Sunday
I was looking for someplace else to fish on of opening weekend. Aeneas was awesome but I needed to stretch out and hit some different water.
It was cooler and a little windy with spotted rain showers. I waited as long as I could for the weather to break then headed for Blue Lake in the Sinlahekin.
Arriving at about 1 in the afternoon I found the lake had a number of campers at the south end, and the north campsites where about ¾ full.
The weather was cool with rain and a strong wind coming out of the north. There were very few people on the lake actually fishing. Although I like to fish the middle section of the lake I decided to fish the north end, as I did not want to fight the wind back from the middle section. The water temp was 56 degrees and the lake was higher than I have seen it in the past few years. The fishing was very slow to start with.
I changed a number of my favorite flies for this lake with limited success.
Finally I hit the right combination of line and fly and things got a lot better. After fishing for over an hour with only a few strikes and one fish netted, the last hour or so resulted in about 10 fish netted. The fish ran in size from 16 inches to a small of 12. With the exception of one large buck, they were all bright and healthy. The wind and rain finally got the better of me and I left the water around 4ish. By the time I finished fishing almost all the people in the north campsites had left and the lake was practically empty.
Despite the wind and rain it was a great time.
The fish were bright and the fires of last summer did not completely destroy the scenery.
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