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  1. martran56
    September 23, 2017

    Hi Christian. I’ve read your article on Coastal Cutties and I’m wondering if you have had any experience with chironomid fishing with coastal lake cutthroat trout? I live in the Pender Harbour area of the coast, and our lakes hold cutties. I’ve caught my share using the attractor patterns, but there are times when it’s dead quiet. So I’m thinking, as all insect life in a lake must have a pupal stage, are there specific techniques, times, patterns etc., for fishing cutties as opposed to rainbows which we all know too well how successful we can be there. Thanks in advance…
    Cheers

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      Christian
      September 24, 2017

      I have had some limited success with chronies under indicators, but I can only think of one time that it outfished other techniques. I have done well at times on small micro leeches fished static on a floating line, so chronies might work that way as well.

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    • coastlogger
      October 8, 2017

      Martran56
      I grew up in a small town near Pender Harbour and fished my whole life for cutthroat trout before moving to the interior. I have had some success fishing with chronies in a few small lakes but I would say to stick with larger bunny leeches,sculpin patterns and my favorite a stickleback pattern. Dec-Feb definitely the best months for large cutties. While fishing on the coast I exclusively used my deep 6 rio line and clear intermediate line quick research online you can find a pattern called McCloud stickleback, easy to tie and a killer fly
      Tight lines

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  2. timber
    July 4, 2021

    Does anyone know if FSR Scuitto is open?

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