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Club Members Summer Adventures. . . Tanum Trip By: Vice Pres. Woody Jacobson The water had been high and there were several spots where one lane of the road was gone to washouts . It is a good thing we delayed our trip by one month as the water was still high, but still low enough to wade.
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Club Members Summer Adventures . Tanum Trip By: Vice Pres. Woody Jacobson The water had been high and there were several spots where one lane of the road was gone to washouts. It is a good thing we delayed our trip by one month as the water was still high, but still low enough to wade. We each caught about 50 fish mostly rainbows and cutthroats with the largest one being 8 inches long. A great day, we did not see another person all day. We had a blast fishing with dry flies on. Nothing like fishing with 2 and 3 weight rods and good friendship. Dryside Drift Summer 2011Editor: TeraRedwine974 Road 3 NE Moses Lake, WA 98837509-669-0054 4th of July Trip by Treasurer Jim Randall Monday morning approx. 6:00 a.m. we headed for Rufus Woods to see if reports were true of non-stop action for the net pen triploids. My partner fished twice from a boat and found limits easy to come by. We were going to fish from shore, and after a steep 1/4 mi. hike found a nice point, however already occupied by 3 apparent Russians. One of them said they had a couple, we moved down stream about 50 ft. to a nice eddy, one fish lost but watched them pull in 4-5 more, then they left. Less than 1/2 hr. after we arrived we took over the point, 4-5 casts later about 8:30 a.m. I was thru for the day with 2 nice trips about 5-6 lbs. each and lots of fight. One of the few times past 10 years or so I admit using ultra light gear rather than throwing flies. Another local showed up with his wife and set up approx. 40' above us and in a couple of hours he caught his and his wife's limit and left. Guess I should have kept casting but trying to be legal waited another 3 1/2 hrs. while my partner tried for his final fish. No such luck so we left with 16-18 lbs. of fish and made the steep trek back to the rig. We did see 14 or more nice 'bows caught in approx. 4 hrs. on a 40‘ stretch of water. We were midway between the upper pens and reports are they're plentiful all the way to Chief Joe near Bridgeport. Might be a nice outing near Bridgeport, water near the dam and state park usually a lot calmer and allow for pontoons or tubes while fly fishing. . 2011 Officers Richard Schmidt, President 793-8019 Woody Jacobson, Vice President 360-981-5774 Jim Randall, Treasurer 632-5419 TeraRedwine, Secretary 669-0054 Mike Williams , Librarian chem1960@q.com
Chinook Excursion By: Virgil Redwine Monday we journeyed to La Push, Wa for a combo King Salmon/Bottom Fish trip. We arrived at the dock at 5:30 am and met our guide Jim owner of Top Notch Charter. The weather was overcast and the water was smooth for the most part. Our captain decided to try for the kings about a mile from the Harbor as he had caught a few there earlier in the week. We left Port at 5:45am and within one hour Tera had landed the first king. About an hour later we had a double and we had our salmon quota. • We especially enjoyed fishing with this guide, as we were using light weight gear, moochi,ng for the salmon, and were hooking and landing our own fish. Upon completion of our Salmon fishing we headed north two miles for Sea Bass. Our guide rigged us up with lightweight spinning gear with small jigs. Within one hour we had caught 20 Sea Bass (our limit) and I even brought in one double. We were back to the dock by 8:50 am, leaving us the rest of the day to tour the area and head to the Rainforest. Recipe of the Month- TROUT ALMONDINE-BY JIM COURSON Ingredients: 4 Trout, fresh ¾ cup slivered Almonds (can use ½ cup sliced Almonds) 4 Tbsp. Butter ¼ cup Amaretto 1 Lemon 4 sprigs Rosemary Salt and Pepper Non-stick spray Aluminum foil Directions: Preheat oven to 400˚. Clean and rinse the trout leaving the heads on (you may remove the heads but they make a better presentation). Pat dry and inside, make 3 or 4 diagonal slashes about (1/4in) deep on either side of each fish and then set aside. In a skillet on med heat add the butter; do not allow the butter to burn. Add almonds and sauté moving constantly with slotted spoon. When the almonds are lightly browned add the amaretto and cook until reduced but make sure the almonds do not burn. Remove from heat and with a slotted spoon remove the almonds but reserve the butter amaretto mixture. Thinly slice the lemon. Lay out 4 sheets of aluminum foil and spray each with non-stick spray. Place a trout on each sheet and put ¼ of the almonds to the cavity of each fish. On top of the fish add a sprig of rosemary, then lay 2 to 3 slices of lemon on top. Spoon 1/4 of the butter amaretto mixture over each of the fish and seal the foil. Place the foil packs in the center of the oven and bake from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the trout. Special note: This recipe can be made at a camp site, just place the packets on a grate over a hot fire and cook until the fish flakes, about 15 to 20 minutes. ***TIDBITS*** There has been talk among the members about a possible outing to Long Lake, so check your calendar and come to Tuesdays meeting. It would be great to put together one more outing this summer.