Ideas?!?!

[Riveraddict]

I think that most everybody on here knows by now that I am the "Skagit Crusader". Now that I am at an age where I have more fishing days behind me than I have to look forward to, I am becoming much more aware of my own personal mortality. Add to this my passion for fishing and Skagit casting... I have put in enough time fishing, and in such a variety of circumstances and venues, as to only reinforce my feeling and belief that the Skagit approach is not just a justifiably distinct methodology of its own, but that it is also one of the most versatile ways for utilizing a fly rod. This circumstance has spurred me to start the undertaking of a project that has lingered in the back of my mind for some time now... a Skagit casting video. I have teamed up with Jeff Mishler, who shot Dec's video, and we are hoping to make this gig a little different than the standard "how to". Of course, with some of the actual instructional bits, there's just no getting around the "usual" do-this-then-do-that approach. But, we want to incorporate as much actual-on-river examples as possible. The steelheading aspect we pretty much have established our agenda. But, along with that, I would like to include something(s) away from the "mainstream" steelhead/salmon focus - Speying/Switchrodding for trout, smallmouth bass, striped bass, white bass, bluegill - something that would go beyond the "usual" PNW focus of salmonids and push the boundaries of the Spey/Switch concept to new horizons. On this part, we could use much help/advice/suggestions as possible!

These are few of the parameters that we would be looking for:
- stream or river situation, from 50' wide up to ???, and wadeable.
- species of fish that can be caught on a fly: swung, strip-retrieved, or dead drifted - any or all would work
- would like to have situations conducive to light Spey's (4's or 5's) or Switchrods (5, 6 or 7 weights) as the "heavy" stuff will be exampled enough in the steelheading part.
- doesn't necessarily have to be a "trophy" type of fishery. For example, catching decent numbers of 9" to 14" bass would be preferable to working all day for one, two, or three fish of better than 16", because shooting time would be limited to two or three days most likely (got to stay in budget!)

And, we will not name the venue being fished unless otherwise directed.


......in process....