The lake in the meadow.

[Dave Westburg]

The trail isn't marked or in any guidebooks but if you know where to leave the dirt road and head right at the fork you'll end up at this cascade foothills pond after a mile and a half.

I fished a 7' 5 weight Tom Fulk bamboo rod, a floating line and a pair of size 14 wet flies. Black Gnat, Professor, Grizzly King. Everything worked.

Young of the year trout fry and shiners along the shore.

No big fish but lots of wild cutts on a quiet uncomplicated afternoon.

Maybe I'll dredge the bottom next time with a sinking line and a fry pattern to see what lurks in the depths.

 

[Yard Sale]

Absolutely beautiful. Wish I had spent more time in my youth finding spots like this.

 

[Dave Westburg]

Steve Raymond puts it well when he writes of ponds like this: "there are still some good ones left - dark little jewels of water hidden back in the woods, filled with dark little jewels of trout. If you make the effort to find them and fish them, I promise you won't be disappointed."

 

[Matt B]

Nice! Looks boggy, which could explain the meadow. Is there a floating mat of vegetation along the edges? Did you float tube it or cast from the edge?

 

[Billy]

Good stuff Dave

 

[Dave Westburg]

Nice! Looks boggy, which could explain the meadow. Is there a floating mat of vegetation along the edges? Did you float tube it or cast from the edge?

It's in a peat bog. If you wore tennis shoes you'd be wet on your first step. I've fished some peat bogs (Lake Marie for instance) where you walk and the shore ripples in each direction and you think that if you fall through the surface you'll never be able to get back up. This shore is more solid and covered with bracken but it drops right off at the edge. You can fish from shore. I wore waders but you could get by with rubber boots.

 

[Mike Monsos]

Thanks Dave, that looks like a nice place to unwind your mind, and some line.