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    Frank Amato, Frank Amato Publications-- Amity Vineyards(Salmon-Safe vineyard)-- Mark Bachmann, The Fly Fishing Shop,Welches-- Alex Barkume-- Sydney Bayne-- Boater's World--Bob'sRed Mill Natural Foods--Greg Boyce, Corbett Fish House--Christine Bradbury, Bridgeport Brewery-- Brian Buggerhagen,Scarlet Ibis Fly Shop, Corvallis-- Scott & LaDonna Burgess-- KeithBurkhart, Valley Fly Fisher, Salem-- Cameron Winery (Salmon-Safe vineyard)--Keith Casper-- - Eric Cila, Viscount Ballroom--Clackamas River Trout Unlimited--Classic Casters CoffeeCompany-- Mary Beth Coffey, Oaks Amusement Park--EdChrisman, Chrisman Framing-- Sean Crosby, Patagonia Portland--Elk Cove Vinyards (Salmon-Safe vineyard)--Jay Fair, Eagle FlyFishingFarmbytes-- Derek Fergus- Jeff & JanineFreeman,Viscount Studios- Patrick Galligher, Spirit MountainCasino--G I Joes--Jeff & Emily Gottfried, Lands End Motel--Gray'sSporting Journal-- Judy Gregoire, Sea Rose Bed & Breakfast,Oceanside-- Rich Grost-- Petra Hackworth, Fifth Avenue SuitesHotel, Portland-- -Rick Hafele- Genevieve Hayes, Portland CenterStage-- Lindsey Hayes, Rex Hill Vineyards (Salmon-Safevineyard) - Larry Hays, Red Hills Lake, Dayton, OR- -JohnHazel, Deschutes Angler Fly Shop, Maupin-- Henry Hoffman, FlyTying Innovations-- George Hosfield- Hank Hosfield--SkipHosfield-- Seth Isenberg-- Jon Jensen, Clackamas River TroutUnlimited- Don Kilgras, Quail Valley Golf Course-- Jennie King,Bodhi Temple--Trudy Kramer, Kramer Vineyards (Salmon-Safevineyard)--Joel La Follette, Kaufmanns StreambornLamiglas--Rod Lundberg-- McMennamins--Marco's Cafe & Espresso Bar,SDP Restaurants, Inc.--Merle Marting, TaylorMade Golf--BrianMarz, Walterville Fly Shop--Julie Miller, American TerminalService--Jeff Morgan, Donner & Blitzen Fly Co.--Don Nelson, River City Fly Shop, Beaverton--Newport Bay,Pacific Coast Restaurants--Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters--Angela ONeill, The Inn at Northrup Station, Portland-- OMSI --Oregon Council TU--Oregon Symphony--

    Oregon Trout--Matt Owen, Paramount Hotel, Portland--PortlandBaroque Orchestra--Portland River Company--PortlandTrailblazers--Portland Winter Hawks--Chuck Prince--SteveProbasco, NW Flyfishing--Mary Radcliffe, Erath VineyardsWinery--Scott Richmond, westfly.com--Dan Rickards, clearwaterstudio.com--Dick Rohrbaugh--Ron Ronacher--Royal Wulff--Lynn Sawyer--Janet Schmidt, REI--

    Jim Schollmeyer--John Shewey--John Smeraglio, DeschutesCanyon Fly Shop, Maupin-- Beth Sorensen, Portland ArtMuseum--Joe Superfisky, All Star Graphite Rods--SweetTomatoes,The Salad Buffet Restaurant--Bernie Taylor-- Jim Teeny--Eric Thompson--TualatinRiverkeepers--Brad Vanderzanden, streamsideguideservice.com--

    Marjorie Vuylsteke, Oak Knoll Winery--Paige Wallace--MarkWilson, Ad-Mark--Kasi Woidyla, The Bag Ladies--Tom Wolf Again, thanks very,very much. And Seth Isenberg, we especially thank you forshepherding us through this project so ably.

    Fly of the Month: Cates TurkeyAlex Barkume

    Here it is springtime again, and for me at least, thoughts turn tofishing desert lakes with large hard-charging hold-over trout.The major food source available at this time of year is midges or

    choronomids (Family Diptera) both adults and pupae. Thimonths pattern, the Cates Turkey, does an excellent job ofimitating the tan or gray version of the midge pupa. Originator

    Jerry Cate

    Hook: Tiemco 2312 or 3761 sizes 10 16,Tiemco 2457 sizes 14 - 18

    Thread: Gray, brown or black, 8/0 Uni-threadTail: Several barbs from a wood duck featherBody: A few barbs from brown/gray Turkey tail-

    featherRib: Gold wireThorax: Peacock herl.Hackle: Barbs from a wood duck feathers, tied in as

    a beard.

