Stillwater Trout

Well, for the Chronicle this is a new adventure. Previously I was truly introduced to fly fishing one day when a group of my friends took me to a group of lakes know as Big 4. Actually a lot of what was learned that day is still with me today. After which my fly fishing adventures took me away to such exotic locations as So-Cal, Wyoming, Montana, Nor-Cal, etc. Since moving back to the old college day home town new options have opened up to me never before known.

One of which is stillwater. It must be confessed at first a little bit of judgment was leveled upon this kick boat mafia members, but last week the toes were dipped so to speak. Somewhat unnerving to take that first shove backwards into the deep blue and see the bottom quickly disappear beneath. Now of all the adventures to date the stealhead has gotten under the skin, but stillwater is itching its own itch.

A lake presents all sorts of new problems to a dry fly addict such as me. It is fun, lately I have been working my vice red hot with new patterns never before seen. An uncommon advantage has help. All my local fishing buddies from the college days have not left and in order to scratch the fishing itch an extreme amount of leg work has been put in and some real time tested and proven patterns are at my finger tips.

What patterns you ask well, in the world of stillwater the patterns are of a holy grail the likes of stealheaders, and more so than those secrets of the dry fly fishermen.

So trip two is fast approaching and the location is not yet determined, but the targets will be either big lahontan cutthroat, a native to Nevada/California, but now planted here in Eastern Washington or triploid rainbows.

My fly box needs some more attention. Be back soon.

Fly Fishing Film Tour

Well last year while living in the Bay Area I took a road trip south to Santa Cruz to check out the 2009 Fly Fishing Film Tour. It was pretty cool.

So now that I have relocated to better fishing waters again I am partaking on a little road trip west to The Dalles, OR to check out this years tour. This year though close friends are also going to check this out.

This new craze of films featuring fly fishing seem to have caught on. I myself once in a while find myself either on youtube or the actual tour site checking out the latest in films. This new culture of younger fly fishers sort of a love hate situation for me, because I am somewhat of homebody when it comes to fishing sometimes I grow tired of seeing exotic fishing locations, yet on the other hand often I find myself suffering from severe wanderlust.

This new trend in me started last year at this very event in Santa Cruz with the Eastern Rises film. I have to tell you I would give my left arm to visit Russia for some truly wilderness fishing.

Alas, I know that this is not really going to happen anytime soon so in the meantime, I will continue to enjoy all the diverse fishing that is available to me at this time.

New to me this season starting March 1 is going to be learning an entirely different type of fishing. No I am not going to get into Bass or Carp, but I am going to dive head first into still water. This seems more daunting then streams ever seemed. So wish me luck and look for future post regarding the lakes situation here in Eastern Washington.