They may be dumb but by and large they and the surroundings are a lot
prettier.
Dell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Meyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestions for BC Over Labour Day?
> My personal experience with cuthroats in general is that they don't have
> nearly the vinegar in them as rainbows or browns. And easier to catch,
> particularly on dries. We used to fish the Madison River in Montana in
> during the month of September and when we were working real hard for very
> few fish, the question would arise, "Should we run up to the Park and fish
> the Yellowstone River for big, dumb cuthroats?" (We did.)
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was up in this part of the world a couple of weeks
> > ago and fished the Elk and the St Mary's. Beautiful
> > country. Fished mostly caddis. Working structure and
> > seams, I found fish pretty much everywhere you would
> > expect them to be.
> >
> > I have a question, though. This was the first time I
> > had ever fished for west slope cutts. Almost to a
> > fish, they put up no fight. After the first charge,
> > it was all over. I caught some fat 16-18" fish that I
> > pretty much stripped in. A little 12" upper
> > Snoqualmie cutt battles harder.
> >
> > Maybe it was the heat (30-32 C), or the water level
> > (didn't seem like there was much in the tributaries,
> > but the fly shop in Kimberly said it wasn't unusual.)
> > Has anyone else noticed this about this species, or
> > was I just there at a bad time?
> >
> > --ken
> >
> >
> > --- Gary Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I was on the Elk three summers ago in mid-August. We
> >> fished lots of
> >> hopper/stimulator patterns which the cutts were on.
> >> Fished various beadheads
> >> (prince, pheasant tails) for cutts and big nymphs on
> >> the bottom for the
> >> bulls, which were a lot more elusive. My son and I
> >> floated with a guide the
> >> first day to get the lay of the land, and I rented a
> >> kick boat the next day
> >> and fished it alone. There's a nice fly
> >> shop/outfitter in town. Long drive
> >> from Seattle, though, for a long weekend. Spokane
> >> would certainly be a
> >> better launch point.
> >>
> >>
> >> Just had a customer in the shop a day ago who just
> >> came back from
> >> there--fishing is good and as stated, uncowded.
> >> Seems he mentioned
> >> grasshoppers and caddis imitations, both nymphs and
> >> drys.
> >> Chuck S (Silver Bow Fly Shop, Spokane)
> >>
> >>
> >> Fishing East Central Florida - Flyfishing
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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