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You can use plain mono behind the bubble. I like to tie on some two pound test leader material, but if in a pinch I’ll use the 4 lb line I’m using on my reel.
The tapered leaders fly angler use are tapered to help their casting. There is no need for a tapered leader on a fly and bubble set-up.
I’ve seen fly anglers use a dry fly with a dropper behind, but it seems to me like it would get tangled. The key to fishing with a wet fly behind a bubble is to keep slack out of the line. Keep reeling the fly slowly in, often with little jerks of your line tip to give the fly action, and when the fish hits you’ll feel it on the line and see your bubble go under.
I thought it seemed long, but those guys are animals and I figured they were probably going to bike it.
The road up the Suiattle is out. It adds something like 9 miles to the trip until they get it repaired.
Sure, I’ve been to all of those. Boulder has a trail. It is about 3 miles or so. From there it is pretty easy cross country to Pear. More x-country up an extremely steep hill and down to Toketie. And a major expedition over to Crater.
The main thing is to get in past Talapus and Olallie. They both have fish, but the lakes beyond are more reliable.
@bavnuts88 wrote:
Talked to a couple guys going off trail. They said Charlie Lakes and Camp Robber Lake were garbage. They said the lakes have no fish. Oh well.
Did you believe them?
Seeing how this thread is going I’m going to have to post a picture. Here’s the lake you were heading toward, McMahon…
I don’t end up fishing the creeks all that often so I don’t have a lot of advice I can offer. I normally end up either at the lakes or on my way there. I do end up saying “that looks like a great pool” a lot.
You can get up to the end of the road. You’re at about 1900 feet. here’s the Forest Service page and another description.
Don’t forget you’ll need a NW Forest Pass on your car.
I forgot to answer your first question. The hike to Dorothy is quite short, less then 2 miles, I think.
You don’t want to follow creeks anywhere in that area if you want to come home in one piece.
A mountain bike doesn’t do you much good because those lakes are in wilderness and bikes aren’t allowed. Dorothy is an easy hike but gets pounded. You’ll drop a lot people going past it to Deer and Bear, but they still get quite a bit of traffic. The other lakes in the area like the Charlies and Camp Robber are cross-country and have a lot of nasty brush.
Little Heart would be a nice destination. That trail gets a lot of traffic but is a really nice trip. You go past Trout Lake and Copper Lake and can take a side trip to Malachite. And you can stop at any of those lakes if you don’t want to go further. Or you can press in to Big Heart. But if you are going by yourself a good trail with some people around isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
