lots of fish, but also alot of bait, there is probably every different powerbait variety represented at any given time, I have caught a couple and had a couple half hearted takes, but I am seeing alot of top water takes and i can really tell what thier eating, because I'm ussually on my lunch break in uniform.
-----Original Message----- From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fishing lakes with dries (was Re: ) Are you sure there's fish in your local lake? I know this may sound like a dumb question but it is certainly worth verifying before you go any further. Jeff Ryder and I once spent two fruitless hours fishing Beda lake early last year, having heard it had been rehabbed and planted with triploids and browns. It had been rehabbed all right, but the planting didn't happen until several weeks after our visit. Assuming there are fish, a bit of sleuthing to find out what they've been eating can pay off by narrowing your pattern selection. If there are some catch and keep guys on the water, perhaps you might be able to persuade them to clean a fish or two before leaving the lake so you can examine their stomach contents. Otherwise, you'll need to catch one and use a stomach pump to find out for yourself. I enjoy fishing with dries on lakes. But success often depends on how hard the lake is hit by other fishers and whether the fish might be discouraged from surface feeding by predators. In some remote foothill and mountain lakes that may only get a couple anglers every week or two, exact pattern matching is unimportant. Those fish will hit anything you throw at them in their frantic haste to put on weight before the lake freezes over again. In the more popular lowland lakes, they might refuse just about anything you present on the surface, forcing you to fish subsurface instead. In general, I prefer parachute-style dries as they're easier for me to see, especially in failing light. Sometimes, emergers chosen to mimic the specific hatch de jour may be the only pattern that works. Occasionally, big bushy flies like humpies, EHCs, Goddard caddis, and even stimulators can tempt otherwise wary fish by imitating an irresistible 'full meal deal'. Hope this helps, Kent Lufkin >I have been fishing a little local lake and would like some assistance. I >have tryed all standard fare, i.e. wooley buggers, carey specials, pheasant >tail and GRHE however being new to the lake game what are some good topwater >patterns for washington?
