speaking of losing stuff, and labels... this is kinda embarassing: I lost an Orvis 1-oz (6 1/2' 2 wt) with a Sage 3100 reel at the Weyerhauser gate by the bridge crossing of Scatter Creek on highway 410 two or three weeks back. If anyone happens to hear a story of "the beautiful little fly rod I found at Scatter Creek" - please contact me via this email address. It was on top of my truck when I pulled away, and weighing only a total of 6 oz. including the reel and line, probably just flew off immediately when I pulled out toward the highway.
I now label stuff too. In fact, I used a dremel tool to engrave my name on my new reel recently. I also NEVER put my rods on top of the truck when I return from a spot - I immediately break it down and put it inside no matter how tired I happen to be. That was one expensive trip to Scatter Creek. see ya. -Jim Speaker btw: fished the Yak yesterday afternoon - it was great. Nothing big, but the bite was on - fished a #10 orange stimulator all afternoon and into evening. Saw a few Oct Caddis through the day, and about a dozen of them at dusk - plus the usual smattering of caddis. -tight lines- -----Original Message----- From: rdembry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deschutes Report (and equipment labels ) Attaboy! Jim, catchin' steelhead . . . Regarding your lost fly box, it seems like I've run across more people than normal this year who have left a fly box or vest somewhere, or lost a fly box like you did. Most of the folks I know tried to describe the vest, and of course the descriptions sounded like most fly fish vests. "Tan vest with a lot of pockets, nippers, tippets, a couple of boxes of dry flies, etc.". I have now started applying labels with my name, address, and phone number on my fly boxes. That doesn't mean anyone finding one of my fly boxes would contact me or return it to me, but at least I have a chance and I'd like to think they would. I do know without the labels there would be almost zero chance I'd ever see my fly box again. I'm even applying labels to my rod cases and my net. Who knows . . . ? Just a suggestion to y'all that might prove helpful some time in the future. Richard Embry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: Deschutes Report > Hi Everyone > > We returned home Friday evening after spending the last week on the > Deschutes at Maupin. We are just home for the week end and will return > tomorrow morning and will spend most of next week at Maupin. > > The steelhead run on the Deschutes is for real this year. There number > of fish in the river is fantastic. > > This was the "break-in" trip for my new Redington Spey rod and it lived up > to all of my hopes and expectations. After arriving late Sunday, I didn't do > anything Monday morning except find a section of the river with lots of room > and no people to spend some time coming to terms with the new rod. After > 3 or 4 hours I felt confident enough to take my act public. > > A friend from Portland arrived unexpectedly Monday so I fished with him > Monday PM and Tuesday AM. Unfortunately we fished some marginal > water and the fish were shy. I missed one Tuesday evening and that was it. > I finally took him up to a spot where I knew he could catch some trout just > so he could catch some fish before he went home. > > The front that came through on Tuesday evening made all the difference in the > world. With the cooler weather, the fish turned aggressive and the fishing > was > great. On Wednesday I missed two more fish as the learning cycle with the > new rod continued. But, I did land one nice wild 10 pound hen. Very nice > fish. > > Thursday AM I landed an 8 pounder and a 6 pounder. The 6 pounder was > a little wild hen that went through 150 ft of fly line and was well on her way > to the Columbia before I was able to restore order. Thursday evening I landed > another 6 pound wild hen. Unfortunately, as I was landing her, I lost a fly box > with most of my steelhead flies. Oh well, most of them were pretty ratty > anyway. > Time to tie some new ones. > > Friday AM, I fished below White River. The weather had changed for the better > and the fish seemed much more tentative. A couple of lite plucks and that > was it. > Since the weekend horde was starting to arrive, we left for Portland > without fishing > Friday evening. > > All of my fish were caught above White River. The water is clear as gin and > small (#6), dark flies seemed to do the job. I caught one on a Purple Peril, > one on a Street Walker, one on a Purple Wooley Bugger (sink tip line) and > one on an Undertaker. How's that for spreading it around? > > The White River is dumping some color into the river but nothing objectionable. > Friday Morning I was 7 or 8 miles below White River and had nice green water > with several feet of visibility. Fish are being taken through out the > river. I expect > that with the return of blue bird weather, they will become more tentative > again. > > Tomorrow morning...I'm outa here. > > Jim Jones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
