While I practice catch and release, I also believe in eating fish. I'm just selective in what I eat. Zen-- if you thought those walleyes in Sprague were edible, head to Roosevelt and keep the small fish. The walleyes that are in the 15-16 inch size range are absolutely wonderful eating. Just thinking about them makes me drool... about the only fish better is a bluegill taken from under the ice. I've got to find a good panfish lake around here!

Anyway, to your question about the tiny flasher-- in all likelihood, it is the one made by Worden's Lures. And yes, I have played with it. That's the one I mentioned in a previoius post. I used to fish it for kokanee in Roosevelt. I used a 9-foot, fairly light steelhead rod with a light tip. Tied the flasher to the mainline and then a fly or little Spin N Glo to a leader of the appropriate length. Add a piece of white corn and a couple of maggots and that was a kokanee killer.

During the winter and early spring we wouldn't use weight-- just that small flasher or the one the next size up, and troll slow with only enough speed to work the flasher. It worked great on those big kokanee.

I think the largest I caught was about four or five pounds. And that is a fish that I definitely don't release. Those fillets would come off looking square the fish were so deep. They were about like eating spring chinook. Mmmmm. All this talk about eating fish ---I better go out and whack a blackmouth or two pretty soon....

Keith