Thanks for the post. I live in the opposite corner of the state (Walla
Walla) and have yet to catch a metalhead w/ my flyrod. I gave it a
somewhat sincere effort this year on the Tucannon River, and a couple
tries on the Walla Walla. But it was the usual balance of water
levels, clarity, fish movement, etc. We had a lot of rain and snow
this year, and some perpetual clarity problems on the Walla Walla. And
the Touc is a heck of a small stream, so it's been a fun challenge in
terms of presentation, small but fast water, brush on the banks, etc.
Anyway, it's some pretty different water than the Hoh. Some day I
dream of getting up to the peninsula and giving it a shot. It probably
won't be this winter (or spring now), but perhaps next year.

regards,
TyKo

Chas Wade wrote in message news:hUs1c.172300$jk2.622826@attbi_s53...
I drove over Monday morning and fished the afternoon and Tuesday. The
water was low and gin clear. Monday I walked in to a couple of my
favorite spots in the park, and found nothing in the usual places. One
run has a narrow deep section at the head where the main current is in
the top 3 feet while it looks like there's a quiet spot underneath,
deep enough that you can't see the bottom. I managed to pull 2 fairly
bright 10 pound males out of this spot as it was getting dark. Both
fish jumped several times and put up fine fights. I have pictures of
the first one, one will be posted on ABPF in a few minutes.

Tuesday I woke up at midnight and went out to take pictures of the
mountains by moonlight. Not bad stuff With a practical limit of 30
seconds for the exposure (Too much random noise after that) I had to
push it 3 stops with PhotoShop, but they look OK. Sunrise was nice,
but with no clouds it was fairly simple. Fishing Tuesday was a bust.
I tried all the spots I knew, concentrating on the deeper and more
protected ones, and didn't find a fish. One hell of a nice day though.

Chas
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