The last lake of 15

  Well from my last post Steelhead opens on Thursday the 15^th so that is where my energy will be for the next couple of months. then Rocky Ford Ck. I will get some time in for Chums on the Wetside and maybe some more Silvers.

Gary and I finished out Lake Season doing a good friends private lake. It has G. Browns, Bows, Tiger, and some fresh triploid Brooks.  

      Gary came close to a Grand Slam, he didn’t land that Tiger. That really didn’t matter all the other were big and powerful and I know he had a great time.

I on the other hand I did get a grand slam hooking and landing all four. I don’t write about this lake much because it is private and the owner want to keep it that way without having people come knocking on his door.

      This is the lake that I test most of my flies on to perfect them, from the Disco Dolly Patton (booby) my crawdads patterns, Damsels both dries and nymphs. Along with many others.

The fish are big, some are real fighters and some are like boots full of mud and just hold you down. Many will run and take you into your backing. As Gary found out yesterday. He hooked a Bow well over 6lbs. on a small Caddis dry. I was very proud of him holding his composure until he had it in the net.

      The wind blew but not bad and we got in our fix for the year. I have caught many Steelhead smaller than the fish in this lake.

So on to other fish stories, and tells.

Happy Steelhead Season I wish you the best of times in the 2015-16 season.

 Keep the Wilds in the Water, & Keep your Hatcheries