Accuweather says Hi 56-58 and lows 38 or so. Which forecast do you look at?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Lufkin
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:25 PM
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Subject: RE: Lake Lenice report[Scanned]
Looks like weather reports for the weekend are much different than
for yesterday and today. If it stays cold you may well get snow - and
of course, wind :-D
K
Great report, Kent. I'll be freezing my butt off over there on Saturday and
Sunday.
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Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:50 AM
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Subject: Lake Lenice report[Scanned]
Les Korcala and I drove over to fish Lake Lenice yesterday, arriving
at about 7:45am under a cloudless sky with the sun just about to rise
over the Saddle Mountains. It was cold, perhaps freezing or just
below, but without even a puff of wind. Although a north wind gusted
periodically from about 11am to 3pm, the water was otherwise calm
nearly the whole day.
Putting in, I found that my last-minute decision the night before to
bring a 6wt bamboo rod instead of a 4wt graphite came at a price: I'd
forgotten to bring the matching spool with the WF6 line and so had to
muscle a puny WF4 the whole day. Thanks to the near-windless
conditions though, it could have been a whole lot harder than it was.
We decided to fish the east end of the lake and had the place to
ourselves until about 10am when two others arrived and went to the
opposite side of the lake. The air temperature ended up in the
mid-50s and the water was an even 54�. The water was unusually clear,
allowing a view of the bottom nearly everywhere. There were no signs
of any hatch activity. I only saw a couple of wayward dragonflies, a
few small mayfly and chironomid adults, a bee or two, and a brief
flurry of midges just before sundown.
By the time we pulled out under the Milky Way, Les had landed 8 fish
and I'd released 15, both of us with another 3 or 4 LDR'd. Nearly all
were RBs from 16 to about 19 inches. Their appearance ranged from
pure silver with a few speckles to deeply colored with heavily
spotted reddish bronze flanks. Some dogged it after being hooked,
coming almost peacefully to hand while others tailwalked and fought
>every inch of the way. One brute that I hooked about noon at the
>inlet took off like a torpedo making my Bougle scream in a vain
>protest, pulling out half my line before finally shaking the hook.
Just after sundown there was a brief period when nearly every cast
produced a strike or a fish. We had a couple of doubles including one
at about 5:30pm when we released a pair of 17-18 inch browns.
I fished a size 12 no-bead gold-ribbed hare's ear off a floating line
and 12 foot 4X leader the entire day, changing only a couple times
when a fish had ingested one too deeply to safely remove. Les tried a
couple dozen different patterns but the GRHE ended up producing best
for him as well.
I'm still grinning after a nearly perfect day on the water.
K
