Lake Davis Oct. 5-9

[James W]

Are those fish pretty strong?

I had a couple of the biggest take me down to just a couple feet from the backing.
4wt with 4X tippet. I think a 3X would have been a good idea. Never broke any off though.

[gene goss]

I had a couple of the biggest take me down to just a couple feet from the backing.
4wt with 4X tippet. I think a 3X would have been a good idea. Never broke any off though.

One of the fishout clinics that i taught at Lake Davis was on how to flight and land a trout as quickly as possible, the less stress you put on the trout the quicker you can revive it for a safe release. I know that it takes more skill to land a big trout on a 4wt and 4x tippet and if you haven't broke any fish off then you must have the skill. I think if you used 3x tippet on that 4wt you will blow up that rod.

[James W]

One of the fishout clinics that i taught at Lake Davis was on how to flight and land a trout as quickly as possible, the less stress you put on the trout the quicker you can revive it for a safe release. I know that it takes more skill to land a big trout on a 4wt and 4x tippet and if you haven't broke any fish off then you must have the skill. I think if you used 3x tippet on that 4wt you will blow up that rod.

I learned my fish fighting skills on the deck of the Royal Star longe-range fishing boat out of San Diego. Fighting 200+ lb tuna standup style from an anchored boat, well, you learn a few things. I've fished with guys from Thailand to South Africa, good times. Fighting fish would be a good panel topic at a fly club meeting. I'm 100% with you, get him in quickly and released asap.

[cyama]

We were out there last week and the fishing was pretty good!! The hot setup was an intermediate camo with a burnt orange krystal bugger. Pretty small buggers like size 10 tied on a tiemco 200. Holographic flashabou in the tail seemed to help a lot. As for tippet you should be using 3x fluoro plus or Seaguar Invisx 6lb test. Seaguar invisx 6lb is .008 in diameter and much less expensive. My buddy was snapping off fish on 4x.

The fish on this lake are mostly from Eagle lake and I can tell you they do rip line. It is very exciting when a 22" fish rips out and porpoises some 80 feet away from you. The important thing is they use a lot of energy during the fight and should be revived and released as soon as possible. Stick with 3X or stronger fluoro.

Fish are also hitting tan soft hackles during the callibaetis hatch which is from 10-2 on cloudy days. A size 14 cripple callibaetis in grey is also a good choice on the surface.