Something I wrote while working at the fly shop that never got published

North Central WA. Stillwater’s

We all hear about the mica Lakes like Chopaka, Big Blue in the Sinlahekin Valley, Omak, Rocky Ford, Lenice and Nunnally, Here in Eastern Washington.
Well I’m going to tell you a little bit about a few lakes that you don’t hear  much about if you haven’t heard of them at all. Yet easy enough to get to for some great fishing some with hugh fish  but not many and some well worth the day trippin to get to for the time of your life, just to be catching fish  all day long.
 I’ll keep them close to Omak say within a 2 hour drive. And best fished from a belly boat or pontoon boat.
Beaver Lake is 30 ac and holds some fine Bows, Cutthroat and some Brookies. There is FS camp sites and the water is gin clear.
Beth Lake is not far away and is 13 ac. and holds some hard fighting dig down and try and take me out with that bent over 3 weight rod Bows if you get the chance to fish it early and find the carryovers to 24inches and 4 plus pounders.
Davis Lake in the Methow Valley 39ac this lake gets some wind but has a hatch of BWO and Calibaetis that’s out of some Fly-Fishin Fiction Novel.. You have to be there to believe it and the wind is not blowing this time.
 Black Pine up the hill from Twisp 3900 ft. this 18 ac lake is quite and sleepy but the plants of Brook trout and the carry overs are nice the water stays cold late into the summer and not a lot of pressure.
Buzzard Lake off the Loop Loop Pass  gets planted every year with some jumbo Rainbow to hang out with the carryovers and there for the past few years the stories of some monster bows giving your line a tug on gray scuds.
Green Lakes, Big is 44 ac and is close to town The local fly clubs are known to buy some nice fish to help this C&R lake from March 1 till Oct 31
Then again there is the Colville Reservation Lakes that need mentioning: McGinnis, Rebecca, Buffalo, Gold and Summit. You must have a tribal license to fish on the reservation but it is well worth the investment all the for mentioned lakes are stocked heavy with catchable oversized trout. Brook, Rainbow Cutthroat and Triploids  and fished early big carryovers.