How do I remove myself from this list? Thanks, jdk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Harris Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Deschutes River report
This is a matter of personal ethics. I, for example, have caught the bulk of my steelhead on big stonefly nymphs under an indicator. This approach is commonly referred to as bait fishing by my usual fishing partner. Finally I got a few fish on my spey rod this year and even then one was on a big egg-sucking leech which just isn't the same as a nicely tied traditional steelhead fly. It almost felt like cheating. I'm kind of with Leland on the steelhead side of things now, a traditional steelhead fly on a swing is the only way to go, at least aesthetically and I don't even have an egg sucking leech in my fly box. In other types of fishing I'm not so elitist. I spend most of my Puget Sound fishing using streamers, often called "going to the dark side" by popper addicts. On trout rivers I'll use a dry all day if I can but if not I'll put on some heavy bead-heads and dredge for trout under an indicator. In lakes though I can't sit and look at a bobber fishing a midge pupae suspended, I'd rather kick around a streamer or nymph or target fish on top with dries. Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Grier Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Deschutes River report Some would say a nymph under a bobber is vulgar. When I was in NZ, the guide I was with offered this English chap a recommendation to use a nymph under a yarn indicator since the trout were ignoring his dry fly offers. He sniffed: "I didn't travel all the way across the pond to fish for trout with a NYMPH". I happily took the guides suggestion and hooked and landed a beautiful 6 lb. Loch Levan buck. I've been an indicator fisherman ever since. One man's vulgarity is another man's mainstay. Where does one draw the line, Leland? Sean -----Original Message----- From: C & S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jun 6, 2005 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Deschutes River report Sure, but what would you do if you saw another angler hooking up on steelhead with your popper? Chester >From: Leland Miyawaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Deschutes River report >Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:01:21 -0700 > >Last year, I gave my popper talk to the Kelly Creek Fly Fishers in Lewiston >and someone asked if I thought my popper would work as a waker for >steelhead. I told him that I have too much love and respect for steelhead >to not fish a "traditional" swinging fly and that my popper was much too >vulgar. > >Leland. > > > >>Leland is right about this. >>I've spent a lot of time on the Deschutes, and those jetboats on the lower >>river are a pain, and they wreck runs for fishing. >>I much prefer fishing steelhead later in the year, when the fish have >>moved up past Maupin. The fish are NOT chrome bright, but few Deschutes >>steelhead ever are. But October fish in the upper river are strong, >>aggressive biters, and you'll have good water to yourself. The fish also >>like waking flies. >>Leland, I wonder if your popper would provoke a strike from a Deschutes >>fish? >>Chester Allen
