sep - oct 2003 trout line newsletter, tualatin valley trout unlimited

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5. Wrap in a larger sized Partridge hackle (1+ wraps).Fly of the Month: Alex Barkume 6. Tie off a neat, small head and whip-finish and lacquer.

This months fly of the month is a pattern for which I know no name other than the Copper and Black. I was sent apicture of this fly by Mike Gorman (Rogue River Guide) inorder to tie some up for my recent vacation. My daughterand I spent two days w/ Mike with hopes of taking someRogue River steelhead and further, on the wet fly swing.Mike assured me this was the hot fly and it proved so for me.

Rogue steelheading is typically a nymphing affair; seldom dothe sea run rainbows of the Rogue move for the wet fly yetone did for this great looking pattern.

This fly is a take off of the venerable Silver Hilton so itshouldnt be a surprise that this is a great steelhead pattern.The addition of the Copper and Black New Age turn thisclassic into a great looking retro!

Mike prefers to use a sinking line when fishing the swing. Iused a type III Uniform Sink line on our recent trip. Thetheory is that the sinking line wont snake around due to thecurrents as much as a floater. In addition, Mike remindedme, the current is always less strong in the lower watercolumn, hence the fish dont have to work as hard to take thefly.

As I started lengthening my casts, I could feel the line comingaround tight below me. Soon I felt the surge of a good takeand the building tension just prior to the steelie heading back down the river. My daughter took over and landed a bright wild fish of about 6 or 7 lbs.

RaschelleCopper and Black Originator: Mike Gorman

Hook: Tiemco 7999 or equivalent sizes 6

and 8 I plan on taking a few of these beauties over to the Deschutes. You may want to tie up a few them yourself. Tight Lines, Alex

Thread: Black, 6/0 threadTail: Red hackle fibers along w/ barredlemon wood duck featherBody: Copper and Black New Age Chenille Wing: Matched set of grizzly hackle tips Silver Hilton style Fly Tyers Corner

Dick Rohrbaugh Over wing: several pieces of copper crystal flash.Collar: Partridge Hackle

Tips for Fly Tyers! Over the years tyers have accumulated a lotof creative ideas. In tying, like everything else, experience isalways the best teacher. Here are a new set of tips to try the nexttime you tie.

1. Just above the point of the hook, tie in a several barbsfrom a red hen hackle. Then, tie in several fibers from a barred lemon wood duck feather. Fibers should extendto the end or just past the end of the bend of the hook. Materials

This is the time of year when mayfly and caddis hatches begin winding down in the Yellowstone area (where I spend thesummers). If things work as they do

2. Tie in a piece of Copper and Black New Age Chenilleabove the point and wrap toward the eye of the hook. Besure to stop about a 3/16 th of an inch from the eye tomake room for the wing, collar and head.

3. Tie in two grizzly tips standing on edge and splayedoutward. The tips should reach back to the bend in thehook. They should be tilted toward the back of the hook just as you would a hair wing wet fly. It helps to lightly mash the quills with needle nose pliers. This will help with the tendency for the tips to roll over. Throw downtwo or three loose wraps, snug by pulling up on thethread and then over-wrap with a few more tight wraps.

4. Tie in 5 or 6 pieces of copper crystal flash over the grizzly tips.

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most (make that some ) years, the fish, especially the bigger fish, will soon go on hoppers. That means tying lots of patterns withrubber legs. Fly shops have them in lots of colors and sizes, of course, but if you want a lifetime supply at a much lower cost, try cutting open a bungie cord. With a little hunting you can evenfind a variety of colors and several sizes. If you want the variegated sort, you can manage that too. Just get out your magicmarkers and have at it.

Techniques

Everyone wants small, neat heads on their flies,particularly when tying dries in smaller sizes. A good habit todevelop in this regard is whip finishing by working from the body of the fly toward the head. It can be done the other way, of course, but the important point is not overlapping thread wraps by going back and forth. When done properly the whip finishshould be what produces the final shape and size of the head. If you build the head to size and then whip finish over it you will endup with a larger head than you really want.

