Fished Sunday with the Olive Willy and hit 11 fish, all about the same size you describe in your post. Have you tried Crab Creek yet? Doing fantastic with basically the same type of chironomid pattern you used in Amber, but down to a size #22. Fourth of July seems to have suffered some winter kill, as there are a number of dead fish floating at the N end. Think we are all going to experience a dry spring and a dryer summer. Wouldn't surprise me if there are early emergency closures on some of our more popular river and streams. Allen
Quoting johnny costanza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Fished Amber lake today with what seemed like every other flyfisherman in > the Spokane area. The lake this weekend was as crowded as I have ever seen > it, but I was fortunate to have some very good success fishing chironomids > near the shoreline in anywhere from 4-8 ft of water. Not that I was paying > too much attention to what others on the lake were doing, but it seemed that > most of the guys I saw catching fish were fishing close to shore using > chironomids under an indicator. For me, the most productive pattern was a > bloodworm (sz 8) with a black v-rib chironomid (sz 12) also accounting for > some fish as well. When fished in the right locations, the action at times > was fast and furious. I changed locations frequently as the fish, if they > were there, would usually respond fairly quickly. If I did not have a fish > within 15 minutes at the most, I'd move to a different spot. Once you found > one fish however that was willing to take your fly, it usually meant that > they were 5-6 more in the same area that would do the same. What surprised > me about today was the size of the fish I was catching. I landed 7-8 in the > 18-20 inch range, with one or two that were close to 21 inches and very > thick/heavy. With the exception of one 8 incher, most of the caught were > 14-17 inches. They were very active in spite of very cold water > temperatures. I'd be curious to know if anyone else fished Amber over the > weekend and what they encountered in terms of the size of the fish that you > caught. They seem to be much bigger on average this year. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
