It was a beautiful day and with all the warm weather we have been having I knew Fancher Dam would finally be ice free. I finished my morning chores and headed to the lake just after lunch. Arriving around 1:30 I found that I had the lake practically all to myself with only one gear guy tossing worms from the shore. It did not take long before I was on the water and had a zug bug on the end of an intermediate line headed for the water. The water temp was at 47* and there was just a little breeze blowing from the west. It did not take long before the rod tip started to bounce. It was a 10 inch bow that was bright and active for a small fish.
By the time I reached the east end of the lake I had released 4 fish , three bows and a brook all about 8-10 inches and skinny. After loosing my fly to a stump I put on a black micro leech. It did not take long before the end of my rod took a dive to the water. The fish turned out to be a 13 inch bow but again it was skinny.
I fished the lake for a little over three hours and released between 15 and 20 fish. The mix was about a 50-50 mix of bows and brooks. About 4 were in the 12-13 inch range the rest 8-10. All the fish were bright but skinny and not the fat bright fish I am used to catching here. I hope that with some time they will fill out and put on some shoulders.
Despite the size of the fish it was a great afternoon on the water. Clear day , slight breeze, great scenery and enough action to keep my attention. One word of caution, the lake is not full so the large number of tree stumps at the east end of the lake will take a few flies and tippet.
As written by Gary
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