I was having a GREAT time with the 3wt! The 5 is more than adequate. Might work better for you, though, when you accidentally foul-hook one of those old dogs. I had one head back for the Skykomish and I figured I'd better bust him off or lose my my flyline, once I started seeing the backing. Not sure how tight that backing knot was, and I didn't want to risk it...
S -----Original Message----- From: Mark Steudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Nov 29, 2004 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Whitefish recipes requested Fun, maybe next time I head out I'll leave the spey rod at home and dust off the 5 wt. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Grier Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Whitefish recipes requested Yep! I went by All About the Fly, and picked up some mosquito hooks (size 12) and a package of the orange beads. They liked the orange vs. red or pink. 2 beads on the hook with a BB to get them down, and they were all over it like white on rice! Unfortunately, the beads kinda blocked the point of the hook enough that I got a lot more takes than hook ups. And since my fighting style isn't geared for such soft mouths, I LDR'd an aweful lot of them. But since the place is lousy with them, the fishing was still great. When I opened 'em up to clean them, they're just full of orange salmon eggs. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Mark Steudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Nov 29, 2004 12:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Whitefish recipes requested Interesting, I was thinking of doing the same thing, but instead I flogged the water for something big. Are you pretty much just nymphing eggs under an indicator? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Grier Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Whitefish recipes requested Ah, I love late fall - Rivers are blown out, furry dead salmon carcasses stink up the air, and the whitefish start congregating to vacuum up the eggs laid by the chums. Since the rivers were still pretty blown out this long weekend, I tried one of the few tailwater rivers in the area - the Sultan - it was high, but very fishable. Carefully wading VERY shallow so as not to disturb the existing redds, I drifted orange egg patterns in the slack water behind spawning dogs and picked up quite a few whities. Bonked a few of the bigger ones on the head and brought them home for the smoker. This is the only meat-hunting I do for finny quarry (I'm a staunch C&R guy) so you elitists out there, please don't flame me. Anyway, I'm looking to see if anyone has a good whitefish brine recipe that I could try. I've never smoked these guys, but I hear that's about the only way to eat them (though I have to wonder why they wouldn't taste as good as trout, since they live in the same rivers and eat the same things). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sean
