----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Neuenschwander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jere Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: Sockeye On Seattle Area Beaches?
> Jere,
>
> Thanks for the reply, but this went to me again instead of the list (it
> happens with some email reader programs). Please resend to the list
> address, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -Wes
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jere Crosby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:44 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Sockeye On Seattle Area Beaches?
> >
> >
> > An adult sockeye on a fly is quite a fight....A Russian judge would give
> > them very low marks for style points. They go crazy at the surface. I
> > hooked one below the Tolt once. The Tolt gets a surprisingly decent
size
> > run of sockeye some years. They do not need a lake to go through as
often
> > thought. Sockeye use the lower Snoqualmie as their lake and the run
would
> > not be as large as the one headed up the Cedar, Sammamish Slough etc.
What
> > we call "silvers", landlocked, and I would imagine, saltwater, local
> > silvers, can be planted sockeye as smolts. Leland, or someone can
correct
> > me if I am wrong. I thought a game guy told me that some waters
> > are planted
> > with sockeye and some with silvers. I'm sure Wes is referring to
> > sea-going,
> > adult sockeye that are headed for Lake Wn.
> >
> > The Tom Wolf , I mentioned, that was on Fox Sports NW was the Tom Wolf
on
> > this thread.. Tom...if you are listening...will your segment be on the
air
> > again? I really wanted to see it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wes Neuenschwander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Waflyfishers (Posting)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:37 AM
> > Subject: Sockeye On Seattle Area Beaches?
> >
> >
> > > Heard a rumor that sockeye are being caught from Seattle area beaches
by
> > > some local fly anglers. In particular I heard that a fly fisher has
> > > regularly been catching sockeye at Carkeek park, early in the
mornings,
> > > using a small Clouser type fly.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else heard anything about this - potentially exciting -
> > fishery??
> > >
> > > -Wes
> > >
> > > Wes Neuenschwander
> > > Seattle, WA USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
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