Thanks Tim. And thanks to everyone else for the words of wisdom on tippet, canyons, flies, and hatches beyond the Cle Elum area.
Someone mentioned that the area by Cle Elum was better a few years ago. When I was there last Thurs, not having much luck, I did have one enjoyable moment. I spooked a man with a spinning outfit when I came around a corner unanounced. He quietly packed up his gear and left. Something tells me he was not throwing lures with single barbless hooks... Eric In a message dated 10/29/01 6:47:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: Another day in the Canyon > Date: 10/29/01 6:47:46 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Harris) > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I keep thinking that "today is going to be my last chance" and today may > very well have been. I looked at the weather and found that today was > suppossed to be partly cloudy and in the mid-50's in Ellensburg with rain > and cooler temps the rest of the week so I went for it. Silly me to believe > the weather man, I think it got up to the mid-40's over there today though > the wind wasn't too bad and once noon hit my hands thawed out somewhat. > > I fished at Mile 15 and the afternoon BWO hatch was much more sporadic and > light than it had been in the previous weeks there. Nymphing before-hand > yielded nothing and I was just getting ready to pack up and move to a new > location when a fish rose. Over the next 1.5 hours I managed to get most of > the fish that were rising up to look at my #20 BWO Comparadun and managed to > land 4 fish in the 11-14" range, missed several other strikes, and had a few > out and out refusals. By 2:30 the rises had shut down in this area > completely and so I headed off the water. > > As I was leaving I saw lots of fish rising in the flat above Umtanum and > decided that since some guy was parked there that I wouldn't try to squeeze > in, besides I was still cold and needed some hot coffee to get home with. > > Tim > >
