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Another good day

5/23/2014

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I took a chance on the weather and went to my favorite little Rainbow Lake in the Calabogie area.  The fish are not big here as the lake is relatively small but usually plentiful.  And they can be caught on flies.  Trout are almost always on the surface so one can use dry flies as well.  It is so good a fly fishing lake that the OFS adopted it and did some additional stocking a few years back.

There is an axiom in flyfishing:  Don't leave fish to find fish.  You can adapt that also to mean, don't go to another lake when you catching at the lake you are on or last on.

There were plenty of mosquitoes at the launch but I had prepared my rods in advance so I skooted into the lake toute suite.  Right away I got action on my usual combo of White Phentex Humpy and a chironomid point fly on a long leader.  This time I had on an epoxy green buzzer.   I got five takes on that plus a couple on the Humpy.  Didn't land any but that's OK.

When I picked up an emerging midge, I saw that it was brown with tan stripes so I put on a brown chironomid and landed one on it.

On the wet rig: #4 sink with a Black Coney Leech as the dropper and a PT Nymph at the point after I noticed a single mayfly floating by.  Got a nice 2nd year fish (like the one above) right away.   Here is the Coney Leech I keep talking about.


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I got three on the Coney Leech.  I did a throat pump on one of the fish and noticed zoo-plankton or tiny scuds.  I then put on a Blob.  I've never fished a Blob before but that is what you use when they are feeding on these tiny critters.  I can see why Britain wants to ban them.  I had tension on my line but a 3rd year RB swallowed it deep.  Fortunately I was able to get it out without damage.  I didn't take a pic of the trout as I wanted it back in the water as soon as possible.    Here is a picture of a Blob in case you haven't seen one.  Mine got wrecked in removal.  And it is not nearly as good looking at this one.  You need to get the special chenille from Britain.

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Got lots of hits.  This lake is famous (infamous rather) for fish that nibble but don't take.  Also got one on a Mrs Simpson.
All in all I hooked about ten fish today in five hours of fishing.  That is not bad in a lake so close to civilization and 45 minutes from home!
5 Comments
Cyrus
5/25/2014 04:27:00 am

I've had some of my best days in bad weather, what was the surface temp? I've been hearing of a few big ones being caught recently, good to know the ice fisherman didn't get them all.

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Cyrus
5/27/2014 09:32:29 am

Were you at a 'small' rainbow lake today by any chance? I just came back from camping at one, yesterday they were on fire all 12-13 inches, today i only managed a few. A guy on a float tube came by in the morning and was fly fishing as well, your description of the lake you fished sounds very similar to the one i was at.

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Bob
5/27/2014 12:07:07 pm

Yes, indeed it was I. It never occurred to me that one of the fellows might have been you. We have to keep this lake a secret. It is a real gem for flyfishing or any kind of fishing but can easily be cleaned out. I think the late spring held meat fishers back and they simply waited for pickerel season.

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Cyrus
5/29/2014 05:19:08 am

It was nice meeting you! The bugs woke me up at 5:00 AM so i didn't get much sleep, i was the guy shore fishing when you got there. This lake will be our secret, I've been skunked many times going for trout because of how pressured other lakes are, i know how easily small lakes can be damaged by other careless fishermen. There was lots of garbage when we got there, but by the end of the trip we managed to make it look a bit better than it was when we got there. I almost always unhook my trout in the water without grabbing them, i'm sure the ones i released are doing fine. I've been reading your blog for a few years, your pictures are great!

Bob
5/29/2014 05:48:07 am

Nice meeting you too. I don't bother bringing my net out at this lake. I simply run my hand down the line to grab the hook and if I want a picture, I just wait a moment or two, click and then twist and it is off with no touching. Thanks for cleaning up. I'm pretty much done fishing trout in these lakes until the Fall. Time to go after the toothies!

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