    1. Tie in 3-5 wisps or barbs of wood duck feather at thebend of the hook for the tail.

    2. Tie in two-inch piece of gold wire for rib.3. Tie in 4-6 brown/gray Turkey tail-feather fibers just

    above the barb of the hook and wrap forward and tie o

    leaving a space equivalent to about 20% of the bodylength for the thorax.4. Rib the body with the gold wire tying off at the thorax

    region.5. Tie in three fibers of peacock herl at thorax region and

    wrap forward 3 to 4 wraps. Tie off.6. Tie in 4-8 barbs of wood duck feather. Position as a

    beard.7. Tie off a small neat head and whip-finish.

    I carry a variety of sizes of this pattern from size 10 down size 18. I prefer tying it on 1XL or 2XL hooks and typically usmaller hook sizes (12-16), but midges in lakes can be quite larg

    I have seen many instances of midges that were over a half-inin body length. A size 10 or 12 works fine then and will havemuch better grip on the heavier fish.

    This pattern was originally designed and fished by Jerry Cate fothe big rainbows of Davis Lake. Jerry used a sinking line and aslow retrieve to fill his limit back when it was ten pounds plusone additional fish. The fly is just as effective today.

    Give it a try; I think youll agree it deserves a reserved cornof your nymph box! And dont forget to try it when tcallibaetis are hatching. Tight lines, Alex

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    Fly Tyers Corner Dick Rohrbaugh

    Here is a new feature in the TVTU Newsletter: Tips for Fly Tyers!If you tie your own, whether beginner or old hand, you knowthat experience is the best teacher. There is just nothing liketrying something to see if it works. Over the years tyers haveproven to be an exceedingly creative bunch. Here are a few tipsto get this thing started.

    Materials

    Spinner falls are a stage in the insect life cycle neglected by far toomany anglers. The spinner falls of Tricos, PMDs, Baetis,Callibaetis and a number of other mayflies can producespectacular dry fly action. Fish key in on them very quickly.Those who were at the April chapter meeting heard Rick Hafeledescribe how, when viewed from under water, the wings ofmayfly spinners sparkle in amazing fashion.Over the years hackle tips and poly yarn have become thestandard materials for the wings on spinner patterns. They work,but you may want something to add a little more sparkle to thespinners you tie.

    Try organza! Its the stuff they make wedding veils out of. Anyfabric shop has it, though they usually sell it by the yard. Butdont buy a yard! About six inches square is a lifetime supply.How to use it? See below.

    Techniques

    Tying spinners with organza is very simple. First, separate thefibers of the organza. Doing so can be a little tedious, so I usuallydo a bunch at a time and store it in plastic bags. Its the perfectactivity during TV commercials. Surprisingly, it does not takelong to accumulate enough to tie several dozen spinner patterns.To create the spinner wings, just tie in a bunch of the organzafibers with the usual x wraps and trim to length. The results are

    spectacular. Tools and EquipmentHad trouble with the cap on your head cement bottle getting allgummed up with accumulated glue? Try coating the threads onthe cap and jar with vaseline. Problem solved.

    Note: Tyers themselves are the best source for tying tips. Got anyhot ideas? New tricks? Comments on tools or materials? Sendthem in and we will try to include them in future columns. Sendthem to [email protected]

    Digital Photography for the Fisher-

    Person -Eric ThompsonThe merger of digital photography and fly-fishing has

    yielded some great benefits to people like myself, who arentreally very good at either one but think its fun. Naturally, themost monumental gains are in the area of exaggeration. One cantake a picture of a small, skinny fish, and enhance it into a huge,fighting Steelhead. Better than that, theres no law against it. Mywife gave me a digital camera for Christmas a year and a halfago. Right away, I figured Id run out and take a few shots.Ummm, no, not that simple. You see, theres a learning curveinvolved. The curve goes like this: First, spend about two hours

    reading the manual and learning the secrets of operating thecamera, so that you can actually make it work. Next, go fishingand try to take a couple of shots of a fish that you catch (dontforget, the lens on most digitals takes nearly a full second tocapture the image) before it gets away. Then, the curve getsharder-you have to figure out how to get the images from thecamera onto the computer so that you can enlarge the 12 Troutinto a six pound Steelhead. Then finally, the great reward:backing up all the bragging by impressing your friends withactual (enhanced) lunker photos. If you have an interest inlearning this technology, please let me make a few suggestions:

    Skinny Fish

    1. Resist the urge to run out and buy a camera. Just as in fly-fishing, where the first thing people want to do is go buy anexpensive rod and reel, the same principal applies. Just as thereare hundreds of rivers that all need our attention, there arethousands of types of digital cameras that can cost a fortune andbe like trying to control ground-seep at Hanford.

