Fishing Forum

While several of our friends went farther north for the big opening at Henry's we stopped about half way at another Idaho lake. I call this lake Chironomid Heaven cause they WORK. It is deeper lake with 50 to 60' at deeper points. I generally fish the 20' mark.
We got there Sat. morning and set up camp. Got out on the water with instant action. I fished mainly the deep nymph 20' leader with a chironomid at the bottom and one three feet up.
We caught well over 60 fish each with 2 to 3 hour outings before weather changed. Monday rained all day with gust of wind, but turned out that shore fishing was working just as well.
All fish very healthy with a16" to 24" being the normal (nothing under 16")
Here is the kicker, I have several upper end rods, but recently bought a new Eagle Claw Glass rod (6 wt. 6') off e-bay for like $10. I and I decided to use it for fun. The line cost more than the rod let alone the reel! What a hoot! This thing was bent to the max everytime, but I do think it helped on the hook sets and the leader.














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awesome... just a reminder as to why we call you the fly goddess .... :-)

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[font "Garamond"][#008000][size 4][cool]Looks a little cool out there on the water. But hey who cares when the fish are bitting. I like the under water shot. BTW how do you tell if the subject is in focus & was that taken with your new camera?[/size][/#008000][/font]
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I have no idea if the fish is in view, just take a bunch and usually one or two are good. It was with my old Pentax. Not a great camera, but no worries either with rain. My new Olympus is not water proof, but look at the new Orvis catalog, they have a waterproof bag that you can take pictures out of (for the smaller cameras and even with pop out lenses).
I think I might look into one of those for my olympus, cause it is a much better camera.
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