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August Fly Clinic Board Meeting With Dwight Klemin Location TBD August 9 Thursday August 12 6:30 pm 6:30 pm General Meeting Wallace Marine Park West Salem August 12 First Paved Parking Lot Casting on The Lawn The Club is offering two clinic sessions this August Wallace Marine Park 1. Presenting Your Fly (single hand rods) 6:30 pm

Clinic will focus on several ways to present your fly effectively. Every fish presents options to present your fly. This Clinic offers several possible casts like reach, parachute, wiggle casts that you can learn to In This Issue become effective on the water • President’s Corner by The clinic does a quick refresher on casting basics then moves to presenting Scott Vaslev your fly. Bring a fly rod with a leader (No Flies Please). The Club has rods if • SFC Officers and Board needed. Members 2. Two-hand Clinic (Two-hand rods) • South Santiam Outing Report by Ricky Love Clinic will focus on basic fundamentals of the switch cast which is the heart • Gold Lake Outing Report of ALL spey casts. by Scott Vaslev • Three Creek Lake Outing The last half of the clinic focuses on the Single, Double, Snap T , Snake Roll Report by Ken Karnosh positioning moves before the final presentation of the fly which is the basic • August 4—North Santiam switch cast. Spey casts are named by the repositioning move. These four Outing casts cover the needed casts to be effective in all situations on the water. • August 14—Willamette Bring your spey rod outfit. No club rods available. No fly (yarn will be River Outing available). • August 21—Klamath Lake Outing • Rocky Point (Klamath Lake) Revisited by Beth Volunteers Needed: Santiam Flycasters will be at the Jappay Cascade School District’s “Explore: The Natural World” • My Favorite Lines by Beth event, scheduled for August 16-19 at Turner Elementary Jappay • 2021 August Fly of the School" and will need volunteers for August 17 to teach fly Month Foam Damsel and August 18 to teach . Also on Aug 18 will By Robert LeClerc need a person or two to demonstrate actual fly on Mill Creek at the school. Hours will be 9:30 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m. For more information and to volunteer, contact Robert LeClerc at [email protected]. Page 2 Santiam Flycasters President’s Corner BOARD AND OFFICERS By Scott Vaslev Scott Vaslev - President VACANT - Vice President/ As you have probably heard ODFW Programs has issued “hoot owl” regulations on Dennis Burnett - Secretary valley streams. Meaning all fishing Tim Johnson - Treasurer/ ceases at 2 pm. This made an interesting fishing experience for Membership Dennis and I.

Board Members We floated the Shelburn to Green Will and Reenie Satak - Bridge run on the N. Santiam July 7th. We were physically on the river Concessions @ 7:45 am. Finished fishing at 2 pm and floated an hour to the takeout Matt Neznanski - Webmaster scenery gazing, with our rods in their holders and hands on the oars. I Leroy Shepherd - Newsletter don't disagree with the new regulations just wonder why 2 pm became the Editor magic number. I’ve since learned that ODFW has taken off the “hoot owl” regulations on certain parts of the river. Bob LeClerc - FFI Representative Speaking of which, we have a group outing on that run scheduled for George Hingston August 4 which is a Wednesday. This is a pretty long run (9 miles) so we Beth Jappay need an early start. I am trying to think of the best way to get us on the river ASAP and if we have to do some back and forth shuttling we do it at Ken Karnosh the end. So with that in mind, why don't we meet at the Green Bridge Ricky Love parking lot throw our boats on as many rigs as we can and drive to Don Meyer Shelburn leaving a rig or two at Green Bridge. Kent Toomb When we are done a someone can drive us back to pick up our pickups and trailers, drive back, and load up. Let’s meet at Green Bridge @ 7 am. Donnie Weninger The river on that run is clean and the fishing pretty good. Euro and indicator fishing works as well as swinging flies. Might want to bring along The club is looking for a stone fly or two and maybe some dries along with your favorite nymphs. someone to take over the Having fished the North Santiam a number of times since last summer’s office of Vice President on fires I have come to several conclusions: our executive board. The 1. The river is in remarkable shape considering all the trauma it main duties are to stand in suffered last year. If it had been an especially wet winter I believe the for the President as needed river would have suffered. and to line up our guest speakers for the monthly 2.We have floated all the runs from Mehama to Green Bridge and the river is amazingly clear. No unsightly root balls, fallen branches, or meetings. submerged logs. The Shelburn to Green Bridge run used to have a couple of spots that were pretty hairy but those spots have been The position is a great way cleared out. Easy peasy. Still, caution and a sharp eye are the rules to meet some of the top for the day. names in the sport outside 3.For some reason we aren't catching a lot of big fish this year. of just watching their Normally, we would catch a few 15” plus fish each per run but this year presentations to the club. maybe one or two total. Having said that, we catch lots of 8-10 inchers. Portends well for the future.Finally, as I float down the N. If you would like to learn Santiam I feel lucky to have this resource so close to home. If I see more about the position feel another boat or person on the river (which is rare) I yell “ Hey, this is free to contact George SFC private water, Get Off!” Just kidding, I just think it. Hingston at [email protected]. Page 3

