Definately a DV as you describe the size. Could have been a "nuked" salmon
or steelhead returning downstream from Hanford. Did the spots radiate?
(jesting of course)
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From: Jeff Marso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:00 PM
Subject: 2 questions
> First, I have a brother-in-law coming from North Carolina for the 4th.
> He's an experienced east coast surf fisher, I know nothing about ff'ing
> in the salt. We'll be up up on Lopez Island for four or five days and
> he's hot to hit the salt for anything. I'd like to be able to take him
> somewhere to fish for something in the salt with a reasonable (read 1%)
> chance of catching something. Anybody here have any guidance on what to
> do or who to call for advice? It would be much appreciated.
>
> Secondly, I was fishing on the ff only section of the N.Fork Lewis 2
> weeks ago today. If you recall that was after the weekend we had of high
> wind and lots of rain. The river was mostly blown out, in fact I dared
> not even set foot in my normal areas. Anyway a long, cold, fishless day
> ensued until around 4:00 when I hooked up with truly large fish. When
> brought to shore after a long fight he didn't look like anything I had
> ever caught before, milky white below, dark olive above with bright
> orange spots. He was also at least twice the length and three times the
> girth of the normal rainbow on the river. I wondered at the time if it
> could be a Dolly Varden, reputed to inhabit the Lewis but have never
> caught one before and didn't hold on to this one long enough to have a
> careful look (alright I fell down and dropped him in the river at just
> the wrong time). Could it have been a DV? How could one tell for sure,
> assuming one learns how to hold on to fish for long enough?
>
> Thanks all, for answers to this, and for this list. I don't contribute
> too much and most of you fish in places and for things I know nothing
> of. Still it's a really enjoyable, friendly place and I thank you all
> for it.
>
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