I was able to head out twice this weekend and was awarded both times for my efforts.
On Friday, I hit a little lake which will remain nameless in the cascade foothills for a little day of trout fishing. My partner and I, who were the only souls on the lake, were able to entice several nice 10-13" cutt-bows and rainbows to our offerings. The water temperature was 46F and the air 44F, which lead both of us to believe that offerings should be presented slowly. I scored one nice fish on about my 5th cast, and then we went fishless until we did a final "lets troll the shoreline before we go", where fishing got hot, and I can only assume that it was the retrieve speed that got things going. All fish were taken on leech and wooly bugger patterns. And the takes were with gusto, all hooks were deep, barbless hooks were even tough to remove. The name of the lake will only shared with those who go to the lake with me. Its a nice little lake that is small and cannot take too much fishing pressure. Today, I headed out for a morning's fishing on Lake Sammamish with some friends. We had heard a report of some big cutthroats, up to 25", being caught in Washington and Sammamish by fly anglers in the winter. Apparently the fish will sit at the inlets of streams eating eggs and such was tumble down into the lake prior to their spawning runs in the early spring. We spent the morning fishing egg sucking leeches, buggers and eggos all around the Issaquah Creek delta, and again I caught a 12" residual chinook on an egg sucking leech. It seemed to target the egg, as the hook caught it in the head, so I shifted to eggos, but without luck. There was an almost constant rise going on between Greenwood Point and the delta, and we had a few hits in this area, but were unable to hook up to anything. As to the legality of fishing near the delta, the current regs stipulate "no SALMON fishing within 1000' of the mouth". We were not salmon fishing, we were seeking big trout. I hope that your weekends were as fun. Rob -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