    2. Study a little so that you can decide what type of camerawould suit you. For example, do you need a camera that can taranges into 5 megapixels (quality of photo)? Do you need a tenpower telephoto lens? Is carrying weight an issue? How fast oshutter do you need (a full second allows that Steelhead to be oof the frame before the image is captured)? Do you want motio

    shots (little 30-second movies)? Is your computer ready for adigital photo library? And, of course, the biggest question: Caninvest the time to learn this right now?

    3. Take a class. I wish I had done this initially, but am makingup for it now by taking a non-credit class at PCC. The class cos$30, is 3 hours weekly, has 8 people in it and a great teacher. Oufirst assignment was to read the operating manual for thestudents respective camera. Probably the biggest thing Ivegained so far is this: Theres a lot to learn, but its a fun- andeverybody else is just about as dumb as me.

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    Digitally enhanced Fat Fish

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    4. Safety. Digital cameras are NOT WATERPROOF. Not onlythat, wet ones are usually NOT REPAIRABLE. Trust the masteron this point. Think of these machines not as a camera, but as aportable computer. If you put your laptop computer underwaterfor 30 seconds, what do you think would happen? Regardless ofall the possible negatives, the justification for adding this hobbylies in the creation of an album. Once you download the imagesoff your camera to the computer after each trip, you can have acomplete running history of everything youve been involvedwith (even things that are not fishing). It sure beats constantlyfinding old photos around the house covered with wine of coffee,wishing they were clean while not knowing where to put them.Eric

    (Eric also took the back page redside photo)

    Upcoming Speakers 2003 Speakers: July 10 Ron Lauzon, Two handed casting

    clinic at Cook Park on Tualatin River

    August No meeting Vacation

    Backcountry Hunger by Rick BevinsAfter a week or so of hiking and camping backcountry in the

    Rocky Mountains, pursuing trout in the numerous lakes andcreeks that cover the landscape, I always feel stronger. Stronger

    in the sense that the pack just re-stocked with food seems lighter,the steep grades with ankle-twisting rocks is a little smoother,and the 8.6 miles to the next campsite is not quite as far. Myguess is that part of this feeling is real. By real I mean that thereare measurable changes to my body. Perhaps theresstrengthened leg muscles, increased blood flow and hemoglobin,smaller love handles, and a shift in attitude. These changes arelikely dramatic for me because I dont live in the mountains yeararound. I am what many of my relatives call a flat landerbecause I call Southeast Nebraska my home.

    I would also guess that my brain gets involved in this feeling ofincreased strength in backcountry. Confidence builds as each

    day passes without a major disaster.. Oddly, with thisincreased strength comes a dull hunger for food that never seemsto go away for too long. Yes, eating a few handfuls of granolamixed with raisins, nuts, and chocolate will silence this sensationfor a momentinevitably and sometimes quickly the phantompang returns. This backcountry hunger is different than theIve skipped breakfast and now the clock on my computer saysnoon sort of hunger. It sits in the background. To make mypoint, Im searching for a good analogy. My first inclination wasto say backcountry hunger was like the strained back muscle I getevery once in a while playing racquetball. With a strained back

    Im not aware of the feeling all the time. Then I do somethinglike bend down to pick up a pen or piece of paper and I amsuddenly made aware that I have a back. Its not a perfectanalogy in that it is not fully clear what prompts the hunger intoawareness. However, like the strained back muscle, it is there.

    Backcountry hunger sits in the background. It always seems tbe affecting how I behave. I again wonder how much of thishunger is real versus brain-generated illusion. Yea, I am usingway more calories than normal. In fact, I drop an easy 10 to 15pounds during an extended backcountry trips during thesummer despite the fact that I am consuming more calories thannormal. This weight loss likely means Im loosing some fatweight. This is a lot of lost stored energy considering that Im 6foot and 165 pounds at my heaviest in the winter. Perhaps myphysiology gets nervous about this depletion.

