tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086087010292565905.post7485682329510548381..comments2023-10-14T08:35:28.626-07:00Comments on Got Backing? (Formerly Known as Mr. P.'s Blog): Inspired by slop, it's time to catch a Carp on a dry fly.Mr. P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04714580767775813267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086087010292565905.post-57006963768119473592010-08-20T10:25:56.718-07:002010-08-20T10:25:56.718-07:00Hi John. I don't know for sure what it is due...Hi John. I don't know for sure what it is due to actually. I just got off the phone with another guy who was there the day before I was and we both feel that it is from virtually all of the vegetation being eaten. Since we have never seen it before and since we have been fishing there for nearly 40 years it seems to be a safe bet. Still, neither one of us is a biologist so we are not sure. We both think that the situation was exacerbated by the consecutive days of heat in the mid and high 90's. The pictures don't actually show the extent of it. The pictures I took trying to capture how far the stuff extended all over the lake don't show it well. Picture the slime carpeting hundreds and hundreds of yards and that is what it was like. It will be interesting to see what happens, or has happened, when the wind comes up hard again. <br /><br />The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had hoped we would eliminate 100-150 fish by September 1. We are never going to make it. It will be interesting to see how big these fish are next year and what happens to the water. <br /><br />It really does help inspire me to get ready for chasing Commons and Mirrors on a dry fly next week. Not that I needed much extra inspiration.Jim Pankiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836574147300937141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086087010292565905.post-60978738871547752212010-08-19T20:40:21.144-07:002010-08-19T20:40:21.144-07:00That picture is freaking me out too. Is that bloo...That picture is freaking me out too. Is that bloom due to the grassers eating all the vegetation? Crazy.John Montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054871605134267048noreply@blogger.com