06-23-2021, 12:11 AM
Water temps hitting 60* F this morning and the full menu was on display... Chironomids (egg laying and hatching) early-mid morning, Callibaetis nymphs bobbing to the surface with duns on the water by 11:30a, and the Mother-of-all Damselfly hatches after lunch... covering the shoreline when I beached the tube at 1:00p.
Chironomid fishing was tough as the lake went to glass during the peak of the hatch. Nice to have a little chop to break up the surface and work the flies. Still stung a few though and picked off a couple slurpers fast twitching a Shipman's Buzzer with long (10-count) pauses in between.
Beautiful day with light, variable winds... fish were a little tough to start, but things got going once the sun got up there. 11:00a-1:00p was absolutely insane fishing the #10 Tequila Booby on intermediate line with Rickards Stillwater Nymph on dropper. I would cast, kick for 2 minutes, and then strip FAST... during that 2-hour window I rarely made it to the stop-n-strip without a hook-up! Fish were absolute tigers in this warm water... got deep into the backing a few times.
A few pics attached.
Tight lines!
Chironomid fishing was tough as the lake went to glass during the peak of the hatch. Nice to have a little chop to break up the surface and work the flies. Still stung a few though and picked off a couple slurpers fast twitching a Shipman's Buzzer with long (10-count) pauses in between.
Beautiful day with light, variable winds... fish were a little tough to start, but things got going once the sun got up there. 11:00a-1:00p was absolutely insane fishing the #10 Tequila Booby on intermediate line with Rickards Stillwater Nymph on dropper. I would cast, kick for 2 minutes, and then strip FAST... during that 2-hour window I rarely made it to the stop-n-strip without a hook-up! Fish were absolute tigers in this warm water... got deep into the backing a few times.
A few pics attached.
Tight lines!
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