    The illusion of hunger probably builds every time I think aboumy limited food supply. Thoughts like this food you arelugging on your back has to last 5 more days sneak into myconsciousness. Do I have 5 breakfasts, 5 dinners, and 15 or sosnacks to make it between those breakfasts and dinnersI mushave packed wrong. The hunger builds as I establish camp anhang the bear bag. The bear bag is not much heavier than asingle grocery bag from the store. I dont think Ive ever hadnearly a weeks worth of food in one grocery sack? Have you?Oh wait, the bear bags weight includes not only the food, but thstove, fuel, dishes, sunscreen, and toothpaste. Im hungry!

    Those that have fished backcountry mountain lakes andstreams know that the trout in these waters can share our hungeIf these aggressive mountain trout fail to do a good job satisfyinthis backcountry hunger, the cost could be enormous. They coudie during the long food-sparse winterobviously bad. Or, if

    they do survive, their ability to reproduce will be jeopardizedcould be just as bad according to my evolutionary biologistfriends. From this perspective, to leave no reproducing offsprinin the following spawning season is in essence an early death.Many of these trout are small, but their hunger provides anopportunity to catch lots of fish. This aggressiveness is great foteaching a newbie to fly fish, or for getting the kinks out of thewell-wintered casting arm.

    I think this story and many of the other stories in this book attesthat for me its not about catching big fish. Often its not evenabout fish, no matter their size. Philosophically, I acknowledgeand agree with the often beaten-to-death-idea that as seasoned

    anglers we tend to fish for more than just fish. However, at onepoint early in our fishing careers it was all or mostly about thefish. Perhaps I should not speak for the rest of you, but I have ahard time believing that fishing would have consumed me as anadult if when I was a kid the bluegills in the local pond didntreadily take dough balls made from stale hotdog buns and spit.Or, the pin fish and croakers did not fight over the cut bait thegenerous grey-haired man at the dock behind the fish marketgave mewish I knew his name. Thanks!

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    On this point, a few years ago I stopped at a roadside lake incentral Nebraska (somewhere near Kearney) in late March to se

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    (This story is an excerpt from a book chapter in preparation andRick gave me the permission to cut and paste a little piece of ithere. Any discontinuities are all my fault. Rick Bevins [email protected].

    if the largemouth bass were stirring yet. This is one of the manylakes along Nebraskas section of Interstate 80 created by theconstruction of the highway. As I walked around the north sideof the lake, I remember stopping to watch a father fish with hisyoung daughter. Copyright 2003)

    Im not good with age, but she was somewhere between 5 and7maybe. He had only one small ultralight spinning rod baitedwith a tiny minnow about 10 inches from the red and whitebobber. He tossed the minnow 15 feet at most from the shore intoclear shallow water that was warmed by the nearly SpringSolstice sun. As he handed the rod to his daughter, I could seeseveral small 6 to 8 inch bass swarm the minnow. The bobberstarted to tremble, the father gently reminded his daughter towait, the bobber started to race in circles, the father said, Nowand she started reeling fast. She giggled and laughed the wholetime she reeled that bass in to shore. Her father, with a warmsmile, seemed to mumble further reassuring word that I couldnot hear. I watched this ritual repeat 3 or 4 times.

    Kids Fishing Day. Volunteers Needed.On Saturday June 7th Steve Pixley and colleagues will

    volunteer to take 225 children from group homes and low incomneighborhoods to a Henry Hagg Lake for a day of fishing. Thanto a strong team of donors they provide everything the kids neetransportation, breakfast, lunch, rods, reels tackle, bait, evenboats & fishing guides. What they need now is caring adults tovolunteer.

    This is the fourth year for this event and it just keeps gettingbetter. In the past theyve taken 200 kids but it is so popular thathis year they will stretch to 225, possibly even 250 children. Ocourse a group that size,especially around water, requires a lot of supervision so they aractively recruiting adult volunteers. For some kids it is the only

    trip out of the city they'll take this year and all of them benefitfrom the close attention paid by adult volunteers. These kidsdon't have many positive adult role models in their lives so evethese few short hours make a difference. This is a greatopportunity for TU members to volunteer for a few hours.Contact Steve Pixley at 503-823-5121 [email protected]

    Sometime between the second or third bass I caught myselfunavoidably mimicking the fathers smile as I thought, He isdoing whats right to bring her into the next generation ofanglers. Without this kind of early history, I believe movementto more cerebral aspects of fishing would never have had time tostir and develop in me.

