What a gorgeous day at the lake today, warm temps, sunshine, and just a ripple of wind on the water. Surface water temps ran 62.5 to 66.8 and this is a big spike since a few weeks ago when water temps were much colder. The north end of the lake is still a bit off color from runoff. rainbows are adjusting to water temps and surface area/habitat and are still spread out through the entire lake. Some pods of rainbows are rising in 19-22 feet of water for blood midge adults and emergers. I also sight fished to active trout in 1-3 feet of water hunting tadpoles. There is many ways to fly fish the lake right now but fishing midge and calibaetis patterns under an indicator in deeper water is having the best results. I only saw a few damsels nymphs today, and there is not many adults flying around at all, this seems to tell me that the hatch still could happen, or be a complete bust. Skeeters were out and these small dark and fast flying bugs were bad! Effective patterns are Blood Migde pupa, emerger, and adult size 10-12 Pheasant Tail bead head flash back size 14-16 - Chocolate Snowcone Midge pupa 12-18 - Wiggle Tails in Black, Brown, Olive, and Burnt Orange size 10. Use floating lines for the skinny water and clear Int. lines for stripping in the deeper water.
With the full moon phase passing expect the fishing to improve on a daily basis with having productive evenings just around the corner!
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