Tools and EquipmentKeeping your tying area neat is a frustrating task at best.

Keeping the area around your tying desk clean is even tougher.Fly shops sell waste trolls, of course, and they work very well onsome vices. On others they simply will not function. If you tie ata desk that has a middle drawer, however, your problem is solved.Just open the drawer a few inches, mount your vice at theopening, and sweep your scraps into the drawer as needed.Empty the drawer at the end of each tying session and you aregood to go.

Sacramento In October Kevin MeadThe minute we got off the Lower Sacramento river last October, Iturned to my partner Tom Parry and told him to call and book next years trip for the same dates. Like a big beautiful beefsteak tomato, the river ripens during this time of year. During October,this big tailwater is teaming with activity. Flows drop from theirsummertime high and armies of King Salmon make their way up

river to spawn over miles of gravel bars that make up the river bottom landscape. Like the precision of a Swiss wristwatch, youcan count on big brutish rainbows and Steelhead to feed voraciously on egg patterns, beadhead nymphs & late afternoondry fly patterns. This river sports 2,500 insects per square foot which helps create an average fish size of approx. 16-17 withmany footballs being well over 20. The water temps. remainpretty constant from their flow emanating out of Shasta lake which is also the drainage for the McCloud, Pit and Hat Creek.

We set out for a full day drift trip with our guide, Jim Pettis whohas since broken away from the Fly Shop in Redding to start hisown guide service. Pushing over to the other side of the riverfrom where we launched, we immediately needed to hope out of the boat to race downstream to land a double hookup. Tom

landed his 7lb. Steelhead while I broke off his younger brother. We fished Jim Pettiss unreal egg pattern which is nothing morethan an orange glass bead covered in yarn. The bead imitates the yolk sac. O.K., Im sold having enticed a L. Sac. Steelhead rightout of the chute! Jim switched us to a pattern innovated out of the Dunsmuir fly shop called the Eng Thing. Wayne Engcreated this pattern and its a simple but effective elongatedprince nymph with larger yellow colored biots. We had severalfat and sassy rainbow hook-ups throughout the remainder of theday with this pattern.

As we raced to be one of the first into the barge hole, we watchedsalmon break water with their spawning Denny Tario dance feverroutines. I flipped my indicator nymph rig over my shoulder as I

attempted to get my line drawn up and low and behold, I had amonster on who didnt

know that I was tending to in-boat vs. on-water line managementissues. I fought the Lochness M. for 15 20 minutes while Jimcalmly commented, youve either foul hooked a salmon or its aTROPHY Steehead. Ill never know as I broke the fish off aftertwenty anxious minutes.

This river is somewhat featureless with long riffles, gravel bars &pools being its main trout lies. You can fish this water mostanytime of the year. Ive been on the water when the river isflowing at 20,000+ CFSits fishable but be prepared for a shortride and hone your line bumping techniques.

It would appear that word about being on the L. Sac in Oct. hasgot out as most of the boats (most are controlled by the Fly Shop)are booked well in advance so either get busy now or look aheadto 2004! Kevin Mead

Early East Lake Trip Pete Krenz I left home early Friday morning and arrived at East Lake

Campground around noon. The weather was very nice with aslight breeze on the lake when I arrived. After making some lunchand getting my camp assembled I started to fish and explore thelake in my boat. I used a variety of equipment and methods yesI did use a spinning rod and trolled a small frog flat fish andcaught all kinds of fish in the 10 to 12 inch range. Mostly Kokaneeand Browns. I returned to camp, had dinner then got into my floattube with my fly rod this time, and continued to catch fish andenjoy the view of the lake and surroundings.

Saturday morning I got out early to start fishing. I thought aboutgetting in my tube but when I got down to the lake my boat wascovered in ice. The lake was like glass and the sun was just comingup. I wiped off my boat seats and decided to use the boat untilthings warmed up



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a bit. By 10:00 am I was back into my tube and catching fish.

