Thanks Rob. The larger spey or marabou flies make sense, the visibility is usually worse in the winter. I'm tying some up now!
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 10:50 PM Subject: The Stilly > On Sunday 09 December 2001 07:28 pm, Ray Wallace spoke: > > All that talk about this yuppie nonsense and not one word about how you did > > on the Stilly today! Come on Rob fess up! > > I saw one fish taken on a bobber and shrimp in the riffle/cascade between > Fortson and Picnic Table, it was a hatchery summer run. And saw some guys in > the Fortson parking area with an nice winter run, I was not close enough to > check for the adipose. Salmon were rolling and jumping in the Picnic Table. > > I fished most of the morning at Hazel admiring the new manufactured > log/debris jams, and the pools that were forming. I also fished the reach > above Hazel including that choice pool where the landslide is. > > No fish hooked, missed or seen I am sad to say. > > Clarity at Hazel was 5+ feet in lightly silted water, at Picnic Table was > just shy of gin clear. Below Deer Creek and at Cicero was probably 1-2' > visibility. > > I had a chat with a pretty good steelheader at a shop yesterday, who said > that to get down and noticed in the winter, I should fish 1/0-3/0 spey or > marabou patterns to be successful. Your thoughts? > > Quite frankly I was tutored at an early age, by a guy who prefered to fish > for summer runs on the fly. So I really don't understand modern winter > steelheading. > > -- > Rob Blomquist > Kirkland, WA > >
