Torres
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Hello fellow anglers.
My name is Richard Torres and I usually go by Richard or Rich.
I started my fishing addiction when my grandfather took me out (rip gramps, I miss ya..) to a stocked trout pond near Fort Lewis at the age of four and I haven't looked back.
I think I was around eight when I got my first taste of 101chromefish101 kokanee when he took me out to fish at American and Steilacoom lakes, and i'll never forget the frustration I felt one day when fishing from the bridge over Steilacoom and I hooked a 15" pig on a piece of corn. I played it until it was exhausted and laying on its side at the surface. Unfortunately for my grandfather and me we didn't have a net (as did others) to bring it in and as I tried to hoist it up on to the bridge the hook tore loose and down it went into the depths, along with my heart..
It's been over 35+ years since those encounters with the elusive kokanee.. Since then my passions have been gear and fly fishing for rainbows, sea run cutts, steelhead, salmon, and an occasional bass.
Well my curiosity for Koke has been spawned again and now, here I am. I don't know why I didn't get back into it much sooner. All that I know is one day I came across this website and the thought of catching some tasty Kokanee's sparked my interest, so I signed up and started reading up on the hows and what's into catching these beautiful fish. Being an avid flyfisherman, I tied up (at least tried to) a couple of mysis shrimp patterns and gave them soaking at Lake Stevens (our local Kokanee haven east of Everett) a couple of times over the course of a week to no avail.
This Monday morning I spent a fantastic couple of hours rowing around the lake and getting a good workout since I thought it was a good idea to leave (not intentionally) my trolling motor in the garage. Again the fish did not care for my tied offerings of anise and shrimp oil on a leader behind a 00 chrome dodger. No worrys! As I headed back to the boat ramp I met up with a fellow angler who was packing up for the day too, and he gladly told me how his day went, showing me his five footlongs in the cooler, the ten that got off the hook, and his method of catching them. And for that I thanked him for sharing his knowledge to me. worthy12
So here I am, an experienced angler willing to share my learning (good and bad) experiences to all that care to listen, and an unexperienced Kokanee angler, ready and willing to listen and soak up as much good (and bad) info as I can digest.
Tight lines!
Richard
My name is Richard Torres and I usually go by Richard or Rich.
I started my fishing addiction when my grandfather took me out (rip gramps, I miss ya..) to a stocked trout pond near Fort Lewis at the age of four and I haven't looked back.
I think I was around eight when I got my first taste of 101chromefish101 kokanee when he took me out to fish at American and Steilacoom lakes, and i'll never forget the frustration I felt one day when fishing from the bridge over Steilacoom and I hooked a 15" pig on a piece of corn. I played it until it was exhausted and laying on its side at the surface. Unfortunately for my grandfather and me we didn't have a net (as did others) to bring it in and as I tried to hoist it up on to the bridge the hook tore loose and down it went into the depths, along with my heart..
It's been over 35+ years since those encounters with the elusive kokanee.. Since then my passions have been gear and fly fishing for rainbows, sea run cutts, steelhead, salmon, and an occasional bass.
Well my curiosity for Koke has been spawned again and now, here I am. I don't know why I didn't get back into it much sooner. All that I know is one day I came across this website and the thought of catching some tasty Kokanee's sparked my interest, so I signed up and started reading up on the hows and what's into catching these beautiful fish. Being an avid flyfisherman, I tied up (at least tried to) a couple of mysis shrimp patterns and gave them soaking at Lake Stevens (our local Kokanee haven east of Everett) a couple of times over the course of a week to no avail.
This Monday morning I spent a fantastic couple of hours rowing around the lake and getting a good workout since I thought it was a good idea to leave (not intentionally) my trolling motor in the garage. Again the fish did not care for my tied offerings of anise and shrimp oil on a leader behind a 00 chrome dodger. No worrys! As I headed back to the boat ramp I met up with a fellow angler who was packing up for the day too, and he gladly told me how his day went, showing me his five footlongs in the cooler, the ten that got off the hook, and his method of catching them. And for that I thanked him for sharing his knowledge to me. worthy12
So here I am, an experienced angler willing to share my learning (good and bad) experiences to all that care to listen, and an unexperienced Kokanee angler, ready and willing to listen and soak up as much good (and bad) info as I can digest.
Tight lines!
Richard
