"Ken Fortenberry" wrote

I'll be next year during the second week
of May. (Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise. ;-)



Just a thought. The picture of Santeetlah Creek strongly reminded me of a
Sierra Creek I used to fish that has a rare population of wild Lahontan
Cutthroats ( Two Headed Rattlesnake Creek, in Bad Bear Gulch, with an
approach via Dead Man Cliffs ) This is the place where I first learned to
really appreciate traditional soft hackle flies.

Try about a 14 yellow and partridge ( gray phase ) fished exactly like you
would a dry, upstream, but allowed to sink an inch or two. 99% of the
casts you can see it the whole drift, but those spooky thin water trout will
take it much better than a dry. If you tie the soft hackles with real
Persall's silk thread and fish a bamboo rod, you can pretty much remove any
guilt you might otherwise have over not fishing dry flies G Seriously,
give it a try especially at little yaller sally time