Thanks again for all this great feedback!!!

There is an alpine river and lots of smaller brooks that are by our place in the stix. One of the local native American tribes started a fish restoration project last summer. This is in addition to the other fish stocking efforts. They put in breeding stock of what I think are sockeye and rainbow trout. I have pix of the salmon and will dig em out. In addition to that there are trout in some of the alpine lakes that I visit. I thought it would be fun to do some c&r. The key is to keep the broken down kit both light and fairly short. I don’t want the pack to snag anything while moving through the old growth or bushes. I know there are 4-5 piece poles and that is perfect.

As an aside, how do trout get to alpine lakes? These are at the 6,000 level and have no notable stream leading to them. Plus they survive with over 10’ of snow over the frozen lake surface all winter. It is amazing that they are even there, let alone in some reasonable abundance

A friend from school sent me a bunch of flies that he tied. He is the most extraordinary fisherman I've ever had the pleasure to spend time with. Been doing it since he was a child and he will get a strike something like 18 of 20 casts and lands most of them.

BTW there is a reference above to a “5-6 weight” pole. What does that mean?

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...Tracy

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