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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2000
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I have seen people fishing with spinning outfits and
bait more this year than ever before. This may be
causing a noticeable decline in the German brown
population. Merrill is a fly-fishing only l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2000
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The three of us launched the drift boat at 4:30 and never
saw a rise until about 8:00PM... It was at least 9:00PM
before the Hex begin to come off. Pretty good fishing
for about 30 minutes. I fis...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2000
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The lake was very quiet when I arrived at around 9:00 am or so, only two other people on the water.
Before I launched my float tube I talked to the camp caretaker who said the fishing was slow and th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2000
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The camp ground and boat ramp are open..
The fishing is great! After a couple of warm days ( 80's)
as is the pattern at Merrill, the flying ants were out
and the fish were enjoying them. Big ones.....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Before the Hex start inching towards the surface, fish a size 12-14 Alder fly. Pick a warm sunny day ,around noon, and as your getting your gear together in the parking lot, notice the large caddis li...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/25/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Merrill proved good fishing this past season. I would like to thank Dan, the camp host, for his efforts to keep the area clean and relatively quiet. I know he had some very frustrating days because ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 4 PM to dark.
Very occational splashy rise during the day... usually along the shore in
the shade.
Picked up one small cut- throat on a midge pupa on a sinking line, wind
drifting.
Th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 5 cold hours in the boat trying everything.
Brother-in-law caught a 17 inch brown in the bushes
in the north end of the lake on a brown and black caddis.
I never rose a ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/1999
Hot Spots: 0
For fathers day, my Dad and I decided to try my new G.LOOMIS fly
rod my wife had got me.My Dad has a small boat.We had only fished about an
hour or so.Then it happened. I hooked into one of the bi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/14/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 3PM to 9PM... Wind was mild. Caught 3 nice browns ( 14",15" and 19")
about 6 cut-throats. There were lots of flying ants on the surface, and lots of black caddis. Gobs of surface fe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merrill. The gate was open though the sign on the road to Cougar said "Closed".
Probably 15 folks fishing and most had caught between 1-2 trout for some 4-5 hours of fishing.
I caught a nic...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/23/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I have fly fished Merrill several years. I have noticed from fishing the north and south ends of the lake
that poaching has become a big problem. Not only from people visiting the lake but those who...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/26/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merrill today, best day I have had and I fish it weekly for the
past 4 months.
Browns jumping all over the lake from noon to dark. Probably getting
ready to spawn as they were jumping like ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merrill 9/12/98
Biggest problem is the wind...The fish are there and they are active.
There was a whole raft of flying ants and grasshoppers on the lake this
afternoon. As the wind would pu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I am pretty sure the regulations for Merrill Lake in Cowlitz County is that
all fish over 12" must be released not 15" I wouldn't want any one to break
the law by accident.
*Editors note: Washing...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merrill 7/16/98 the Hexagenia hatch is in full swing...was a
beautiful evening. Only about a dozen tubers abd a couple boats on the
whole lake.
The Hex begin coming off about 6 PM so there ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fly Fishing has been good at Merrill Lake. You have several options. Work a woolly-bugger or leach pattern under the surface in about 10 feet of water or cast an ant or caddis pattern close to the ban...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water a little before noon. It
was overcast, upper 60's, steady wind from the south until around 5:30,
when it shifted from the north, like it often does. The water was 57
degrees an...