RE: Help! All those who fish Lenice!!

[Jim Speaker]

Lenice is open thru November 30.  So, yes, Friday/Saturday are the final days.   I'd recommend a small olive leech, like a Hale-Bopp or a Kaufman's MiniLeech, on an intermediate line since most of Lenice is quite shallow.  I think I heard that Avid Angler sells the Hale-Bopp - it's just a sparse angora leech with a red thread head on a stimulator-style hook.  I was fishing something similar last time on a #14 stimi-style hook and the fish seemed to like it just fine.   Trolling is great - do so quite slowly - and encourage your friend to give the leech small, regular twitches with the rodtip while trolling.  Also, significant pauses, a couple seconds long, seem to draw strikes as well.  This might be tough for a new flyfisher, but tossing the leech right up near the reeds and slowly stripping it back is excellent - a lot of nice fish feed right up against the reeds in the shallows.   I like a number of areas in the lake, but particularly like the reed lines in and around the islands, the relatively deep slot behind the islands, and the shoreline to the east of the launch.  If you fish past dark, switch to a bigger leech and a faster troll and bigger rod tip twitches.  I like a #4 BH Bunny Leech with a couple strands of red crystal flash on each side.   There's what works for me this time of year... I'm sure there's a bazillion other flies, styles, etc, for hooking up at Lenice.   Let us all know how it goes - can't wait for the report. Tight lines and Happy Thanksgiving.   Jim Speaker -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lisa Hale Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 10:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help! All those who fish Lenice!! I am taking a completely green, never before flyfished, friend of mine on an outing this week-end.  He's never caught any truly large trout (bigger than 18 inches) and never on a flyrod.  I am giving him a quick casting lesson today.  I was wondering two things: 1)  Is Lenice still open?  I believe it is open until the end of November, right??  So, we could legally fish it Friday and Saturday??  2)  I read recent reports about the fishing being pretty good there lately.  I have only fished Lenice twice and have used a variety of techniques to hook fish.  But, I was thinking of putting my friend in a float tube with a #10 black woolly bugger on a sinking tip line and having him paddle around.  Recent reports have indicated small leeches have been producing fish.  How have you guys/gals been fishing them, on what type of line, at what time of day, what flies, color, and where in the lake??  I need to get this guy into a couple of good fish.  I want him to get hooked on flyfishing so I can pursuade him to come with me more often.  He's a good friend but we have never really shared much in common in the outdoors.  We're both school teachers and I enjoy his company, and would like it if he found as much or more pleasure in catching and releasing rainbows and browns on the fly versus bait plunking at the local put and take lakes.  Would appreciate any info and PROMISE to give you guys a full report.  Happy Thanksgiving All,  Thanks, Jeff