>From: Leland Miyawaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Waflyfishers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: New Years Day Fishing
>Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:00:51 -0800
>
>The Sauk River was in beautiful shape - Preston called the shade -
>steelhead green. The weather was overcast with just a touch of a
>breeze that carried the chill of the fresh Cascade snows just to our
>east. I fished my 6wt. two-hander and on my second cast, I hooked a
>solid 24" Dollie Varden that came unbuttoned just as I was preparing
>to beach her for Preston to photograph. "2002 is going to be a good
>year," I thought. A few minutes later, I landed a second fish of
>about 18" with beautiful pink spots on a slate gray body.
>
>We drove upriver, crossed a bridge, traveled through a clearcut,
>turned left onto a logging road under the powerlines, parked, walked
>down a goat trail and following a stream down to the river, where we
>turned up and walked another half mile to the bend below the rapids
>to one of Prestons secret spots. I hooked four more dollies and
>landed a couple more 18" females before it began to rain. Preston
>picked up a good fish in the middle of the river near a submerged
>tree. As he stepped out of the water, he told me that there should be
>another fish just below the root wad. I placed a cast upstream of the
>broken water and sure enough, there she was. Hello dollie! Preston is
>definitely the ace dollie guide. We broke for lunch followed by a
>couple fortifying nips of Yukon Jack from Prestons flask - or did
>lunch follow the nips? Anyway, after lunch, we drove downstream to
>another spot where I proceeded to land the last fish of the day, a
>real beaut - a big male dollie with a mouth big enough to swallow a
>softball. Yessir, 2002 is going to be quite a year.
>
>Leland.
>
Leland--
Winter time Dolly fishing sounds fascinating. What flies/tackle did you
use?
I'm new to this group--been lurking for awhile--like what I see. My real
name is Tom. "Pick and Shovel" (pcknshvl) reflects my vocation.
T.
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