Les, Good advice on the fly selection for stillwaters. At the risk of sounding ignorant (always a problem for me!), what's a crackleback? Kent Lufkin >Every lake west of the Mississippi and north of Texas will have chironomids, >callibaetis, leeches and damsels -- for sure. Almost anywhere venture I take >a stillwater box containing (I have the box in front of me as I write this): >dragon nymphs, damsel nymphs, adult damsels, self-bodied Carey Specials, >Six-Packs, waterboatmen, scuds, cracklebacks, caddis nymphs, caddis adults, >callibaetis emgergers and duns. I keep chironomids, Racoons and Lady >McConnells in a second box. >I can usually find something that the fish will bite in this selection. >Other folks probably have their own list of necessary stillwater patterns. > >Les Johnson >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Scott Bellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:15 AM >Subject: Small lakes resort on San Juan Island > > > > I want to try the stocked trout at that little camping/fishing place on > > San Juan Island (or anywhere else on SJI that may have fishing). > > footnote I don't tie, and doubt there's a good flyshop on the island(!) > > -- so I have to plan well ahead. Any recommendations on wet and dry > > patterns and hatches (late June/early July)? Thanks and tight lines. > > > > footnote: This is in addition to trying for sea-runs etc. in the > > channels around Friday Harbor (you know, in my float tube with scuba > > gear and flares during a big rip, wearing a mountaineering helmet or > > maybe a full-face Bell, casting heavily weighted streamers and a > > lead-core line etc.) (just kidding)-- > > > > > > > >
