I've had one sitting next to my vise as a pattern to copy for months, yet somehow among my 8000 sheets of foam, I have neither 2mm black nor 1mm red... and keep forgetting to buy some
Bend area in middle of October (updated with trip report)
- Thread starter Billy
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I haven't been there for 27 years so this is useless information. But I used to like to put in at the first launch point I came to and kick clockwise down the left side to the white slide. I caught some nice browns there over the years and hit a mayfly hatch near the white slide that produced a memorable Atlantic salmon day on dry flies.
Brian in OR.
Life of the Party
Billy, how did your trip turn out?
Sorry for the delayed report!
I fished a volcano lake that starts with the letter P
Had a ruff start. Got out there at 0730 am. Only to have car die when I went to move it. It was 30 degrees and really not many people around. This was after unloading everything. Pumping up tube. Getting rods ready. Had to walk through the campground and finally found someone to give me a jump. I loaded everything back up. Went to La Pine. Got new battery. Back to lake and fishing by noon. Not the start you want. But finally on the water.
Third cast in with a jig craw caught a giant 6 pound rainbow. This thing really fought well:
At times the wind was concerning and so I didn't venture to the far side choosing instead to really pick apart the structure with sonar on the stretch I launched from.
Got a couple browns in 17-19 inch range:
Another 20 rainbows in the 10-16 inch range. Mainly caught fish on either a big jig craw off the type 5 or a black/red simiseal off the aqualux.
Fun streamer strikes and nice healthy fish.
The lake is just gorgeous:
The evening light:
Can't wait to be back!
Billy
Brian in OR.
Life of the Party
That's one lake i need to fish... Weather looked great. How was the water temp?
Around 49-51 degrees. Was definitly rapidly approaching the end of season. A lot of hikers on shore but very few anglers on water. Just a few rises here and there. I didn't mess with dries or indicators choosing instead to fish how I like to fish.
