CONTENTS
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EDITOR’S NOTE FEATURES (cont.)
OUT THERE
The Release
Spring Stones Chasing the Hatch
• Hatch Guide: Hendricksons - by Brian Kozminski
• Hatch Guide: Spring Baetis - by Fred Telleen
• Hatch Guide: Damselflies - by Brian Chan
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38 DEPARTMENTS
Road Tunes: Chris Santella’s steelhead list
Road Tunes: Michael White’s set list
Road Trip: British Columbia’s Southern interior stillwaters
Watch Dog: Is the grab, alone, worth it?
Technique: How to build a great pike leader
Gear: Loop packs and duffles; Simms’ G3 wader, G3 boot, and
Freestone boot
Happening: Trout Spey on the Missouri v3
Destinations: Alaska West and kings on the summer solstice
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68 FEATURES
Guide to Washington’s Stillwaters
• Top 10 Washington lakes - by Stephan Avena
• Essential fly lines for Washington lakes - By Luke McKee
• Two great Washington stillwater rods - By Luke McKee
• How to fish stillwaters - by Brian Chan
• Matching minnows and sculpins - by Keith Roe
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86 Spring on the Missouri
The first great hatches are here - by Fred Telleen
94 Smallmouth on Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille
If you’re looking for a five-pound bronzeback, spring
is the time to find it. - by Dillon Given
104 Forgoing the Skwala
Think the Bitterroot is western Montana’s only dry-fly
option? Think again. - by Joe Cummings
108 Final Word
Issac Walton Society of Fly-Fishers - by Robert Robinson
COVER: Spring means stillwaters and big trout...as soon as the ice breaks. In
interior British Columbia that may not happen until April, and its best hatches
may not pop until May. But when they do, anglers catch scads of big rainbows on
a variety of flies. This solid ‘bow took a chironomid 20’ deep.
This Page: A perfect winter steelhead ready for release.
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