well for me. I had
my
> > best luck on a #14 green superfloss bodied one. Caught one that went 25
> > inches.
> > >
> > > Les, I had two days of fishing earlier in April where I racked up
some
> > big numbers for fish caught and lost next to the boat. Would those
losses
> > be "short line release". Anyways I read your comment on the "one fish
every
> > 9.6 minutes" and it made me wonder how long I was out on the lake. I
> > thought we did about 10 hours or so each day and had fish hit just about
> > every cast.
> > >
> > > Your comment did make me think.
> > >
> > > Bill Warner
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: Sean Ransom[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 11:35 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Dry Falls
> > > >
> > > > Let me start by saying this was my first trip to eastern Washington
and
> > > > sorry if the report is long winded.
> > > >
> > > > Dry Falls left me with more questions than answers but did give me
just
> > > > enough to wish I could go back as soon as possible. Two friends and
I
> > > > headed out Friday afternoon around 4pm so we could get in early and
set
> > > > up camp while there was still some light. We rolled in about 8:30pm
and
> > > > proceeded to get so drunk as to where I needed help getting back to
the
> > > > tent. Still I managed to get up about 5:30am and kick everyone else
out
> > > > of bed and we headed down to the lake.
> > > >
> > > > There we quite a few people in the lake on Saturday but really it
was
> > > > not that bad. Also the wind was almost non-existent. We put on the
water
> > > > around 7 and were greeted by many risers and huge fish rolling on
the
> > > > surface. I think I saw one dragonfly buzzing around and a lot of
> > > > chronomid shucks on the surface. So I immediately went for the
chronomid
> > > > patterns. Now I have read a lot about fishing chronomids but never
> > > > actually had done it. Needless to say I watched a chronomid god
anchored
> > > > next to me catch about 7 nice trout in under an hour while I went
> > > > fishless. Now I was frustrated as all hell and asked the guy what he
was
> > > > using and he said a light green chrono. I didn't have any of that
color
> > > > and didn't feel like going back in to tie any so I decided to tie on
a>
> > > > cream damsel and decided to troll to the other side of the lake and
fish
> > > > the tullies. About half way there I hooked into a fat 17 inch fish
which
> > > > made me feel a while lot better. That was by far the largest trout I
> > > > have been lucky enough to catch. Then that was it no more fish and
we
> > > > decided to break for lunch and come back that evening.
> > > >
> > > > Later that evening I tied on a green and black bugger to troll along
> > > > while I headed to the back bay. About 5 minutes later I felt a light
tug
> > > > and fish on. From the way the fight started I thought it was a
rather
> > > > small fish but after a 10 minute fight I was holding a 20+ inch fish
in
> > > > my hand. A very nice fish and of course I had to go find my friends
and
> > > > brag about it.
> > > >
> > > > I hooked up with my friends in the back bay and they were just as
> > > > frustrated as I was with al the fish the chrono guys and gals were
> > > > catching. So we decided to put on a big dry with a black chrono tied
on
> > > > as a dropper. We basically just worked the tullies and had some
> > > > tremendous takes. So tremendous in fact that we never had one on for
> > > > that long cause most of the time they were snapping the tippet.
Nothing
> > > > to hand and around 9:30 we went back to camp and I resolved to spend
the
> > > > next morning seriously fishing chronos.
> > > >
> > > > Arrived around 7 and once again there were a lot of fish working ,
no>
> > > > wind, and only about 5 others on the lake. I tied on a black chrono
> > > > about 4 feet from my indicator and anchored down about 20 feet out
from
> > > > the tullies in the back bay. After about 15 minutes I was greeted
with a
> > > > healthy take but lost the fish about a good 5 minute battle. Using
the
> > > > same method I missed about 3 more fish and we decide to take off
cause
> > > > my partners had not caught anything on the trip and couldn't take it
any
> > > > longer.
> > > >
> > > > So all in all it was a good time and very educational. We saw no
> > > > evidence of damsels or callibaetis in good number either day.
Chronos
> > > > are the ticket and if you excel at that type of fishing you could
> > > > basically catch fish all day. Black chronos seemed to be working for
> > > > folks all day and light green was working particularly well before
noon.
> > > > With the weather being in the 80s both days we were there I would
> > > > imagine the bigger damsels and mayflies will be coming off in large
> > > > numbers soon. Of course I wish I would have caught more fish but the
> > > > ones I did catch were memorable.
> > > >
> > > > Now a question for you all. Generic chrono pattern, is there such a
> > > > thing? I have seen some guys chrono boxes and it looks like they
contain
> > > > 40 or more different patterns. I am looking for a basic pattern I
can
> > > > tie in an array of colors and sizes and have it work a good
percentage
> > > > of the time. Is there such a thing?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -sean
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