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Looks like an amazing place to get away from the crowds. I'd love to pack a tube in there for a few days and fish a few of the larger lakes one of these years. Thanks for sharing the photos!

My 14 y/o had been begging me all summer to go backpacking to alpine lakes and last week we finally made it happen. Hopefully the start of an annual tradition now that he's old enough to carry a loaded pack into the mountains. Day 1: We hiked in to set up our base camp on Wednesday just a few...

Last time I was there I was the first one on the lake and it was peaceful until the clouds lifted. It's amazing how packed that place can get on a sunny afternoon. The ramp was a madhouse by the time I went in. Great report!

Awesome. As mentioned above, the fish may not be as concentrated on the bottom this time of year, so don't be discouraged if you aren't hugely successful with balanced leech or chironomids. That method will be more lights out once the water cools down again.

I'd recommend a pyramid anchor. I use 10 or 15lb...from your boat description I'd recommend 15-20lb. It holds very well, especially in mud. LeeLock makes good pyramid anchors. For rope I use 1/4" dacron.

Just one more tip. For indicator fishing you should be using straight fluorocarbon. Monofilament is stiffer and won't keep you at the right depth. Mono also stretches, so you won't have as direct a connection as you do with fluoro. Here's a thread that gets into leader formulas for indicator...

Just get yourself some hemostats if you don't have them already. Clip them onto your fly and drop them to the bottom to measure the depth. Grab the line where it meets the surface and peg your slip bobber down 12"-18" (this gets the fly in the zone). Bring the hemostats in and then start...

Agreed. If you hit it with a good spray at the entrances you won't have to worry about the wasps inside the nest...it's the wasps outside that will go crazy on you. If you wait until last light when they are all in the nest that's your best chance to avoid getting stung.

I've been curious about this too. Why do some brook trout lakes get overpopulated while the populations in other lakes seem to manage themselves well produce 14"+ brookies. Inlets/outlets are the obvious spawning areas, but some of the biggest brook trout I have caught came from lakes with...

Canzone, JP, Young is amazing at the bottom after what we’ve been seeing the last few years. Hopefully we get Robles back soon too. Dan lit the fire with JP…love to see him producing

It was cool at night and about 45 in the morning, so it makes sense. I've had experience on hot days when there wasn't a bite until the sun went below the mountains and then it was lights out until dark, so I was hopeful based on that. I'm just getting into the hi-lake game...definitely taking...

Dave and Phil's trip reports on their high lake adventures are my favorites on this site, so I figured I would share my trip from last weekend. The kids were out of town, so I decided on a quick overnight backpacking trip to two "new to me" high lakes. I hit the trail at 3:45pm and, after a...

Welcome! My recommendation would be to pay special attention to this piece of advice from the OP: Figure out what interests you to start out and find some "home water" to focus on. This will help you choose your gear setup in your early years in the sport. Once you get to know a body of...

Flatfish is my non-fly go-to for trout for the kids also (trolling only). I prefer the F4 size. Confidence colors are Silver and Red (w/yellow eyes). I remove the treble hook and add a swivel...then attach a Siwash hook to the swivel. If you are going way too fast it can cause the lure to...

It's a beautiful place with beautiful fish and wonderful hosts (and dogs!). July up there is an exciting challenge because the fish could be keyed in on a different food source any given hour. Mayflies, caddis, dragons, damsels, scuds, leeches, or chironomids but that's what makes it such a...

Received my lines yesterday. Thanks @Evan B!!!

Just sent $ for a few. Thanks!

I recently returned from a successful trip to Meadow Lake Fishing Camp (MLFC) near Little Fort, BC. MLFC is one of the few remaining camps along with Rustic Resort and Rock Island Fishing Camp the Nehalliston Plateau above Little Fort. My family has visited on and off since 1970 and it has been...

100%. I was just at a large mountain lake popular with fly fishers in SW Washington last Saturday. Not a single other person fishing on the lake in the 5 hours I was there. Lots of kayakers and paddleboards once the clouds burned off. Fishing wise I would probably have had a lot more company...

I just looked up the master splinter. I’ll have to tie one of those up too. Looks great and way less messy to tie. Thanks for the recommendation!