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Well, October caddis were what I went there to fish, and they were what I ended up catching most, but far from all, of my fish on. The old standby orange-bodied muddler seemed to work well for a few days, especially in fast and choppy waters:



But the CDC caddis were my best fly by far:



Even though they drown after a couple fish and need to be dried out on the defroster between pools. This is the drying patch for the first afternoon as I came down the Lochsa:



They did not, however ALWAYS catch big fish. There seemed to be a lot of smaller fish this year, 6-10", and some a wee bit smaller, but with big appetites:



The water was in great shape, low and clear. Mark Killam fishing in the upper 110's:



Z at the green/brown sign hole:



FFB fishing in the 140s:



And getting into cutties:



We did have a little fire to contend with. There were prescribed burns up the Selway and Lochsa both. Some days it wasn't too bad:



But other days it got real smoky:




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