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    Default Red Lake Report 10/08/2020

    This is my Red Lake Report dated 10/08/2020............sorry, I couldn't edit/change the Thread Title date.


    Well I decided for one last hurrah for the year at Red yesterday.

    I've been playing the "car repair" game for the last few months so my weekly day trips have been rather limited.

    I blasted off @ 9:30 from home and arrived at Red around 10:30 ish.

    Not many cars in the usual parking spots in Hope Valley on the way up and the river was barely a trickle.

    There's some stream side construction going on in the upper section.........don't know what that's all about.

    Just above Hope Valley there were LOT'S and LOT'S of camera bugs out taking pictures of the fall colors.

    At Red, the water level is down about 5-6 feet below the high water mark.

    I wadered up and fished from shore around the avalanche cannon for a couple of hours without any strikes using midges under a 'cator...........that treated me well earlier in the season.
    The water clarity was good with the exception of the stringy algae that fouled on my bugs 8 out of 10 casts.

    Since nuthin' was doing at the south side of the dam, I decided to move to the north end of the dam to see if the "stringy stuff" was a little less there.
    Well, it wasn't and I decided to keep on fishing anyways.

    I changed my flies and methods ( balanced leeches, leeches, buggers) for an hour or so to no avail and decided to switch back to the 'cator and midges.

    Right around 2:15 I had a strike that I missed.
    At 2:30 I had another strike, connected and landed a small ( about 12" ) LCT.
    Yippie-skippie..............the skunk was off.

    Shortly after I landed my "de-skunk" fish, I had another strike near the surface while setting up for a roll cast.

    Around 3:30 I had another strike and connected again.
    This was a much larger fish and it went somewhere between 18-20 inches.

    I fished for another hour with no more strikes and packed it in @ 4:30.

    The weather was overcast all day with the exception of about an hour just before I left.

    The two fish I landed took a gold and black beadhead #12 midge just F.Y.I..

    Next week, Martis is on the radar...........................................

    For the ride home.............. a Payday candy bar, a bottle of Gatorade, and a few pieces of Beef Jerky.


    Dang Cutthroats........................................ .......



    Bob
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    Always fun to read your reports! Me and another person will be hitting Martis on Monday. With these cooler temps at night in the Mountains, should be game on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty Fish View Post
    Always fun to read your reports! Me and another person will be hitting Martis on Monday. With these cooler temps at night in the Mountains, should be game on.
    Go get 'em Smitty.

    Hopefully a report of some sort from you on Tuesday ????

    It'd be nice to know what I "should expect".
    It's been about 2 1/2 decades since I've fished there.



    Bob

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    Your adventures keep us going Bob. Thanks for sharing your successes and sometimes your frustrations. Thats what fishing is all about. Sometimes you win sometimes the dang cutthroats

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS View Post

    Next week, Martis is on the radar...........................................


    Bob
    Looking forward to the Martis report. I haven't been there for 20 years.

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    Good job Bob, I don't seem to ever find the time to get out these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr T View Post
    Good job Bob, I don't seem to ever find the time to get out these days.
    Are you and Jake STILL herding cats !!!!


    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    Looking forward to the Martis report. I haven't been there for 20 years.
    Hopefully I have the correct flies and can trick a few to the net.

    I'm cautiously optimistic.

    But, I will give some kind of report.........good bad or ugly.



    Bob

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    Was going to go today. Something came up. Heading there on Wednesday instead. I fished it last spring. We got a few . Browns and Bows, no cuts. Haven’t caught a cut in their in a 3-4 years. Some big browns and nice bows though. Got all mine on stripping. Intermediate line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty Fish View Post
    Was going to go today. Something came up. Heading there on Wednesday instead. I fished it last spring. We got a few . Browns and Bows, no cuts. Haven’t caught a cut in their in a 3-4 years. Some big browns and nice bows though. Got all mine on stripping. Intermediate line.
    Well then Smitty...........we might bump into each other !!!!

    I'm going to do my best to make it on Wednesday !!!!

    Hope you don't mind the company.

    I'm not sure if it'll be a Watermaster or float tube kinda' day for me.



    Bob

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