Sunday I was back out catching fish and having a great time. Icaught Kokanee, Rainbow, Browns and Tri Chubs during my extended weekend and had a great time. I returned home Monday afternoon and had a wonderful Bar-B-Q of Kokanee with my family and talked about all the wildlife I encountered while outfishing. I hope to have a photo of a mature bald eagle sitting in atree feasting on a fish I saw him catch. Didnt see or hear of any bears and the only disturbance to the serenity was the camp host

flying an annoying remote controlled floatplane and buzzing the beach for about 15 minutes at a time.For those of you who haventtried East Lake I suggest you get out there and enjoy. Pete

Three Rivers Land Conservancy Fundraiser Extraordinaire. Saturday, September

20 7 or 8 of Oregon's top wine makers and top Portland-areachefs are providing a wine tasting with horsdoeuvres at anexclusive Lake Oswego home . Tickets are $100 each and theproceeds help Three Rivers purchase land for conservation andhabitat purposes. This will be an upscale event, limited to 250tickets and for a good cause.Their web site is "www.trlc.org. Contact name is Sandy Wright,Director of Development, 503-699-9825 or call Kevin Connolly at

503-860-6355 Thanks.

TU/FS August "Embrace-A-Stream"Chapter Project This was the handwork, with T.U chain gang carrying 1/2sections of trees down into a constructed side channel while thespyder excavator worked with boulders at the side channel outlet. We also moved logs at Round Lake inlet stream It was anexcellent effort by Trout Unlimited doing very hard, physical work with great in stream hiding cover created that will be there for years to come.

TU Outings: Lets Go FishingThe Fall River, September 18th through the

24th Thursday through the following Wednesday.One of our favorite outings at a favorite River that finally quietsafter the Summer crowds. The nights are cold and the daysusually warm. Bugs are on the surface with multiple daily hatchesin this classic clear and cold spring creek. The campground ispleasant and comfortable.The river contains a fair number of 8 16 inch hatchery andnative rainbows, with the occasional 20-inch fish that willchallenge all of your patience and skills. The Fall is an insectfactory and you should be prepared to fish the standard springcreek bugs including BWOs (Blue Wing Olives), Pale EveningDuns, and Green Drakes. My standard rod set up for locatingfish is a #14 or #16 Adams Irresistible with a 5X or, maybe 6Xleader.

We are anticipating a very large run of wild coho salmonreturning to the Upper Clackamas starting this September. Their young will be hatching out and utilizing the project's hiding coverstarting in late winter. Very good numbers of spring chinook arein the Clackamas at this time and they, will also seed the sidechannel habitat, along with a few adult cutthroat, and juveniles.

On Saturday evening, there will be a potluck and lots of conversation around the fire at Fall River Campground . Youmay bring something to share like chips and dip, salad, dessert orother nibblies; it does not have to be fancy. For my part, I will be barbecuing a few items on the grill. No totally outrageous liesabout the days fishing will be tolerated; reasonable lies are OK. At the time of this report we were still waiting on fires to die down

before we could get a helicopter to finish the project by movingthe gravel at Round Lake .

Contact Andy at [email protected] for a lengthy fact sheet onthe Fall River Trip. I can email or fax out.

Tom Horning, U.S. Forest Service Home 503 646 2375. Work 503 286 6702.

The Crooked River October 18th and 19th Saturday and Sunday Andy


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Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter2003 Officers

Vice President : Hank Hosfield 228-6553 [email protected]

Treasurer: Rod Lundberg291-5308 [email protected]

Board of Directors:

Eric Thompson - [email protected]

Dick Rohrbaughrbaugh@ lclark.edu 503-636-3877

Jerry Heppell 503.639.9408 [email protected]

Alex Barkume - 642-7024 [email protected]

September/October 2003

Andy [email protected]

503-646-2375

Membership ChairErle Norman - 293-6006

[email protected]

Seth Isenberg503 293 3290

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