Hi all, I ran across the list archive and thought that it would be worth getting and staying in touch! As a quick intro I am a native Washingtonian that's fished all of my life, but the fly fishing thing has only been serious since 1991. I currently live in Seattle. I fly fish for trout mostly (lakes and rivers) and occasionally for salmon and steelhead (full disclosure would require me to admit here that I still throw a lot of hardware and bait for salmon and steelhead...) Before the birth of my daughter (3+) years ago I was fishing both BC and WA lakes, as well as WA, ID, and MT rivers. In more recent years I have toned back on the BC trips (from 10-15 days/year to 0). I still get out to the WA lakes (all of the usual suspects) and throw in a week on ID or MT rivers for variety. Occasional trips to the Yakima and Rocky Ford supplement the moving water trout experiences. For anadromous fish I consider the Sol Duc and Calawah my home waters, as my in-laws have lived there since the early 60's (father-in-law fished with Syd Glasso) and it makes for a great weekend get away's with the family. As for the Deschutes - fished about 3 hours on Saturday below Sherar Fall's (12:30-3:30) Weather was cloudy with occasional squalls. The salmon flies appear to have long since moved up stream (no evidence of cases on the rocks or adults in the trees and the river was relatively devoid of anglers), but there were a lot of size 12/14 caddis waiting for evening. I was hoping to see more mayflies, but no luck there. I fished a dry salmonfly with a dry mayfly cripple dropper, but quickly cut off the dropper as the smolts were attacking it with gusto. The Salmonfly pattern brought up a fish about every 15 minutes (mostly takes, but some refusals.) This was my first time on the Deschute's and I was surprised by the leaping ability of the redsides, but the larger fish were still fresh out of spawn and were pretty spent, so no great line ripping tails (tales?). I still have to rate the Missouri fish as the hottest fish in the west. I look forward to reading and sharing more reports in the future. Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS: I especially look forward to reading the promised Henry's Fork/Yellowstone reports, as the family vacation this year is June 28th - July 7th in the West Yellowstone/Henry's Fork area (base camp at Staley's Spring on Henry's Lake.)
