Third try....Hwy 88 lakes again..........................

[BS]

I decided to try the “beautiful high Sierra lake tucked against a mountain...” again. :p:p

Armed with my two weight this time and the float tube, I was on the road @ 8:30 a.m. and was on the water @ 10:00.

On the way up, Hope Valley was nearly void of cars and I couldn't spot ANY fisher people in the meadow.

At the lake, there were lots of small fish rising pre-noon for what I could tell was a size 30 (or smaller) emerging midge(s).

I kicked around the entire lake with little success and finally found some "players" on the shallow side of the lake.

Just after noon, I started getting grabs using a #16 nymph however, not the same action as last week.
I changed to a size #14 and had a "little better" result............go figure :confused::confused:

I did catch some smallish rainbows this time and they were "very spunky" compaired to the brookies.

So, for an all day effort (10:00 - 7:00) I landed about a dozen and a half........not as good as last week......and again, mostly on the small side............. with a few exceptions this time.

Notable too was the fact that the outflow of the lake was much less than a week ago.

Last week I used a 4wt. and felt a little "over-gunned" and the 2wt. yesterday felt just right.

After Labor Day I may give it another shot......................... :D:D



Bob

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Charlie Fullerton, director of the CA DF&W years ago, told me around September 1 in the high country it would actually start to cool of at

night which brought the fish into the shallows to feed.

[finsandfeathers]

I decided to try the “beautiful high Sierra lake tucked against a mountain...” again. :p:p

Armed with my two weight this time and the float tube, I was on the road @ 8:30 a.m. and was on the water @ 10:00.

On the way up, Hope Valley was nearly void of cars and I couldn't spot ANY fisher people in the meadow.

At the lake, there were lots of small fish rising pre-noon for what I could tell was a size 30 (or smaller) emerging midge(s).

I kicked around the entire lake with little success and finally found some "players" on the shallow side of the lake.

Just after noon, I started getting grabs using a #16 nymph however, not the same action as last week.
I changed to a size #14 and had a "little better" result............go figure :confused::confused:

I did catch some smallish rainbows this time and they were "very spunky" compaired to the brookies.

So, for an all day effort (10:00 - 7:00) I landed about a dozen and a half........not as good as last week......and again, mostly on the small side............. with a few exceptions this time.

Notable too was the fact that the outflow of the lake was much less than a week ago.

Last week I used a 4wt. and felt a little "over-gunned" and the 2wt. yesterday felt just right.

After Labor Day I may give it another shot......................... :D:D



Bob


Thank you, Bob :cool:

I caught my fist brook trout on a fly rod in that outlet creek. Andy G sold me a TFO 2 wt years ago and it quickly became a favorite for small lakes and streams.

[MThompson]

I used to fish Caples Creek a ton in the early 90s. Was a great little stream.