[Brian Curtis]

Here’s a picture of a Hares Ear. They naturally sink.

[Brian Curtis]

Sadly, not me. But I’m heading out next week for 8 days in the wilds of Montana.

[Brian Curtis]

Good advice from Caveman. The often frozen lake is Kawkawak. The one with fish is Toketie.

[Brian Curtis]

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.

[Brian Curtis]

I thought it seemed long, but those guys are animals and I figured they were probably going to bike it.

[Brian Curtis]

Oh, I thought it was farther. That must have been last time it was out. Two miles isn’t so bad.

[Brian Curtis]

The road up the Suiattle is out. It adds something like 9 miles to the trip until they get it repaired.

[Brian Curtis]

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.

[Brian Curtis]

The main thing is to get in past Talapus and Olallie. They both have fish, but the lakes beyond are more reliable.

[Brian Curtis]

I’ve been there. It is a very short walk.

[Brian Curtis]

@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?

[Brian Curtis]

Seeing how this thread is going I’m going to have to post a picture. Here’s the lake you were heading toward, McMahon…

[Brian Curtis]

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.

[Brian Curtis]

Dorothy has eastern brook, coastal cutthroat and probably some westslope cutthroat.

[Brian Curtis]

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.

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