Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Had a trip this am. Headed to the trophy area where Bill had already taken up camp - 7:55 am. I'll let him do his won report.

The sun was already on the water except of some shade against the bank. No wind- very slick. Could see everything- lots of fish- both suckers and trout- but lots of trout.

They were picky. Tried zebras and micros- nothing. At 9 am we headed down for night crawler country. But they were tough too. Not good. Had one nice rainbow in the well and they wanted to take home a few for supper. Called Bill and he said they had picked up above so threw back the rainbow and headed up again.

We tried and tried to get them to take a fly- a jig. Nothing. It shut down for Bill too.

But I could catch 'em on a jig thrown straight- no float. Sight fished for them- casted to a school and they'd fight over it. They wanted something moving- that was clear.

So I taught my clients how to work a jig. They did good! Ended up with 7 < 12 inches for cleaning and threw back some REAL nice rainbows. These fish are full of fight, big and fat.

Curtis reported someone bringing in a 23 inch rainbow this am caught in the trophy area. Weighed and released at the dock.