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6/10/17
I thought I'd take my friend and his son (14 yr old) out fishing on the free fishing day since they'd never fished before. Started at 10 am trolling 3 rods at 10 to 15 ft deep with flies and wedding rings and one caddis nymph fly at the surface, all with a 3 ft 8 lb leader. I thought we'd get a bite as I saw another fellow catch a trout fishing deep with a flasher. We trolled down the West side for an hour and didn't get anything. I was beginning to panic that they weren't going to get their first fish this day. The caddis on the surface got a hit half way up the East side. I switched everyone to flys near the surface. It was "Fish On" time: 20 bites and landed 10 in the next hour. The black wooly bugger got the most fish, then the red, and then green wooly bugger. All were about 25-30 cm long. My friends were supper happy to have caught and I heard my friends son tell his dad he had to buy a boat! I was ready for a rest (pole management for 3 people is tiring - I've got a new appreciation for the work guides do!)

It was fun watching them try to hold a fish. You can tell from the photos that it was a new experience for them. The kid in the blue jacket is my son ( always the clown when it comes to pictures).

I'm guessing that most were hatchery since they were close to the surface. I'd love to hear comments on why I didn't catch anything deeper. i.e. Was I not deep enough? Do I need a flasher? etc.

jonb

6/11/2017 4:16:47 PM

When it gets hot alot of fish will tend to go deeper, early in the morning and late evening they'll be near the surface. When they're near the surface trolling general attractors, like leeches, carey special, knudson spider etc work really well. When they're deeper you should switch over to chironomids under an indicator, blood worms in particular, but do look for shucks, take stomach samples etc and match the hatch if there is one going on. I like the far end of the lake best over 30-40 feet of water during the hot summer months.

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