Where's the pics Dean! Sounds like a heck of a time... I'm gonna go flip to page 217. Thanks for the report. Check my last photo's of Quinault and let me know if you notice anything strange about the first Dolly.
Bill P. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dean Endress Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] Sierra Back Country Trip...... Howdy Everyone, Got back Monday evening (late) from 9 days in the Sierra Back Country... Here's the promised report (& I'm keeping it fairly Short) Hiked in the First day to Lake Gilmore in the Desolation Wilderness, whihc is west of Lake Tahoe.. Bringing a Backpacking float tube with me the first time... I fished steady 2 full days.. Results: one solid Hook up on a Black/Peacock wooly Bugger, then whatever it was (I'm certian it was a sizable Lake Trout) Spit the fly... Oh well. Did get to see about 25 Lake Trout that some Biologists had Gill netted in the Lake.. they disected the Lake Trout for Genetic Information on their Lifestyle... Seems there is a Movement to re-establish the LAHONTAN CUTTHROAT (O. Clarki Henshawi) back into as much of it's Native waters in the Tahoe basin as is Possible... One of the Lake Trout they netted went an easy 6 pounds!!!! Damn I would have loved to hook that monster.... Interesting for my firat vist to the Desolation Wilderness.. But it was windy almost all the time & other then that one hook up I caught NOTHING.... Oh Well.... We headed south to the small town of Coleville, then went abit furturer south & drove the rather rough dirt road up to Rodriquez Flats.. There we went into the Carson Isberg Wilderness to try for PAIUTE CUTTHROAT (O.C.Seleniris).. First off we headed right instead of Left & ended up doing a 8 mile detour from our planned route (which was actually well worth it.. The gorge of the East Fork of the Carson River is impressive!!!!) We ended up at the downstream end of Lower Fish Valley on Silver King Creek about 8:45 at night.. wierd setting up camp as it's getting progressively darker amoungst Trees.. We ate dinner at about 9:30 pm... The Next Morning we slowly but steadily worked our way amoungst the Meadow grasses in Lower Fish Valley fishing Silver King Creek..working towards Llewellyn Falls (you cannot fish above the Falls...where there is nothing but Pure Paiute Cutthroat) Lotsa of the Rainbow/Cutts hybrids rising to our dryflies... The hit the Fly pretty hard for small trout.. However, here & there you would rise a Paiute Cutthroat...I have never had a Trout that took a Dryfly soo soft & delicate.... I had to force myself to slow do responce time so I could hook one... I lost probally 12 before I Finally hooked & landed my First Paiute!!!!!!!! A beautiful Little Cutthroat sub-species (Those of you who own a copy of Behnke's Book flip to page 217, you'll see what I mean) Literally no spots on the flanks of this Jewel!!!!!!.. Unfortunately I couldn't get a photo because the little beauty flipped out of my left hand as i was readying my camera....Still my mind's eye remembers it well.... BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! There is some promising news in regards to the Future of the Paiute Cutthroat....As I get concrete facts I'll inform the rest of you... I'll put it this way "Flyfishing only, Catch & Release...Above......" All in all a Great Trip & I got to add Cutthroat Sub-species #3 to my Native Trout list.... DEAN... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
