Leech Lake Newb

RCF said:
Damsel nymphs are my go to nymph on lakes, any lake....

Favorite pattern is a Carey Special in size 10 or 12 with medium or dark olive body. Fishing it at the right depth is key IMHO. Damsels are in the lakes for a couple of years before they become adults. A mainstay of their diet...

Have fun!
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🔥. I have my abundant stash of my own ties of those flies. People under-appreciate the power of that pattern. I’ve caught more trout on that one than any other.
 
Ceviche said:
Because of “factors,” I see myself showing up on Tuesday or Wednesday. Definitely hoping for an improving weather forecast.

Any suggestions on flies to bring? From what I’ve seen in the lowlands, damselfly season is upon us. A good friend of mine did well with matching that hatch, two or so years ago. I have my game for that.
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You might try a boatman pattern. Good luck and have fun.
 
Ceviche said:
Because of “factors,” I see myself showing up on Tuesday or Wednesday. Definitely hoping for an improving weather forecast.

Any suggestions on flies to bring? From what I’ve seen in the lowlands, damselfly season is upon us. A good friend of mine did well with matching that hatch, two or so years ago. I have my game for that.
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If you like the bobber stuff, a small black mini leech of some sort, like a BMW, works well.

My experience fishing there is that there can be long periods of not much catching, followed by periods of lots of catching. And the fish do look up a lot. Also know that the lake is not deep at all, like maybe 8 feet in places. Leave your type 6 at home.
 
Here are a ton of midges flying in the evenings so small chironomids work. I fished a dragonfly nymph, Gartside sparrow, olive Willy, and an orange craw jig (@Billy pattern) under a bobber. They all worked.
 
There’s a flashback callibaetis pattern out there that has done well for me, too. But a small black leech with a chart or orange head has also done good work. All the flies at the right times
 
My last flyfishing experience with my father was in May 1966. He had found a new bamboo Orvis fly rod in the old Bon Marche in Yakima. Yes, in Yakima! He said he and I were the only two people within 200 miles what “Orvis” meant. Anyway, he planned to buy it for my high school graduation present. Tragically, someone else beat him to that fly rod…me. I bought it gave it to him on Father’s Day. We headed to Leech that weekend and he caught a few eastern brookies with that rod. And the snow was flying! Those were the last trout he ever caught.

I haven’t thought about that in many, many years.

I love this website. Thanks for triggering a great memory.
 
Wayne Kohan said:
If you like the bobber stuff, a small black mini leech of some sort, like a BMW, works well.

My experience fishing there is that there can be long periods of not much catching, followed by periods of lots of catching. And the fish do look up a lot. Also know that the lake is not deep at all, like maybe 8 feet in places. Leave your type 6 at home.
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Thanks, Wayne! I can grasp what you’re saying about how to keep that pattern at that kind of depth range: Leech’s bottom is right there. Cool! Right on. Thanks!

Freakin’ shallow!
 
Just wait until the Munn lake pumping squad shows up.

“What’d you catch?”
“Oh a few fish and 764 chironomids from their stomachs.”

Meanwhile a fisherman asks me, “why don’t these fish eat anything?”
“Well they’ve had a thousand hooks fly past their face and everything they do eat gets sucked out of them.”

😁
 
I think Amin needs to step in and send a kind ethics rule for our group. NEVER REVEAL NAMES OR EXACT LOCATIONS! If you want to post on FB or Utube, this is not the right group for you. And stockings are online, keep it to yourself. This pic from a buddy depicts what your loose tongues can do to some of our favorite spots. Admin should delete this thread.
 

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Buzzy said:
Huh! I was thinking about making the almost three hour drive to do some fishing. My wife says "why don't you go Saturday?". 18 boats on a Wednesday (or Thursday?), might be tough to find parking on Saturday ;-) .
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Well it’s not just the parking. Some folks don’t just unload their boats at the launch. They feel the need to park there, put on their waders, string up their rods, etc. the boat launch is the choke point. They’re a well mannered lot, there’s just too many of them. A few years back, I counted 22 boats on the lake on a weekday. Can’t even imagine what the weekend looks like.
 
Cowlitz Bottomfeeder said:
Well it’s not just the parking. Some folks don’t just unload their boats at the launch. They feel the need to park there, put on their waders, string up their rods, etc. the boat launch is the choke point. They’re a well mannered lot, there’s just too many of them. A few years back, I counted 22 boats on the lake on a weekday. Can’t even imagine what the weekend looks like.
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The problem with the weekends up there is that the parking lot is used by hikers on the PCT as well. If you trailer a boat up there, there is only a few places that will fit your truck and trailer without it blocking traffic anyway.
 
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