South Santiam River Outing Report was projected to reach 91 degrees that day and it was already getting warm early. Despite the heat, fishing by Ricky Love was relatively good and all seven members netted fish to included several nice sized redside rainbows. Euro Nymphing seemed to be the most productive method of netting fish, however members also caught fish us- ing traditional nymphing methods. Brian Hoag enjoyed a great day and caught several fish including two rainbows that were in the 16-inch range. He caught all his fish using a red Copper John (size 14) and a red and white Perdigon. The Copper John was compliments of Tim Johnson who handed out several of them to members at Pleasant Valley. It was a hot fly for him the previous week on this river. I knew it was going to be a good day when I caught a beautiful little cutthroat on my first cast. The rest of the day wasn’t that easy but I managed to also net sever- al fish and caught two nice redsides in the 15 – 15 ½ Seven Santiam Flycasters attended this outing and inch range. I was euro nymphing the entire day and had to make some adjustments to our original plan we caught most fish using a Thread Frenchie as the point crafted a week prior. The Oregon Department of Fish fly and a Blue Perdigon as the dropper – both flies and Wildlife (ODFW) implemented the “Hoot Owl” were size 16. Regulation, an emergency fishing regulation designed to protect several species of fish (, steelhead, Dennis Burnett and Tim sturgeon and ) from the drought conditions. In Johnson also enjoyed good several rivers and streams across the state, fishing is days and netted a good limited between one hour prior to sunrise and 2pm. number of fish. Dennis This protects the fish from stress during the day when used a hybrid method and water temperatures are the warmest. had a Perdigon as the drop- per and a Partridge and Or- ange soft hackle as his point fly. The netted the majority of his fish to include a nice redside in the 14-inch range. Tim Johnson was also euro nymphing and caught most of his fish on an Orange Perdigon and his Red Copper John (size 14). He also netted a 14-inch red- side. It was a beautiful day to be on the water and we did have a little head wind from time to time. It helped cool us a little but made rowing in the ‘frog water” a We met up at 7am at Waterloo County Park then pro- little more difficult. At 2pm we reached our takeout ceeded to the Pleasant Valley boat ramp where we and loaded our gear in our vehicles and headed for would start our fishing adventure. The temperature home. Page 4

Gold Lake Outing Report By Scott Vaslev Not sure what the final head count was at this outing as we had members coming in and out over the four days and three nights I was there, if I had to guess around fourteen or fifteen. Some folks came up Wednesday and stayed one night while others trickled in over the next few days. I think everybody caught some fish. Catching was real spotty as Kent W. caught 14 fish the first day and it slowed down for him after that. I did well Wednesday evening and the next morning but it was slow from there. Tim caught the biggest fish at twenty inches and I believe he got a picture or two of it. Most fish were caught on sinking lines with buggers and damsel flies. I caught a few on a prince and others had luck on various nymphs. We had our member lunch Thursday at 1:00 where nine people attended. I manned the grill flipping the burgers under the watchful eye of Tim. He was nervous that I would screw it up. Every time I would approach the grill with spatula in hand he would break out in a cold sweat. Well, I didn't mess it up too bad and there were no complaints. Gold Lake is one of my favorite outings: Beautiful setting with a lakeside campsite, and access to the lake is easy. The only downside are the mosquitos. I finally had to spray on some deet which I don't like to do but it does the trick. I'm sure we will have a similar outing next year so if you missed this one plan on attending next years. Page 5 More From Gold Lake Page 6

This Marten was spotted by Tim Johnson at Three Creek Lake. A rare sighting of this elusive member of the weasel family.

