I think that most mid-elevation trout lakes are probably good now and will be great through July.
I have been reading a great book lately on trout lakes in California. It is "Fly Fishing California Stillwaters" by Bill Sunderland. It is a very high-end book with very nice paper, hard glossy stock, and terrific pictures. It has great information on dozens of the most famous fly fishing trout lakes in CA. The maps of the lakes and surrounding areas are excellent.
Just reading through this has sparked my desire to fly fish lakes more. I started in a float tube on Lake Solano near Winters in the late 60s on great callibaetis mayfly hatches we had there back then. We soon found Lake McCumber and Manzanita east of Redding. Then it was Martis and Milton out of Truckee. Joe Patterson took us to the Holy Grail in 1976, Crane Prairie Reservoir in central Oregon. Then a few years ago I really hit the top of the world in lake fishing, Kamloops, BC.
Fly fishing weedy lakes with hatches is really the big deal for me.
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