Fish & Fly Summer 2002
Young Fl
y Fishers
y Fishers
Her first trout on a dry fly is the young lady’s fly-fishing goal this summer
Whitlock Hopper
HOOK: TMC 100, sizes 4-10
THREAD: Yellow 6/0
TAIL: Dyed-red deer
BODY: Yellow poly yarn wound with brown
hackle, clipped
WING: Brown turkey wing quill feather,
shaped and coated with extra-thin
clear vinyl cement for durability
LEGS: Knotted dyed-yellow trimmed grizzly
hackle stems
COLLAR: Spun elk body hair, shaped on top
and clipped flush on bottom
Brooke Rawson, 10, of West Linn, Oregon, landed
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this 21-inch Kamloops rainbow trout on a damselfly nymph
while fishing a Deschutes basin lake last summer. That’s
fishing guide Amy Randall giving her a hand. Proud
Dad Gary Rawson says Brooke has fished with flies
since she was six. She is an avid outdoors kid. She has
been steelhead fishing but her first love is stillwater fishing
for trout. “Brooke is really into trout,” Gary told FISH
& FLY. “She gets so excited—that grin of hers seems
bigger than the camera. This year her goal is to catch a
trout on a dry fly.”
Adam Smith of Vancouver, Wash-
This colorful 16-inch Manistee River brown trout ate a grasshopper➤
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ington, posing with a beautiful autumn
fly cast by Zach Hawkins of Lake Ann, Michigan. The little girl in
steelhead, which moments earlier ate his
the picture is Zach’s sister, Casey. Zachary is an accomplished fly caster—
green After-Dinner Mint. He was fishing
he can double-haul and handles about 60 feet of line comfortably. In addition
with his Dad Greg on southwestern
to fishing himself, he acts as a guide (with adult supervision) for Hawkins
Washington’s East Fork of the Lewis River.
Outfitters on Dad Chuck’s special fly fishing trips for children. Chuck
Adam carefully released the beautiful
says Zach cast the fly, hooked the fish and brought it to net. Then he
hen to continue her journey upstream.
released the trout unharmed, like a real pro.
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