There is no line Sean. Flyfishing is a personal sport and we only do
what pleases us.
I have been flyfishing for almost 40 years now and have very personal
preferences. For instance, I would rather catch trout on a dry fly or
not at all. I would rather catch salmon and searun cutthroat on my
surface poppers. I prefer grease-lining elegant low-water flies on a
dryline to summer steelhead. I've fished every way else and have
caught fish doing it. I don't know how old you are or how many years
you've flyfished but one day you'll come to enjoy the process as much
or even more than the catching.
Leland.
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
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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
