05-06-2011, 04:57 AM
Gnelson651,
Thanks so much for posting those directions. I was going to check out that road the next time I went to Eagle Valley, but quite honestly for the drive I almost always go to Sunnyside.
The reason is simple... if I am fishing then I don't really care all that much about the camping... I go for the good fishing. The hot tub is also a plus after a hard day of fishing and before the drive home. In my mind those reservoirs are good for one reason... food. Look at any pics of the trout that come out of there and they look like footballs. It's easy to tell the stockers from the trout that have been in a couple of months because of their body shape. The only other lake I ever saw them do that in was Comins... but let's not talk 'bout Comins... it's a fairly sore subject with me. Suffice it to say that I had better never come face to face with the jerk that illegally stocked the pike there. That destroyed the best trout fishery I have ever seen. It's a shame too 'cuz the biologists say it's not a good lake for pike even. The first couple eat up all the available fish and get really large, then the rest stunt.
Now that I know of that campground and that the dirt road exists, I just may head to Eagle one day then fish Kirch the next day.
LMK, I will gladly tie you the flies free of charge. I just have to find time to get to bass pro to pick up some hooks. I had a lot of my fly stuff in storage the last few years cuz I had babies in the house, but now that the kids are getting older I set my tying desk back up. I just can't seem to locate my hooks, which sucks 'cuz I had a LOT of them in a plastic container and I just cannot find them.
If you ever wanna good read on fly fishing stillwater for trout pick up Denny Rickards book. It is the best book I personally have read on the subject.
Later,
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Thanks so much for posting those directions. I was going to check out that road the next time I went to Eagle Valley, but quite honestly for the drive I almost always go to Sunnyside.
The reason is simple... if I am fishing then I don't really care all that much about the camping... I go for the good fishing. The hot tub is also a plus after a hard day of fishing and before the drive home. In my mind those reservoirs are good for one reason... food. Look at any pics of the trout that come out of there and they look like footballs. It's easy to tell the stockers from the trout that have been in a couple of months because of their body shape. The only other lake I ever saw them do that in was Comins... but let's not talk 'bout Comins... it's a fairly sore subject with me. Suffice it to say that I had better never come face to face with the jerk that illegally stocked the pike there. That destroyed the best trout fishery I have ever seen. It's a shame too 'cuz the biologists say it's not a good lake for pike even. The first couple eat up all the available fish and get really large, then the rest stunt.
Now that I know of that campground and that the dirt road exists, I just may head to Eagle one day then fish Kirch the next day.
LMK, I will gladly tie you the flies free of charge. I just have to find time to get to bass pro to pick up some hooks. I had a lot of my fly stuff in storage the last few years cuz I had babies in the house, but now that the kids are getting older I set my tying desk back up. I just can't seem to locate my hooks, which sucks 'cuz I had a LOT of them in a plastic container and I just cannot find them.
If you ever wanna good read on fly fishing stillwater for trout pick up Denny Rickards book. It is the best book I personally have read on the subject.
Later,
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