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Hey guys,

So I packed my gear and headed to Kirch early this morning. My nephew and I stopped at Adams-McGill and decided to put in there. It's been a constant producer for me compared to some of the other Kirch lakes. The wind was pretty bad... specially for float tubing. At first I wasn't sure we'd go out since my nephew is a novice, but he was game so we tried. On the water the wind got even worse so our only option was to anchor our tubes and fish. I'm glad we did, we ended up landing 6 rainbows between 3/4 to 2 1/2 lbs in the next 3 hrs. First two was caught on chironomid below an indicator and the last 4 on a seal bugger, including the two biggest. Was tiring fighting the wind but turned out to be a good day.

Later,
Mark
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Nice- way to stick out the wind for the good fishing.
No pics of that 2.5 lber? []
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Heya Whizzle,

I need to get me a cheapie digital for taking pics on the water. My old one crapped out on me a few years ago and I dare not take the wifes nice one .

I am excited tho about Kirch. I didn't go there at all last year. Prior to that I had probably fished it a couple times a year for the last 10 years. I remember when Adams-McGill was drained and they were working on it to improve the trout habitat there. Back then, when I fished any of the Kirch lakes all I'd get is really small stocker trout. In that time I've seen the fishery develop quite nicely. It is starting to remind me of Comins in it's heyday. The reason I'm thinking this is because every trout, even the small ones, I caught yesterday were really well fed and fat, just like the ones I used to catch at Comins. I fish a lot of different trout lakes and rarely do I see fish so well fed. Makes me think the lakes are only going to get bigger and better as the years go on. I also landed a nice male 2lber along with the 2 1/2 lb female.

Anyhow, let's hope that Kirch continues to develop into a fishery like Comins was... it was truly awesome in it's heyday!

Later,
Mark
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[cool]Nice report Telbone. I haven't been up to Kirch yet but it is on my list. I have done the midge fishing on Crowley lake in Calif. and have caught some nice ones. The guides on that lake fish that way all the time. Its amazing that a 20" trout will hit a size 20 midge! Most of the time I strip in an olive matuka or wooly bugger. The damsel nymph is also good for a driveby yank.
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