Long time no post for me. I have been reading a lot but not fishing due to a needed re-plenishing of my supplies from a robbery and the loss of a couple rods and reels few months ago. Good news (for me) is I'm gear'd up again and have been out on the water! Labor day weekend we headed up to a buddy's cabin on Christina Lake, BC which is just over the border due north of Spokane. We floated a very low Kettle river about 15km up from Christina lake down to about 11km (~ a 3 hour float). 4 of us hooked quite a few fiesty bows on nymphs and dries, but the Nymphs on a fast sink tip worked out the best. It was a pleasure to fish for some of these 11-13" bows up until I tossed on the black wolley bugger and fished deep into a well-fished hole and hooked into something much bigger than expected. After a few minutes trying not to snap my light tippet I pulled in a 5 lb smallmouth! Holy smokes bass stink! ;) It was my first bass on a fly as I rarely put myself into a situation where I would have a chance for one, but it was a fun experience pulling a "sport" fish of that size out of a dry river like the Kettle. The bad news is that I released the fatty... The Kettle fishes well and is a great easy float this time of year. It was suprisingly good as I knew little about it before my visit. As the girl stuffin' the ice cream freezer at the lumber yard told me: "there are 26 different species of fish in Christina Lake". Sounds like a fishery to me. It was a great time on the water when I was there, and if you find yourself up there certainally take some time to wet the line. Brian _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