    Night comes quickly in the Rockies. I ate to curb the hungerperhaps it was my mainstay of ramen and tunaand then sat onthe newly built bridge by the camp site writing in my journalabout the day and other random thoughts that snuck into mymind. The colors of the sunset were dull that eveningstarkcontrast to the small cutthroats leaping out of the water in frontof me. It would seem that all that effort to maybe catch a

    fluttering caddis would increase rather than satiate any hunger.But then, what do I know. Their backcountry hunger is of adifferent nature than my backcountry hunger or might I moreaptly say hunger for backcountry.

    Tualatin Valley Web Sitewww.oregontu.org/tvtu

    TU-TV Website is up and Going!Thanks toBrianGengand Seth. Seth will consolidate info for review. Send photos et

    Also remember to get your email address to Seth so we can movsoon to electronic version of this newsletter.

    Im a bit hesitant to give away a secret, but I cant help butmake jealous some of my friends that pass on these backcountrytrips in pursuit of the supposedly smarter and bigger trout infamed and crowded rivers. Sadly, rivers like the Colorado,Deschutes, Green, Arkansas, etc. are not only packed with boatscontaining other anglerssome respectful some notbut theyare also swarmed by schools of float tubers, kayakers, canoeists,and an assortment of weekend warriors. I can count on one hand

    the number of kayakers that have portaged upstream and carriedtheir craft around the pool I was fishing. Okay, I was beingrather generous. Theres been only one. Do I cast a weightedstone fly or throw a river stone at them? No. Ive thought aboutit. Why then do they do the moral equivalent? Rather thancomplain too much or try to alter their behavior, Ive decided tochange my behavior. I more frequently find myself selecting thesmaller rivers and creeks to spend my time on. Moreover, I amwilling to walk to those waters. Oh, the secretthere are somebig trout in these backcountry streams and their associated lakes.Rick

    Also send me articles and pictures for the newsletter.

    TU Outings: Lets Go FishingMay 23-24 Derek Fergus: Private Lake

    Fishing Clinic atWild Winds (see info)May 30th through June 2nd

    Antelope Flat Reservoir AndyJune 14 &15 East Lake AlexSaturday, June 28th Hide Away Lake. AndySaturday and Sunday, July 19th and 20th

    Linton Lake AndySeptember 18th through the 24thThursday through the following Wednesday

    The Fall River AndyOctober 18th and 19th Saturday and Sunday

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    The Crooked River Andy

    Contact Andy at [email protected]

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    1chance to see beautiful. country, see many wild steelhead andhelp collect some very vital data. If you want to sign up for

    certain day, please let Alan Moore know at 503-827-5700 x10or email at [email protected] . He will be the TU contact personwho will than get the information to the survey leaders, Martyand Joyce Sherman. What to expect:

    A full day! Meet at 7am at Cedar Hills Shopping Mall,from there we will carpool to the river, a tributary of the

    Nehalem River, usually back to Cedar Hills by 6 or 7pm.

    Break into survey groups-some surveys are in a stream,some are entirely along a railroad track.

    Surveys range from 3-8 miles, taking 3-5 hours.

    What to bring: Food, Water, Rain gear, Waders or hip boots if youwill be in a stream Polarized sunglasses , Tom

    Fish Creek Tree PlantingOn April 19th, 14 TU volunteers from Tualatin valley andClackamas River chapters enlisted by USFS fisheries biologist,

    Tom Horning, set out to plant 1020 trees along Fish Creek, torehabilitate riparian zones damaged in the1996 flood. After ashort safety and orientation meeting at the Estacada RangerStation, our group caravanned upstream to where Fish Creekenters the upper Clackamas. We parked at the end of the pavedroad, donned hardhats, belted tree pouches loaded with Douglasfir and red cedar, backpacks with lunches and gear, and tookhoedads in hand to hike as far as three miles out to plant treesevery ten feet along the washout areas and near stream crossingswhere old culverts used to be. In time, these trees will stabilizethese banks, add needed shade, and eventually contribute woodydebris to the creek, not to mention enhance the forest habitat fornumerous species. Fish Creek produces 25% of the wildsteelhead smolts in theupper Clackamas watershed. The tree planting went well,although it was quite strenuous work. One team hiked over sixmiles round trip, and the other teams walked at least four. Andbreaking through this rocky terrain was no picnic. It was likebusting rocks on the chain gang most of the way. On the plusside, there was some evening fishing to look forward to at theend of the work. Fish creek is permanently closed to angling, soour group spread out at three area lakes that hold brown trout.Some fish were even caught. All in all, it was a very successfulouting. Our crew caught a break with dry, sunny weather forplanting, and the rain that returned the following days made forfavorable post-planting conditions. Theres much hope that ahigh number of these trees will survive many years to come. Thisis a very rugged and beautiful stream. Hike in sometime andexplore it. Hank

