Equipment and Gear
- 5-6 wt rods for dry fly fishing
- 7-8 wt rods for sink tip (streamer) fishing
- 8-10 wt rods for Chinook Salmon
- DISINFECTED waders and wading boots (we don't want whirling disease in our fisheries) - this applies to your net if you choose to bring your own
- Floating Lines
- Sinking or sink tip lines (similar to 200 and 300 Teeny lines) depending on water levels and location
- Tippet material 0x-4x
- Polarized glasses
- Raingear - we are in a temperate fjord land rain forest
- Long underwear and layered clothing
- Swimsuit for the hot tub
- Flies - we do have a selection for sale at the lodge
Recommended Dry Flies
- Dragon Fly - our pattern (commercially available patterns unacceptable)
- Chernobyl patterns in 4-8
- Salmon Fly in 4-6
- Stone fly in 4-8
- Royal Trude in 8-12
- Royal Wulff in 8-12
- Royal Humpy in 8-12
- Stimulators in 6-8
- Adams Parachute and Irresistible in 10-18
- Caddis in 12-18
Recommended Nymphs
- Pheasant Tails in 10-18
- Prince in 10-18
- Dragon fly nymphs in 6-8
- Stone fly nymphs in 4-8
- Zug Bugs in 6-8
- Callibatis in 14-16
- Flashbacks in 12-18
Recommended Streamers
- Wooly Buggers - black, brown olive, purple, orange, white in 2-6 (weighted and rubber legs superior)
- Stone Buggers in 6
- Zonker - white, natural and black in 2-4
- Bunnies and Double Bunnies - black, grey and olive (with white)
- Bitch Creek in 4-8
- Clouser Deep Minnow - black & purple, grey, olive in 2-6
- Leech - black, black purple, olive in 2
- Articulated Leech - black, olive in 2
- Hex patterns in 4-8
Recommended Crabs
- Our Pancora pattern in 4-6
- Kung Fu Crab - olive in 2-4
- Puglisi Permit Crab in 1-4
- Sun screen is a must
- Insect repellant - not necessary except occasionally during a few weeks in the middle of our summer.
- AND FINALLY A CAMERA - YOU WILL USE IT A LOT
