BC Day 5

Lodgepole Lake:…..   Elev. 4270  the water along shore as clear as a good Gin. water temp. 57, the sky full of dark clouds but it’s a bit warmer today.

    Our camp fire wood guy, told us about this lake said it was quite popular with the locals.    We wanted to try something new and close to camp because of the relentless rain, and if it didn’t work out then close by is Stake Lake.  

    The second day of suiting up at camp it rained most of the nite and was raining all the time we ate breakfast.

   Following the direction given we found it with no problem the launch is a bit rough but very doable. In the water by 9:30 I was the last to get in I sat in my truck and picked out some flies so the rest didn’t get soaked. I made my way what I think is north could of been east or west really for all I knew. With my back to the wind on this end it’s shallow with a sandy bottom so I pulled up my line and made a cruze thru the shallows looking for bug life I saw some mini leaches and a couple of small maybe ½ inch crawdads.  But along the shore line I saw lots of rises so I worked my way back and dropped anchor in 10 foot of water and with my dry line put on a #16 Peacock hackle and pitched right at the shore short slow strip and fish on not big and the 5 weight was way too much for it. For over a haft hour every cast produced a  fish the biggest being a solid 16. 

    I got on the radio and called Scott to see how they were doing all of them were catching a few trolling around.   

   While I was there a couple of guys showed up with float tubes and put in. I must of spent another half hour there casting and catching the guys showed up and needed what I was using, giving each of them one. I started working my way farther down the shore line. Into some deeper water and switch out to my sink line and a damsel nymph after seeing a few swimming around.  Hooked only one fish in twenty minutes. So I took off for even deeper water in the hunt for a larger Bow.  I did find a 24 in fish in 23 feet, my last fish if the lake. My knee couldn’t take much trolling around anyway today, so I headed back into shallower waters.  For a short time with on success, the headed by to the launch and dry truck. Everybody caught a fish to remember for this lake and yes would I go back to this lake. YES but when I do go back and I will. I plan to bring a Sage 3 & 4 weight rods set up one dry long leader the other Clear Intermitted line shorter fluorocarbon maybe 2ft nymph rig. I’m sure it would be fun. The not knowing if that hawg is going to take !!

It wasn’t much time after I was back at the truck before and not that much longer after that everybody were also headed in.  

Back at camp the weather cleared up of course. We got dry up and pulled the stuff out of my back seat to head into Logan Lake to have some dinner. Finding the only place to eat the Cast & Brew Grill, and come to find out later thru a different door is the beer store. Same cooler just a smaller selection of beer you can buy to take away.

Back to the eats Damn good burgers Gary and I had mine with Orings, Rich had some kind of wrap, looked good, and Scott went for the Buffalo Burger.