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Newfydog
Post 13 Jun 2018, 01:01 • #1 
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I had the good fortune to spend three days floating the Deschutes during the Salmon Fly hatch. It was a great trip, and the bugs and fish cooperated. I had the only glass rod on the trip, my Echo Big Water Glass 9' 6 wt, which was a wonderful rod for the job at hand (thanks Cameron!).

An interesting side note is that the rod is the exact golden-brown color of a horny salmonfly. At times I had 20 of them, humping the heck out of that sexy rod.

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Grouse
Post 13 Jun 2018, 04:42 • #2 
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Newfy, You could be chumming with a forward cast. Huge bugs you have in the west. Makes Hex flies look normal in size by comparison.
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Driftless
Post 13 Jun 2018, 06:32 • #3 
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That is awesome you had the timing down!
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Odonata
Post 13 Jun 2018, 08:27 • #4 
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Wow ! More pics, please :)
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Newfydog
Post 13 Jun 2018, 08:45 • #5 
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I didn't take many pictures, but here they are storming the rod, as well as a couple of the local Rainbows called "redsides" They were 11"-18", mostly 15", and fight like smallmouth.

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Here's some shucks piled up in an eddy:

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clarkman23
Post 13 Jun 2018, 08:50 • #6 
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niiiiice
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Tomah
Post 13 Jun 2018, 12:44 • #7 
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You have a nice book title there. Great report -- thanks!
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dmiller328
Post 13 Jun 2018, 16:50 • #8 
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Beautiful rainbows
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pecosjuan
Post 13 Jun 2018, 20:32 • #9 
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You hit it nice !

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Char Hunter
Post 13 Jun 2018, 23:41 • #10 
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And here I thought hex's were big.
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Gaultheria
Post 14 Jun 2018, 10:01 • #11 
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I hate it when I reach into my bag and find one crawling around.
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softhackle
Post 15 Jun 2018, 16:24 • #12 
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Looks there was a salmonfly orgy going on your Echo rod.
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toonah
Post 20 Jun 2018, 17:08 • #13 
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Grouse wrote:
Newfy, You could be chumming with a forward cast. Huge bugs you have in the west. Makes Hex flies look normal in size by comparison.


It's not chumming. It's hatching the match.
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