Three Creek Lake Report by Ken Karnosh

The conditions at Three Creek Lake for our outing on July 28 were very nice. A bit of rain the evening before had dampened the dust a bit, a sunny morning turned into a partly cloudy day, high temp was about 70, and the breeze was mild. Only two of us fished during the day and then Tim got on the water late in the afternoon. Fishing was only lukewarm in the morning and was slow in the afternoon. New member John Barratt landed a nice 17” rainbow, for his first fish landed in several trips to Three Creek. Way to go, John! Ken landed a handful of rainbows, lost more, and had other hits. A couple of the rainbows almost were as long as John’s and one chunky one had a yellow tag in its dorsal. Howard Palmer landed a 19” rainbow with tag that he will be reporting to the authorities. Leeches, callibaetis emergers, and carey specials seemed to work. This lake is fishable into October. I think it’s worth a trip over. Page 7 August 4 North Santiam Outing We will float and fish the North Santiam River on August 4 (Wednesday) from Shelburn (Buell Miller Landing) to Greens Bridge, assuming acceptable river conditions. A drift boat or pontoon boat is needed for this drift of about 7 miles. Let’s meet at 7:00 a.m. at Greens Bridge. To get there, drive south on I-5 to Exit 244, drive the Jefferson Highway to Jefferson, turn left (south) across the railroad at the traffic signal, and drive about 3 miles to the easterly end of Green’s Bridge over the North Santiam. We will combine our boats and shuttle up to Shelburn. Suggested gear is 4-6 weight rods with floating line or a Euronymph setup. Flies include caddis, mayfly, and stonefly nymphs, midge pupae, soft hackles or streamers for swinging, and caddis or mayflies for possible dry fly action. The club will not provide food, so remember your lunch, drink, etc. Scott Vaslev is the outing sponsor, so e-mail him at [email protected] or call him at (503)559-6427 if you have a question. August 14 Willamette River Outing On August 14, we will float the Willamette River for about 8 miles from Keizer Rapids Park to the boat landing below Wheatland Ferry. A pontoon or drift boat is needed for this trip. A typical smallmouth in this section is 10-12”, but we have caught them up to 19”! Plan to meet at Keizer Rapids Park (at the westerly end of Chemawa Road in Keizer) at 7:30 a.m. with your boat assembled. We will shuttle our vehicles to the takeout before we start out float. Plan to pay to park at the Wheatland Ferry boat ramp ($5 day use or State Parks pass). Suggested gear is 5-6 weight rods with intermediate or floating line (sink tips should also work). Flies include woolly buggers, clousers, and similar flies, probably beadhead or weighted to get them to the bottom where the smallies are. A version is to tie as with dumbbell eyes, which also make it up to minimize hooking bottom. Black, brown, purple, and green are good colors. Good fishing locations often are where the current is a bit slower, especially if there is a dropoff and the current slows, the depth is 2-7’, gravel bottom, and within 100’ or so of shore. You will do nearly all of your fishing as you float down, so bring your fins to maneuver and stay properly positioned to fish. The club will not provide a meal, so remember your lunch, drink, etc. and plan to be on the water until late afternoon. Ken Karnosh is outing sponsor, so e-mail him at [email protected] if you have a question. August 21 Klamath Lake Outing On August 21, we will fish Klamath Lake at Rocky Point Resort on the northwest end of the lake for those chunky Klamath rainbows. A floating device is needed for this . To get there, drive I-5 south past Eugene, turn onto Highway 97 and drive over the Willamette Pass, merge onto Highway 97, drive about 55 miles to Chiloquin, turn right and north onto Highway 62, turn west onto Weed Road and then Seven Mile Road (which turns into West Side Road) and follow it to the Resort. Some campsites may be still available. There also is a public boat launch next to the resort. Suggested gear is 5-7 (heavier suggested) weight rods with intermediate, Type 3, and floating lines. Flies include size 14-16 black soft hackles, prince and pheasant tail nymphs, size 16-20 zebra and chromie midges, and woolly buggers, seal buggers, and balanced leeches, particularly brown. Beth Jappay will be the outing sponsor. E-mail her at [email protected] if you have a question. Also, check out Beth’s article on fishing Klamath Lake. Page 8 Rocky Point (Klamath Lake) system as I had stopped at Mitch’s shop on the way Revisited down and bought a Strike New Zealand indicator kit. By Beth Jappay

