I wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the ideas. I'll let you know when we decide ...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uncle Brad and Elly Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: looking for trip ideas Andy, can you say more about your bug tank? I want to build a slant tank myself and am curious as to how you set up your tank and the successes and failures of keeping bugs alive. Feel free to email me off site too if you'd prefer. Thanks BjR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: RE: looking for trip ideas > Twenty years ago I hiked in to Upper Cathedral as part of a 2 day > forced march round trip (leave school, catch a ferry, drive to the > Methow Valley, hit the trail head at 7 pm Friday night, hike until 11 > pm, camp, get up hike until Upper Cathedral Lake, strip, jump in, jump > out, turn around, loop by lower cathedral, head back toward the > trailhead, camp, get up, hike out, drive home, go to sleep, get up and > go to school. I think that it was a 55 mile round trip once the side > loop to lower cathedral was factored in.) The > first morning I got up and hit the trail at first light, only to be passed > by a hunter on a horse with a pack horse complete with cast iron skillets > bouncing off of its flanks. At the time I cursed the packer and the horses > (and the gifts they were leaving on the trail for me), but when I caught > up > with them at about 10 am (at some lake who's name I do not remember), the > hunter proffered up a breakfast of fresh caught trout dipped in flour and > fried in butter in one of those cast iron skillets. He said that it had > only > taken him 15' to catch his breakfast (and mine.) As I continued on to > Upper > Cathedral with a full belly, my appreciation for horse packing changed. > > I guess that I would third (of fourth) the recommendation of the > Pasayten Wilderness as a beautiful area in this state to spend a few > days, especially if you get up to the high alpine regions close to the > border. If I remember > correctly, some of the high alpine regions actually meet the technical > definition of tundra (or some other category that is more common to more > northerly environs and not otherwise found in WA,) so it is quite unique > to > this state. The open terrain (as mentioned previously) means that you can > pick a point and hike to it, without a trail, nor constant fear of losing > ones way in the woods, or running in to impenetrable blow downs, steep > cliffs etc. I was sans rod, so can't really testify to the fishing beyond > that trout breakfast, but the Boundary Trail has remained on my list of To > Do's ever since (I'm still waiting on acquiring the pack horses to > facilitate it...) > > Tight lines, > > Andy > > PS For you Columbia Basin types, I saw callibaetis on several E WA > lakes this last weekend and seined out two water scorpions, one of > which survived the trip home and is residing in the bug tank in the > basement. If anyone is > interested, drop me an e-mail and I will send some pics. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald Dion > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: looking for trip ideas > > I've been there more than once. A raft is required to really get the > best fishing at these lakes, esp. Hidden Lakes. Middle Hidden, by far > the best, had rainbows in the 20 - 23 inch range, smaller 'bows as > well and some brookies. These lakes are not really in alpine > settings, but sit in a valley. If alpine setting is desired, I'd > recommend going to the Cathedral lakes area and going to Tungsten > lake, which is off the beaten-path. Another option would be to go > past the Hidden Lakes on up to Tatoosh Buttes where you'll find White > Lakes, Ptarmigan Lake, and Dot Lake, with Dot Lake having the > most/largest fish (up to 16"). Not many folks get to Dot Lake!!! > Hiking this Butte is off-trail but it is WIDE OPEN alpine country. > You can walk just about anywhere! It's beautiful up there! > > Ron > On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 09:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> Cougar and Hidden Lakes. > > > >
