07-14-2012, 03:33 AM
I just returned from the Stanley area. I fished Stanley Lake and the Yankee Fork dredge ponds. Nothing too exciting, just small hatchery trout, and a couple little kokanee in Stanley Lake.
It was a nice trip, but I need more fly gear to cover the bases of water types in the area - especially a sinking line for the lakes. There have to be some larger fish in there, if I could just find them. I put my float tube in at one of the Stanley Lake campgrounds, and crossed it to fish the far side. That was mid-day and nothing was biting then. With the exception of about one hour one morning, action was very slow. I spent evenings just hanging a worm 3' under a float, and caught a few each day that way.
I caught a tagged rainbow, my first.
The Salmon appears to be running higher than some of my other trips to the area. I didn't fish it this trip since I'm not very good at fishing fast water.
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It was a nice trip, but I need more fly gear to cover the bases of water types in the area - especially a sinking line for the lakes. There have to be some larger fish in there, if I could just find them. I put my float tube in at one of the Stanley Lake campgrounds, and crossed it to fish the far side. That was mid-day and nothing was biting then. With the exception of about one hour one morning, action was very slow. I spent evenings just hanging a worm 3' under a float, and caught a few each day that way.
I caught a tagged rainbow, my first.
The Salmon appears to be running higher than some of my other trips to the area. I didn't fish it this trip since I'm not very good at fishing fast water.
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