I absolutely loved it. It has such little wind resistance I was able to cast over 70’ with my 7 weight rod. Its biggest advantage is how lightly it lands--a big plus with spooky fish. The system can only support a couple of small midge patterns or unweighted nymphs, though. Less annoyed by clunky casting, and able to alleviate my boredom by listening to an Audiobook I was now able to tolerate hours of staring at yarn...and I started to consistently catch fish. Last week was my first trip to Rocky Point since the article I wrote last year. I called ahead of time and I was then able to get a couple of throat samples, and was told the air quality was good—the fires were to found almost 100% midge pupa—dark brown, size the east, and the winds were blowing west to east. #14 to #16, and very thin. My catch rate accelerated One of the guides warned me the fishing was slow. I as I was able to come up with a matching pattern that checked in at the resort and launched my pontoon. is a variation on a brassie. Initially the fishing was slow and it took me a bit to figure it out. I tried multiple techniques that had worked well last year without much success, and the first 2 days I caught only one fish. However that fish was 25” and over 12 lbs.

Hook: Grub/scud hook #14-16 Thread: Veevus 16/0 black or brown

Bead: Black tungsten 2.3 to 2.8 mm Body: Small Ultra Wire, two strands of Black and one of Brown or Amber (alternative two Olive and one black) On Tuesday Benson arrived, which I had been hoping for. He had two friends and reported 12 fish that I found that pattern will work all day long, and a morning for the boat. They were exclusively indicator under an indicator will work mid fishing…Gah! Resigning myself to my least favorite to late morning with the mayfly hatch. Benson style, I decided to try a new indicator reported a balanced leech worked near sunset, and I found that to be true only if it was entirely black and Page 9 size #14 or smaller. The next few days I was catching About a third of my fish were over 24”. Therefore, I 5-8 fish a day, but the last day and a half of fishing recommend 6 and 7 weight rods, and a steelhead/ there was absolutely no wind, no midge hatch, and salmon net. Pontoons with a light anchor are fishing was again very slow (and the air quality suggested and so far my most productive flies are: worsened). The lake fishes best from sunrise to midge pupa (dark) sized #14 to #20, pheasant tail and nineish, and from 5 pm to full dark. The middle of the prince nymphs (with and without bead), and dark day can fish well if there is a chop on the water. balanced leeches sized #14 to #16. I am mostly fishing with two rods set up for different indicators— The club trip to Klamath will be on August 21st and it one with a Thingamabobber for my balanced leech or will be my first time hosting a trip. Rocky Point Resort stripping a bead-head nymph (after taking off the still has both tenting and partial hook-up sites indicator), and the other with 15 feet of 3x line, 5x available, and the public boat launch is right next to it. tippet, with my New Zealand indicator system for I will be arriving on the 15th and will be in site #19. I midge pupa. am planning a 1 pm lunch get together, as the fishing is slow in the middle of the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at [email protected]. Hope to see you there. Klamath Lake grows huge fish. A second-year rainbow will grow to 16” to 22”, and a third-year to 24” to 27” and much broader of shoulder. My Favorite Lines For Stillwater Fishing By Beth Jappay As I discussed in detail in last month’s article, the key to success in stillwater fishing is presenting the fly to the fish at the correct depth. This is achieved by choosing the appropriate line for the situation, something that is learned with experience, and pairing it with an appropriately weighted fly. When I am lake fishing I typically have 3, and occasionally 4 rods strung up with the lines I anticipate I will need. I sometimes also have 2 or 3 spools or reels with me in case I later decide I need a different choice. These are my favorite lines, starting at the top of the water column:

For years my dry fly line of choice was the Amplitude MPX. I especially liked how well it can distance cast and shoot line. However the past couple of years I found myself increasingly annoyed by how much this line would form knots after I stripped it back in after long casts. This spring I consulted Mitch at Two Rivers Fly Shop. He recommended the new SA Amplitude Infinity Taper instead, and I love this new line. It has a slightly different coating and seems to have a little less memory, and I like how smoothly it casts as well. This line can both handle small dry flies, and cast nymphs under an indicator. I have it on both my 5 weight and my 6 weight rods. I usually fish my dry fly line with a 12’ nylon leader, and I sometimes add another 3’ of tippet on top of that. Long leaders are key with spooky lake trout.

