Short Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

I boated up to Lookout this evening- got up there about 7 pm. It was foggy so I didn't go on up and take a pic of the vehicle- sorry.

The water was falling out- still moving pretty good but level was dropping. Had to watch the depth- didn't want to get beached over night.

Caught one on a big yellow double humpy- was using it as an indicator for a #16 red zebra which the trout turned their nose up at. They were midging hard- aggressive- but not on what I had to offer. So I switched to a #18 red soft hackle and started catching rainbows. Man these fish fight hard!! 14 inchers kicking my butt.

I took my 8 wt loaded with shooting line and a bead- Bill and I were using them the other day. 8 mm bead- silver salmon sized. I moved out and up next to the island and dropped an anchor. The water was still moving pretty good- perfect for what I wanted. First 5 casts- 5 rainbows. Cool!!! they slowed down on the bead so I tied on a San Juan - scoring again! I hooked a real big fish but the hook pulled out early.

Stayed too long and headed in. Fog was thick and the midges were thicker!! A guy in a boat anchored where Fall Creek's dock used to be whistled and waved me over as I pasted. He wanted to show me a brown he had caught- he said it was 10 pounds. Was using sculpin (the real thing).

Lake level is well below power pool right now by the looks of the water between our dock and the bank. As I ran downstream this evening, I saw gravel that I haven't seen in a long time. At the narrows, although it was foggy, I could see the west bank. It looked like the gravel there had built up along that bank which is weird. Also saw what looked like to be a pile of gravel against a log on top of that gravel flat, well above the surface of the water. I know the lake was still above power pool at that time. The lake may look very different when it's all said and done up there.

If you're boating tomorrow- there's going to be trees all over the lake- in the middle- in the channels. Be very careful, esp before the fog lifts. We're going out with chain saws tomorrow and try to cut some out while the water is low.

Chuck and Bead.

Stubby!?

What kind of butterfly is this?

Nice sunset.

[Rolan Duffield]

Phil:

That looks like a moth.

[DD'sMC]

What kind of butterfly is this?

Phil,

Might be a type of swallowtail, although the color appears to be somewhat faded.

[rainbow]

Phil, what happened to the fall creek dock? I had not heard there was a problem with it.