While I have my suspicions that the PNWFF Travers is a spurious Diet Travers, I much prefer his online company over that of the self-serious haters. “Sirs, this is a Wendy’s”
Ha, yeah, could probably rename this the confirmation bias thread. It’s fun to see what the various go-to flies are, though. Olive and red seem to be a theme.
I suck at lake fishing, and in particular catching bass, so I’m always needing to be ready to try for a consolation stocker. That said I have a 4 wt aboard for trout and/or panfish and/or anything floating including poppers, and a 6 wt for throwing big weighted jiggy streamers, or switching to...
Yep, I’m with you two. I spend about 90% of my fishing time on Puget Sound, and every time I get skunked bobbing around a lake I’m reminded of why. The few times it’s been red hot for me on a lake keep me coming back, though.
I did end up getting out there. Threw bassy stuff at the shoreline all over the sunny/shallow northern end. Dragged an emerger around where some stockers were splashing. Trolled buggers, trolled an olive willy. Even soaked a chironimid under an indicator for as long as my internet addled...