I often string up my second 5 weight rod with a Midge Tip line when I am anticipating fishing with midge Page 10 larva or pupa, or when I want to closely control the number of inches that the line sinks per second, and depth I am nymphs or leech patterns. I also an intermediate line has a sink rate of 1. With casting use this line when fishing for Sea Run Cutthroat, at and retrieving this line keeps the fly around 2-3’ of the suggestion of Jay Nicholas. A Midge Tip line is a depth, but when trolling this line often ends up at a 3- floating line with a 7‘ intermediate tip. It’s advantage 6’ depth, a common depth for fish to hang out. I have over a pure floating line is that it decreases the a spare spool for this line for both my 5 weight rods “hinge” that sinking flies make, creating a better and my 6 weight rods, though I favor the latter. I connection to the fly. The depth of the fly is adjusted usually fish this line with 2 flies, 2 to 2-1/2’ apart, and by changing the weight of the fly and the leader/tippet the flies I use are usually unweighted. I keep my length. Typically my fly is between 3’ and 6’ deep leader short with this line, usually 4-6’ and lately I with this line, but the disadvantage of this line have been experimenting with a braided leader. Last compared to indicator fishing is the inability to know year at the Gold Lake outing I used a fish finder on the exact depth the flies are at. Last year I caught a my pontoon for the first time. I found the fish were bunch of trout on the lower lake at Hosmer, trolling 3 hanging out around 5’ most of the time, and when I bead head nymphs ~3 feet apart on this line. I like discovered my olive microleech pattern worked well I the idea of fishing multiple different depths at the tried using the same fly on my midge tip line, my slime same time. My Midge Tip line has always been a Rio line, and on my type 3 full sink. Almost all of my 20+ line, but I think if I had to buy another line I would fish that day were caught on the slime line. consult Mitch about alternative makers, as this line has a lot of memory, and I am annoyed at having to My last favorite line is my S.A. Parabolic line. This is stretch it out each time I pull it off of the reel. The a full sink line that has a type 3 sink tip, a type 5 sink leader I use on my midge tip is a 9’ fluorocarbon belly, and a type 3 sink running line. It also has a leader, and my tippet length can be quite variable. change in texture when the fly reaches the “hang” point in the retrieve. I use this line when booby My newest line is the Scientific Anglers Sonar fishing, and I like how it casts. This line can keep flies Stillwater Hover line. I call this line my “stealth anywhere from 5’ to 20’ depth and opposed to the line”. It is designed to be extremely slow sinking, and standard sinking line, stripping the fly causes the fly to therefore “hover” just below the surface of the dive rather than rise. I use this line in the winter and water. Have you noticed how when stripping a fly on in the heat of the summer, two situations in which fish a dry fly line, you can see little waves caused by the are hanging out at the bottom of the lake. I usually surface tension of the water with the line? It’s my fish with 2 flies, and my leader can be as short as 2’ belief that the fish can sense this disturbance via their to as long as 10’ depending on how far off the bottom lateral line. I use my Hover line mostly when there is I want my booby or FAB. Most commonly I use a a hatch, and the fish are “looking up” such higher-floating booby as my point fly, putting it higher as stripping an unweighted nymph during a mayfly in the water column and using it to keep my less hatch, or a caddis pattern during an evening hatch. I buoyant fly, like a pullover foam-back leech off the usually wait a short period after I cast, sometimes bottom. I go into this technique in more detail in my stripping a little to get the line under the surface Booby article and my Blob article from last fall. before I start my retrieve. This line is a particularly good choice when there is a cross wind, but the fish So far I haven’t had a lot of experience fishing deeper are cruising near the surface. I think this line was key lakes (though I plan to change that with my upcoming to my success with the evening hatch at Rocky Point retirement) but I need to mention that with deeper last year, since the lake’s current was north to south, lakes a larger selection of full sink lines is and the evening breeze was usually south to north. I necessary. I have a full sink type 3, type 5, and type also put this line on my 7 weight at Pyramid lake, and 7 line on spare spools for my 6 weight rods. I pull slow-retrieved midge patterns when it was very windy them out for deeper lakes like Detroit, Diamond, and at the time of the morning or evening hatch. I use a Pyramid (fall fishing). 12’ tapered fluorocarbon leader with this line. I am a visual person and I really like the poster I found The line that has been my workhorse the past 30 on the Scientific Anglers website See next page, years, and the first line that I would encourage a new which allows better visualization of how these various stillwater to buy is a clear/camo stillwater lines are used. intermediate line, which I also call my “slime line”. This is a full sink line, therefore giving a good connection to the fly. Sink rates numbers indicate the Page 11

