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The camper is one of the few pop up campers made for mid sized trucks. It is ideal for getting into tight places as I do up in Canada and also it has much less wind resistance when driving. It’s also much lighter than all the others. This one weighs about 700 lbs. compared to my aunt and uncle’s full sized camper which is 3500 lbs. I have a friend who has a new pop up camper from Idaho or Montana and it weighs 1500 lbs. Here’s a shot of what it looks like when it’s popped down with the pram on top.
A quick answer to Chuck’s question about camping. I’ve been there 3 times and have set up a tent each time. Twice down at the edge of the lake where everybody launches from. There are plenty of places in the “woods” to shoehorn in a small tent also if you want a more woodsy feel.
– PeteRich – That’s exactly the explanation for the left foot being bigger for most folks. It tends to be the opposite of the dominant hand. I tell customers that back when we were all still throwing spears at our food, most were throwing with their right hands and therefore were planting on the left foot. It was simply survival of the fittest. Those with a bigger left foot had a better, more stable plant and they were the most successful in getting dinner. Now, wouldn’t you buy that explanation? 😉
Nice shots, Rich. I’m impressed that you were able to play a fish and look through the view finder and shoot the same fish jumping all at the same time!
Haven’t had a garage sale at the Seattle store for 6-7 years. We have a perpetual cycle of that stuff which used to be saved for the garage sale in the “Gear Garage” down where the rental dept. is. We couldn’t generate enough returns to make it last even the whole first day any longer, much less through the Sunday too. So our returns dept just cycles a few new things in each day now. The smaller stores do a once a month or every second weekend garage sale thing, but I don’t know what the timing is.
18′ of water and a foot off the bottom. The takes were very subtle and I missed quite a few of them. I found that a slow hand twist retrieve worked nicely as the line was always tight and I could get on the grab more quickly. I had the chromie under (14 – 16″) a heavier beaded olive with red rib, but got no action on it, only the bottom fly. Good luck. BTW, if the wind is coming from the south get down the west side around the point (about half way down the lake) to get some calmer water. 18′ deep is only a good cast from shore at that location.
No – he took a size 14 chromie with red ribbing. The throat samples of a couple fish showed light olive, chromie, black and maroon in several sizes.
And remember, Mike, you don’t have to make 60 foot casts when you’re fishing chironomids down that deep. 25 to 30′ should be fine. Gin clear water, not so deep – then a longer cast is maybe needed, but when they are down that deep they can’t see you anyway. Now, where can I find a six sided graphite blank in tan???
I sometimes fish 30′ leaders up in BC. It helps to add a couple feet of very stiff butt material to the heavy end of the leader. I generally begin with a 12′ 2X leader, add 2′ of really stiff mono to the heavy end and do 5′ of 3X and the rest in 4X. I carry multiple lengths of 4X in a leader wallet so if I’m going from fishing 12′ to 20′ I have a section already cut and don’t have to keep using more off the spool. I use only florocarbon added onto a regular mono tapered leader. Then you need to open up your casting loop a lot to keep the trailing end of the leader, which may have a double rig of weighted bugs on it,from crashing into your cast. A nine foot rod helps also and something with a little backbone would help 😈 . I can build you a graphite stick that can do the job! 😀
I agree with Jed. 12’s and 14’s in olive, black with silver rib or red rib and white or black metal bead heads. I recommend metal as you often need to be down 18′ or so. Also the San Juan worm is terrific under any of the mentioned bead heads. A little later the Pass Lk Giants come off and a smoky v-rib in open wraps over a peacock herl under body on a #10 3x long hook can be a lot of fun. These chironomid pupae are an easy one inch long.
Hmmmm. Not sure you got my joke.(you realize the lake opens on the 30th, not the 23rd) Anyway, Chopaka is a wonderful lake to fish. Not sure what “serious” means as it relates to fishing a lake. No more serious than Lenice….. I’ll be taking my daughter there in June to fish the callebaetis hatch and maybe early damsels.
Mark – For the weekend you are talking about Chopaka is out. It opens with the regular lowland opener on the last Sat of April. Alli, if you go on the 23rd you’ll have it all to yourself!
Well, this got dredged up from the past! Yes, inquiring mind, it will happen, but I don’t know just when. I’ll let my HL family know as soon as I do.
– PeteMark – My wife and two daughters were into the Tungsten mine area back when the girls were 7 & 8 (they’re now 19 & 21). We did a 14 day loop from Long Swamp, up through Spanish Camp, The Cathedrals, and Tungsten Lk and out. Camped next to the mine buildings, but would not stay in them. Mouse city. Tungsten Lk is very pretty and full of westslope CT of OK size. Cathedrals are beautiful also and plenty of fish.
