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04/26/2016
61° - 65°
Trolling With Fly
Brook Trout
Nymph
Green
Sunny
Sinking Fly Line
Afternoon
61° - 65°
04/27/2016
3
1546

After not being able to fish at all last year due to medical reasons it felt great to be to get back on the water again. I got on the water about 1:15 on a sunny day with a light variable wind. The surface temperature was 60-62 degrees and the water was clear. Very little insect activity.
I started casting along the west lily pads with a water boatman which produced nothing. The fish finder was marking fish at about 20-25' so I switched over to my sinking line. I tied on a green damsel nymph pattern that has a red back. It proved the most productive for hits so I kept with it. Had several good hits and was able to land about 4 fish in the 11-14" range.
The fish in the photo, at least to me, looks like a Brown Trout. This is interesting because since the WDFW killed off the lake a few years back they have only stocked it with Brooks and Rainbows. Years back there were browns in Fish Lake. Someone else on the lake also said they caught a Brown Trout.
Left at about 6:45pm and enjoyed the day.


Comments

Yakivegas
4/27/2016 8:51:00 AM
according to 2015 stocking report 400 brown trout stocked in that lake in 2015
ONCOfisher
4/27/2016 12:59:00 PM
Hi Marc, welcome back to fishing. Nice fish!
snohawk
4/29/2016 2:44:00 PM
That be a brown trout sir. Nice catch just the same.
snohawk
4/29/2016 2:44:00 PM
That be a brown trout sir. Nice catch just the same.
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