East Lake, OR

[Langenbeck]

Went Thursday and Friday with two others. A ton of fly fisherman. We landed 49 fish, most 11-13, some 14-17 and a couple at 18"s. Basically chironomid fished in 8-12 feet of water. A guy in our party had a brown of about 22"s almost to the boat. Mainly rainbows but 2 Kokanee and 5 Browns. Ran into Betty from this Board who has recently moved to Central Oregon.

Here is some eye candy:

[Scott V]

Nice Gordon, I'll be there in 3 weeks. Maybe see you on the water, I'll be fishing during the week.

[DennisV]

Well that's a good report.

I'll be up there next week.

Any callibaetis showing up yet?

[Langenbeck]

No callibaetis yet but a fairly decent hatch of flying ants. The fish were slurping the ants on a consistent basis.

[DennisV]

Oh good.

I like fishing the ants. How big are they? 14's? Black ?

[Langenbeck]

These were BIG. My guess is Size 12.

[betty]

Fished East today. Good fishing with chironomids, patterns in olive or black fished near the bottoming 9-10 ft of water, in front of Cinder Hill camp ground, within 75 yards of the rocks. Saw my first callibaetis today. Water 53 degrees. Should be happening soon as water warms.

Betty

[JAWallace]

Fished East Lake two days ago, very tough unless you can handle indicator fishing. WT was 65°. The previous day was apparently a "should have been there yesterday" stellar day, but lots of us on the lake fished hard, watching the fish take callibaetis and midge emergers and a few dries, but tough to hook them. I hooked three, got one to hand, a 16" kokanee. I'll be back in the fall.

Metolius was slow too--most of us got 1 to 2 for a few hours. Back in the fall--crowds gone, WT down,fish up, Paulina ready .

[Langenbeck]

Not fly caught but here is what lurks in the depths.

[Scott V]

Wow, the rumors are true.