High alpine lake, brook trout.

[dickwhite]

Add Leavitt Lake to you list of high country brookie lakes. We caught both brookies and bows. Never did figure out what the wanted most. Fly choice was pretty random.

You need an honest to goodness 4x4 with some clearance to get to this lake. City slicker SUV's should plan on getting some rocker panel hits.

Dick White
Tahoma Meadows B&B
Tahoma Ca

[sierraangler]

Add Leavitt Lake to you list of high country brookie lakes. We caught both brookies and bows. Never did figure out what the wanted most. Fly choice was pretty random.

You need an honest to goodness 4x4 with some clearance to get to this lake. City slicker SUV's should plan on getting some rocker panel hits.

Dick White
Tahoma Meadows B&B
Tahoma Ca

Good to hear, this one was already on the list but lacking any real credible feedback on the fishing. How crowded was it when you went? I'm thinking I will wait until Sept, possibly Oct when hopefully people have thinned out.

[Scott V]

Caught in Kirman in September a few years ago

[Darian]

WOW!!! Scott, that's a really nice Brooky. Beautiful coloration....

[Scott V]

WOW!!! Scott, that's a really nice Brooky. Beautiful coloration....

1 of 2 24" caught that day.

[dickwhite]

We were there midweek so not many folks camping. Some people coming up for the day and a few PCT through hikers every day. Over all not many people for August.

You will definitely need a high clearance vehicle to get in there and some minor wheeling skills. Watch out for early snow late Sept-October, Leavitt is at 9500'. No camp fires allowed right now. It can be windy, be prepared with a good tent and bring your own shade.

Fish seem to be eating mostly blown in bugs. Best fly was a dark hopper. Loads of them flying around. Random hits on one of Burks aggravators while paddling across the lake.

Tight lines

Dick White
Tahoma Meadows B&B
Tahoma CA

[hwchubb]

Just noticed this thread, so a little late to the party...

Probably the best brookie fishery in the west is the Deschutes upstream of Crane Prairie.. Neither Alpine nor a lake (although some pools are big enough to float tube), but thousands of brooks to 8 pounds come up out of the lake in the summer, and you can sight fish them.

Oregon just changed the regs to no limits on both browns and brookies in most waters, so this fantastic fisheries' days are probably numbered...

[Morgan]

Just noticed this thread, so a little late to the party...

Probably the best brookie fishery in the west is the Deschutes upstream of Crane Prairie.. Neither Alpine nor a lake (although some pools are big enough to float tube), but thousands of brooks to 8 pounds come up out of the lake in the summer, and you can sight fish them.

Oregon just changed the regs to no limits on both browns and brookies in most waters, so this fantastic fisheries' days are probably numbered...

Bummer on the no limit regs. BUt better than the gill netting and weir trapping they have been doing to some of our waters to erradicate browns and bows to introduce the native cutts. So dumb!

[dickwhite]

Showers has LCT's that are pretty willing to take a fly. It's also a great and easy overnight.

Dick White
Tahoma CA

[Dan LeCount]

Thanks everyone for all the advice! Some great places to try out. I finally made it to one on Thursday and Friday. Went to kirman and got into a lot of nice brookies and cutthroats. Had a blast. Attachment 11280 Attachment 11281

Hey I saw you there. Was a bit crowded for midweek. Apparently its been getting pounded this year with the drought and limited options. Internet is a double edged sword it seems. Good fishing gets crowded fast and secret places don't seem to last. Thankfully people seem to explore less and rely on the internet more, so oftentimes fisheries go out of vogue and off the radar. Unfortunately pressure on certain waters gets compressed more. It's a pandoras box it seems. Ciest la vie. How'd your buddy with the spinning rod do?