Constant stream of crackheads on that Middle Fork Rd. One of the more
dangerous areas to leave your rig. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Middle Fork Snoqualmie/Taylor River Report
> Hi Dan,
>
> I noticed you didn't mention the ongoing kegger and rock & roll tent
> camp just up the road along the Taylor.
>
> I was up that way one sunny Sunday in late March. There were people
> everywhere and must have been 50 cars parked along the road, under
> the trees and in the brush from the bridge up to the turnoff for the
> road up to Goldmeyer hot springs. I could still hear the music a
> couple miles further up the Middle Fork.
>
> Wonder if the Sheriff has finally had enough?
>
> Kent Lufkin
>
> >Good day fellow fly fishers.
> >
> >On Sunday, my friends Wendy and Chris joined my wife, Ellen, and I for a
> >short trip to the confluence of the Taylor River with the Middle Fork of
> >the Snoqualmie River.
> >
> >While Ellen and Wendy took our dog Rowdy, a six month old Airedale
terrier,
> >to explore the trail along the Middle Fork, Chris and I set about
fishing.
> >
> >Chris has just started fly-fishing; so it was time to catch his first
fish
> >on a fly, if we could. I showed him how I kick at the rocks in the river
> >and scoop up the nymphs with my little aquarium net. There wasn't much to
> >show: just some #16 to #22 mayfly nymphs. The water temperature was 49
> >degrees.
> >
> > We started out fishing nymphs with an indicator. I showed him how to
high
> >stick through a series of pools. I had a #12 Copper John (which I'd just
> >tied up the night before; got the pattern from the Orvis webpage) with a
> >#14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear as a dropper and some added split shot to get
> >the whole rig down. We had a couple of nibbles but were unable to get the
> >fish in.
> >
> >We then waded up the Taylor River from its confluence with the
Snoqualmie.
> >Having no luck with the nymphs, and seeing some big mayflies popping off
> >(#10 or 12's), I switched to my #10 Easy Rider (ER) foam body dry fly
with
> >a #14 Parachute Adams dropper. Almost immediately, I started to get hits
on
> >the ER; so I removed the Adams.
> >
> >I called Chris over and had him try my rod with the ER. In just a few
> >minutes he hooked his first fish , a scrappy, jumping 9-inch cutthroat
> >trout! It was sure fun sharing that with him. We got him set up with an
ER
> >on his rod and kept on fishing.
> >
> >I caught a couple of cutts on the ER and missed many more. There are
some
> >nice pools on the Taylor. It was my first time fishing it.
> >
> >As I was fishing up-stream, I snagged my ER across the river in some
bushes
> >and lost it. I thought I might be able to wade the swiftly running river
to
> >get it; so I marked the location and figured I would give it a shot on
the
> >way back.
> >
> >I was able to retrieve the fly. Back at the car, Chris asked if he could
> >have the fly that caught his first fish: it was the fly I'd just
retrieved!
> >It was a pleasure to give him the fly.
> >
> >There were lots of flyfishers up and down the Middle Fork as we drove
out.
> >A good day to be on the river.
> >
> >Rock and reel,
> >Danny McMillin
>
>
>
