Great pictures Gene. It sounds like Frenchmen's has consistently been out fishing Davis for the past month or so from reports I've been getting. I drove out to Davis yesterday to run the dog and check up on the damsel hatch. This exact same time last year the hatch was strong and the fishing was stellar. With the lower water last year we had more shallow water points to fish and the sight fishing couldn't have been better. My experience this year has been the damsels are definitely on the move and the sight fishing is there, just not at the same level of previous years, at least not yet!
I walked in yesterday so I wasn't able to cover nearly was much water as I do with my boat. So it's very possible that other buckets were seeing more activity. One of my better sources, Jonny B, is out with a bad back so we're unable to compare notes. Hope you're feeling better Jon, that back can be a real killer.
There's a very strong callibaetis hatch coming off around noon, about a size 16. And yes I saw lots of polywogs along the shoreline. Here's a fly which has done very well for me most likely because of that polywog population in the lake...
We got hammered with a strong thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, fortunately I was on my way home and not on the lake.
I look forward to seeing you out on the lake, I'm sure we'll run into each other at some point in time. Thanks for the great report.
Pete
Aka FeatherRiverSam
BTY...Love that first Eagle Lake shoreline picture...should be a wall hanger.
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