    Patterns for Browns at Harriet Lake?Hank Hosfield

    First of all, there aren't a lot of browns to be caught. It's notunusual to get everything but browns. And I've only caught one

    brown trout that was under 15". And generally, they feed atnight and early in the morning.

    I ran into this old guy several years ago at Harriet who told meall about the history and tactics (trolling big black streamers atdaybreak), so the general wisdom suggests that a bunny leech oa full sinking line is the way to go. The biologists who havesnorkeled the cold inlet say there are huge (10lbs-plus) brownsunder those stumps. I hooked one once. I got it on a big stonedry fly on the surface. It looked like a salmon. It broke me off oa snag within about two minutes. It is not uncommon to seestoneflies fluttering over Harriet, and ever since I hooked thatlunker, I've thrown them out there to see if lightning will striketwice. They've worked pretty well on the rainbows, and I havehad some big browns go for them, too. But, when I've hookedbrowns, it's been on days when I've had that lake pretty much tmyself. All of that commotion in that campsite and around theboat ramps and fishing dock make brown trout scarce.

    My most memorable day fishing for brown trout at Harriett waabout five years ago in mid April. I was coming back on aThursday morning from fishing a few days in central Oregon,and decided to check out Timothy and Harriett. Mostly I wanteto check out the snow pack on the back road to the NE arm wheI like to fish Timothy. It wasn't yet open, but the road to Harriewas plowed, so I went down there where I found workersfinishing the campground improvements--including the fishingdock. I stood on the dock and cast a yellow humpy toward thenearest big stump in the inlet channel. I saw the brown come althe way up from the bottom for my fly. He took it and went allthe way back down and broke me off. (It was around 1pm on asunny day). I tried without success to raise another fish from thdock, but I saw a couple big slurps out in the lake that made medecide to get in my tube and go after them. I next tried a big

    stonefly and let itdrift through the stumps and stuck a big brown. I managed towork it free of the timber and got myself in good position torecover line and exert pressure, and it came unhooked. I figuretwo big browns in the middle of a sunny day was already beatinthe odds, so I wasn't expecting much when the third one took mAP emerger nymph that I was fishing on my intermediate line ithe shallow tailout area midway down the front pool. Havinglost all of the big browns I've hooked there, I wasn't full ofconfidence. But after several strong runs I eventually got it toopen water and netted a very fat 19" female. I took a couplephotos and released it, and went home happy. I didn't getanother hit of any kind other than these three fish. I think they

    were 3-4 pounds, although I suspect the second one may havebeen bigger. None were close to that huge guy I lost. I maynever hook another brown that big. Just the same, having threebig browns on atHarriet is a very good day.

    Believe me, I've tried trolling streamers and strippingsealbuggers, but I really haven't had much success with them onHarriett brown trout. I'll keep trying, but I've caught many morbrowns on small nymphs and dry flies--usually around sundowHowever, I'm going to try crawdad patterns next. The place is

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    1just so damn snaggy, though, it may be an exercise in losing gear.Thats pretty much my relationship with Harriet. Hank

    (Editors note: Thanks for letting me snatch this email thatHank quickly scratched out in answer to a question.)

    Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter2003 Officers

    President: Open Position

    Vice President: Hank Hosfield228-6553 [email protected]

    Treasurer: Rod Lundberg May/June 2003291-5308 [email protected]

    Andy AndrewsBoard of Directors: [email protected]

    503-646-2375Eric Thompson - [email protected]

    Membership ChairErle Norman - 293-6006

    [email protected]

    Tom Wolf - 640-2123 [email protected] Heppell

    [email protected]

    503.639.9408

    Dick Rohrbaugh

    [email protected] 503-636-3877

    Alex Barkume - 642-7024

    Seth Isenberg (503) [email protected]

    [email protected]

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