I have a favorite little brookie lake, no more than two acres in size but with a long shallow shelf all around, a drop off to 10 ft and some spots 28 ft. All covered in chara weeds. Casting to the line of dropoff is all you have to do. They tend to hang out together. Find one and you find others.
In my last two outings I have caught four year classes of trout. The two above are likely 2nd and 3rd year. The time before, I caught the largest trout ever in this lake and likely a 4 year old. They start dying at 5 years old. They are stocked as one year olds and sometimes you have a hard time getting those off your flies.
The magic this Spring has been a P-Quad. I noticed that they were spitting out minnows when caught. The P-Quad works for that as well as scuds and even boatman if they have a silvery back which mine do.
In my last two outings I have caught four year classes of trout. The two above are likely 2nd and 3rd year. The time before, I caught the largest trout ever in this lake and likely a 4 year old. They start dying at 5 years old. They are stocked as one year olds and sometimes you have a hard time getting those off your flies.
The magic this Spring has been a P-Quad. I noticed that they were spitting out minnows when caught. The P-Quad works for that as well as scuds and even boatman if they have a silvery back which mine do.
RSS Feed
