Didn't happen without photos, especially in a thread titled "Braggin Board for Fishing!"Well we were off to a good start of the salmon season here in NW WA. We got seven nice hatchery Chinook during the first week of the month long season. Largest was 15 lb (netted a 20+ lb wild that we released).
Nice! I always have a tough time distinguishing between an artic char, Dolly Varden & a bull trout. A lot of the difference is geography related it seems. I assume you were fishing in Idaho. Do you have any pics of the bulls you caught?My oldest and I backpacked in intending to spend 3 days on the river for his 17th birthday. Spotted a wildfire on our drive in. It ended up only being 1-1/2 from our camp so we only fished 1 day. Hiked 9 miles of river and caught around 100 cutthroats/rainbows, 7 bull trout and 1 mountain whitefish!! One of the best days I had on the river ever!!
Nice! I always have a tough time distinguishing between an artic char, Dolly Varden & a bull trout. A lot of the difference is geography related it seems. I assume you were fishing in Idaho. Do you have any pics of the bulls you caught?
My fishing partner, Joe Reynolds & I floated it in 1990 with one of the USFS guys that lived in Dutch John. We were a bit incredulous seeing all the trout lined up in rows, just waiting for a food morsel to drift by. When a boat, tube or raft drifted over them, they would part a bit, then move right back into position. We were lucky to hit just when the cicada hatch was taking place. Our flies basically consisted of a small black sponge with legs. Over the course of two days, I'm guessing we caught & released more than 100 trout of one variety or another. Of all the tailwaters I've fished, this one was the top dog.Where I cut my teeth on fly fishing for trout in the mid ‘80’s…Dutch John, Little Hole, and Brown’s Hole will always have a special place in my heart.
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