Bill,
We were on the Metolious last weekend, and found the fishing difficult or
not too productive, but had an enjoyable time all the same. Stopped at The
Flyfisher's Place, and got some info on the morning o f the quilt show.
Suggestions included stone flies in the morning and PMDs later in the day.
Needless to say, we saw not one stonefly on Saturday. We also saw some
fish, perhaps even the same bull trout as you. No fish came to our flies.
Sunday we tried the Stonefly with a dropper, both stonefly nymph (they're
easy to see anyway) and lightening bugs, hare's ear and BH zug bugs.
Fishing was again difficult. Millions of excuses including cloudy day,
cooler weather, nearby forest fire, and questionable skills meant that I
counted everything as a success, i.e. two nice trout one about 10" and
another about 14", one on and off, one came up to inspect my emerger, and
one jumped near the fly which I took as success even if the dang fish missed
the fly. Next time, I'll be staying longer and fishing smarter!
Paul
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From: Warner, Paul W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:44 PM
Subject: RE: MT/ID/WY report
>Paul,
>
>Here's how I did on the Metolius. A brown floss bodied soft hackle is the
one I got the most strikes on.
>
>The Clouser Minnows I imagined would work for bull trout, didn't get a
single
>bite. Well... unless the submerged pine tree doesn't count. It bit and kept
my
>Clouser.
>
>The other fishing was "interesting". I finally caught some fish. Caught two
small trout and one afternoon fishing the Allingham Bridge hole.. had lots
of strikes, mostly on brown soft hackles. I fished them under a BWO and a
golden stone Stimulator and while I only had about 3 strikes on the dry
flies.. had lots on the trailing wet flies. Must have missed 12 or so
strikes.
>
>This was the first time I fished a trailer under a dry fly, and when the
dry fly
>went under, not due to a strike, it was hard to get used to lifting the
rod. I
>missed all strikes.
>
>Had strikes on two types of Golden Stone dries, BWO dries, zug bugs, brown
>soft hackles and some other wet flies that I can't remember.
>
>This time I did NOT fall in the water and amuse my fellow fishermen, nor
did I
>hook myself while revealing my "secret fly" to other fishermen.
>
>Did get to tour the E. F. Payne bamboo rod company in Sisters, Oregon and
see their museum with the old H. L. Leonard rod making equipment.
>
>Payne has been in continuous business since 1876 and incorporated as a
>business in 1898. The bamboo rods are cheap... (my humor). Lowest price one
was $1850 with the regular rod going $2700. Kinda out of my range.
>
>I figure this Metolius trip with the soft hackles as droppers under a dry
was my "primer" for how to fish when I go to the Yellowstone in two weeks.
My pattern in the past, with new methods, is to flail around on the initial
trip with that new method and then seem to "put it together" for the next
trip.
>
>Bill
>
>> ----------
>> From: PAUL "PRE" ELSBERRY[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 1:49 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: MT/ID/WY report
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> How was the fishing on the Metolious? We'll be trying out the stream
while
>> the wives are at the quilt show in Sisters.
>>
>> Paul
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Warner, Paul W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:18 PM
>> Subject: RE: MT/ID/WY report
>>
>>
>> >Andy,
>> >
>> >I liked your Yellowstone report as well. We're leaving the 26th for a
week
>> of geyser "photographing" and fishing. This will be my first trip there
and
>> I'm not sure what all to expect for the fishing.
>> >
>> >Just got back from fishing the Metolius down in Oregon and I hope it's
>> better than that.
>> >
>> >Bill Warner
>> >
>> >> ----------
>> >> From: Andy Towell[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:31 PM
>> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Subject: MT/ID/WY report
>> >>
>> >> Just returned from an 10 day trip to the Yellowstone region:
>> >>
>> >> Fished Rock Creek MT one day on the way over (June 29th). A good
number
>> of pmd's and green drakes on the water and the fish treated me well. Ran
in
>> to a MT biologist checking a smolt trap and he mentioned that Rock Creek
is
>> second only to one of the Missouri tribs (prickly pear?) in terms of
>> whirling disease load. Caught Cutts, browns and cutt-bows in that order
of
>> prevalence. No brookies or pure strain bows. Usually only get 1 brookies
for
>> every couple of fishing days in past trips, but the lack of rainbows is
now
>> very noticeable. Several of the browns were kind enough to go aerial for
me
>> though to help fill that gap.
>> >>
>> >> The Henry's Fork was still fishing poorly during the day (at least for
>> me), as winds, higher temps and no clouds kept the PMD hatches to a
minimal
>> level. 0/3 in the ranch one day and 1/1 below Ashton (20" bow) on the
second>
>> day (on foam body #10 golden stone.) Due to familial obligations (i.e.
>> because I was fishing all day I had to stick around the cabin in the
>> evening,) I did not fish the flav or caddis hatches in the evening.
>> >>
>> >> Did not fish it, but the salmon flies on the Madison were already
below
>> Quake Lake when we arrived on the 30th, so lots of pressure (bank and
boat)
>> up high.
>> >>
>> >> The Park waters were all in shape. Fished the Lamar (OK for cutts to
>> 17-18" on stone fly dries and doublewing attractors) and Slough Creek -
good
>> for cutts, 'bows and cuttbows. Lucked out in that the one cloudy day of
the
>> vacation was on Slough Creek, so a decent number of PMD's, and Drakes
were
>> popping. Also saw some larger spinners that may have been Brown Drakes or
>> Grey Drakes (tail length >3x body length), but saw only the PMD and Green
>> Drake dun's on the water. Some smaller Flav. spinners showed in the
>> afternoon, but the fish were still looking for PMD cripples. Caught fish
to
>> 21" on PMD and Green Drake cripples. One thing to note on both the Lamar
and
>> Slough Creek - this is a great year for Deer flies and I lost a lot of
skin
>> for not having insect repellant in my vest (applied at the truck before
>> leaving, wore off of many areas before the day was through.)
>> >>
>> >> Fished Yellowstone Lake one day, but the callibaetis were really not
>> cooking yet and had relatively slow fishing from the beach (1 fish every
>> 15'). The lone tuber that I spoke with was not doing much better further
>> out. Pattern and retrieve did not seem to matter, as everything was
equally
>> mediocre.
>> >>
>> >> Spent an entertaining hour on the upper yellowstone feeding salmon
flies
>> and golden stones to the cutthroat. I was amazed at the amount of
stonefly
>> biomass that was crawling out of the river around LaHardy rapids.
>> >>
>> >> Now its back to the real world...
>> >>
>> >> Tight Lines,
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
