Calabogie Hatch is on!

What a difference a few days makes!  At my favorite small Rainbow lake in the Calabogie area, there were trout rising to midge emergers.  This second year fish was caught on an Elk Hair Caddis with my 3wt rod.  They are pretty active.  Lots of jumps and none too happy to be in the net.  I know this is at least two years old because they haven't stocked in our area due to the late Spring.  With my #4 sink two fly set up, the Black Coney Leech dropper brought in two and the point fly  Yellow Hammills got two as well.  Lost a couple as well on the Leech.   At this lake they like to nibble.  That is the sign to put on a smaller fly.  That usually does the trick.  Not bad for two hours of fishing starting at 10 AM.  ST48F
We finished the day by fishing a couple of hours at a nearby brookie lake but no hits.  Our serenity was interrupted by a Bait Contractor dumping several minnow baskets all around the shore line.  His motor likely sent the sensitive brookies hiding.  Then again brookies are hard to predict. They are not like Rainbows that like to feed all the time (as do bass).  It was puzzling not to see any rises to any of the boatman making quite a scene all over the surface.  Surface temp 54F
I don't mind them taking minnows out of this particular lake because there are almost too many.  They would eat all of the food if left unchecked.  However with the VHS virus throughout the area, it is astonishing that OMNR doesn't follow the lead of Quebec and ban all live bait fishing.