If you are considering buying a new stillwater line, I always recommend consulting a knowledgeable fly shop (I use Mitch at Two Rivers), but hopefully this article will help with that discussion. Page 12

August Fly of the Month Foam Damsel Nymph By Robert LeClerc

On the Gold Lake outing, we were discussing the reported success a group of fishermen had in land- ing a large number of trout on damsel nymphs in a foot of water next to the grass banks and how to fish a damsel nymph without hanging up on bottom in shallow water. I remembered some foam bod- ied damsel nymphs in my fly box and passed out a number of them. This pattern hovers in the water fairly close to the surface and works well when you see large numbers of damsel nymphs in the wa- ter. I don’t remember the actual source for the pattern, but this one is probably a compilation of sev- eral different patterns I have seen and tied over the years.

Materials:

Hook: TMC 200, size 12-16. Thread: 8/0 Olive Eyes: Olive Liquid Lace, medium size. Note: can use plastic dumb bell eyes. Tail: Olive marabou Ribbing: small gold/copper wire. Body: Olive Hares ear dubbing or similar dubbing. Wing case: 2mm foam, green or olive. Strip is cut the width of the hook gap. Legs: Olive chickabou hackle or olive hackle. Thorax: Olive Hare ear dubbing. Other items: Black . Directions:

1. Debarb hook, mount in vise, tie in thread and run about ¼ shank length from the eye.

2. Cut about ½ inch of the Liquid lace and tie in about 3 eye diameters behind the eye. Add a drop of superglue to help hold in place.

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6. Tie in olive hackle on each side for legs.

3. Run thread to the rear of the hook, tie in a sparse 7. Dub olive hares ear on thread, wrap forward, bunch of marabou, length of the tail should be 1 wrap figure eights around liquid lace eyes and hook shank length. Tie in wire. end in front of eyes. Thorax should be thicker than the body.

4. Dub a thin body forward to about the halfway point of the hook and tie in. Wrap wire forward, 3- 4 wraps, tie off and cut off. 8. Pull foam forward over the thorax and eyes to 5. Cut a small point on foam and tie in at halfway create a shellback, pull foam to tight and tie off. point on hook. Trim tag of foam off and whip finish head. Ce- ment the head.

9. Trim the eyes so they just protrude from the foam. Use black sharpie to color the end of the ends.

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Fall 2021 Club Outings

August 4 North Santiam

(Shelburn to Green Bridge)

August 14 Willamette River

(Keizer Rapids to Wheatland Ferry)

August 21 Klamath Lake To increase the floation of the nymph and create a two tone color body: September 11 Diamond Lake 1. After tying in the tail and wire, cut a thin strip of foam and tie in at the same point on top of the hook. September 15 (Wed.) McKenzie Rive 2. After dubbing the body on, pull the foam forward, (Bellinger-Hayden) on top of the dubbed body tie off. September 25 Hosmer Lake

October 9 Crooked River

October 13 (Wed.) Willamette (Marshall Is.-Harrisburg)

October 23 Deschutes (Warm Springs-Trout Creek)

3. Spiral wrap the wire forward, over the top of the November 6 Detroit Lake foam and the dubbed body and tie off.

4. Proceed with the rest of the fly. Damsel nymphs can be tied using many colors and materials, just remember the damsel nymphs are thin. Watch actual damsels nymphs swimming and try to match them. They usually swim in 3-4 short bursts, (about an inch per burst), then rest for a few seconds. When I am fishing and notice the nymphs crawling on the pontoon boat, I switch to a damsel nymph as fast as possible. TightLines Santiam Flycasters 2021 Membership Form

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