Doug Rose, A Celebration Of A Life Well Lived and Fished
A chance to Talk Story with friends.
Sunday April 7, 2013, 1 p.m.
Meet at Indian Island Park, Scenic Route 116 , across from Entrance To Naval Base Port Hadlock, wa. 98339.
Please bring: your own lunch and beverage for yourself and extra if you would like to share, your rod and reel and your version of a Keta Rose or a fly of your choice with name and contact information.
Indian Island and Marrowstone Island were places that Doug often fished for Sea-Run Cutthroat and Coho Salmon.
Curt spent some time on the West End Rivers recently and got us these Springtime shots. The rivers are currently rising but there should be a nice shot of fresh fish when the rivers drop in to shape early next week.
The original Echo Dec Hogan Spey Rods were an extremely popular rod series. Echo has updated the original with a crisper action, enhanced tip recovery, wider grain window, and a new color scheme. More distance with ease sums up the thought process with the Dec Hogan II series. This rod series also comes in a 6.5 size, a true in between line size that will become a go-to summer run spey rod.
The Dec Hogan II Rods are expected here in the shop mid-April. We are currently offering a pre-order special on this great new rod series.
Get your favorite Airflo or RIO Spey head free when you buy a Dec Hogan II rod during the month of April.
Echo’s Line Recommendations for the Dec Hogan II Rods
Model
Length
Grain Range
Skagit Compact
Rage
Scandi Compact
6126
12’6″
390-510
450
420
420
6.5129
12’9″
420-540
480
450
450
7130
13’0″
480-590
540
510
510
8133
13’3″
540-650
600
570
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A reminder to Washington residents, we pay your sales tax on all fly rods, including the Echo Dec Hogan II’s.
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We’ve had lots of rain and high water over the past couple weeks. This sometime means the rivers are unfishable. This does not mean there are not fly fishing options available. Curt had some clients who decided to make lemonade out of lemons and try some saltwater fly fishing for sea-run cutthroat.
Sea-run cutthroat trout in the saltwater can be very aggressive. We mostly fish subsurface but there are lots of opportunities to fish surface flies for these amazing wild trout.
The Gartside Gurgler is simple to tie and a very effective saltwater surface pattern. The Gurgler was designed for striped bass but is now used for saltwater species around the globe. On the Olympic Peninsula, the Gurgler in smaller sizes works well for sea-run cutthroat along the beaches in Hood Canal and Puget Sound. When tied a bit larger it brings coho salmo, pink salmon, and rockfish to the surface. It can be modified with a stinger hook to deal with the short strikes when fishing coho salmon at Neah Bay or inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
If you love click pawl drag reels for steelhead you have to check out the new Islander Classic Spey Reels. The drag on this reel is the strongest click pawl drag any of us have seen (look at the springs in the photo). Turn the knob and create real drag pressure and get that great sound when a steelhead races to the horizon. Islander Reels has raised the bar for Spey sized click-pawl reels with this one.
