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How many of the lakes did you fish back then and which methods?

We fished all of them except for the very last one.

Yep... that's the article.

I think Harris is the very last one and when we were there, there were people camped on that last one.

We saw swirls on the lakes we fished, except for the very first one. Didn't see any action on that one at all. Saw swirls but couldn't entice anything to bite. We carried in float tubes.

Zen: I usually started at Harris-wading wet in March and April. Then started carrying waders and tent so I could spend the night. I have fished all the five lakes mentioned in the article but caught the most fish in Harris. My patterns of choice then were Nyerges and green or black body carey specials. Beaverpelt also worked. Also fished it in September. Used a sinktip line then. Now I would use a clear camo line, woolly buggers or other leech patterns I tie. And I found myself there in May, I would take a floating line and fish the Salmon Candy.

Which of the Salmon Candy's are you talking about?

Now.. the Beaverpelt... there's an old pattern. And.. a use for beaver fur.

Zen-It is a tied down caddis pattern originated by a tier out of Bend, Oregon specifically for the strain of Atlantic Salmon that used to be in Hosmer Lake. My brother found out about the fly in about 1964 and we have tied and used it with great success in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Tie it in size 8-14 on a light dry hook, thin green body. palmered brown hackle, then clip the top of the hackle flat, then tie deer hair at both ends of hook. If you are interested-e-mail me your mailing address and I will send you a sample.