Friday Night Through Sunday Night

[fly2fish]

Friday night hit the water a little after 10 pm with only 1 other car in the parking (thought it was Leonards van at first)but it was a couple that were rigging up at the shelter and they headed to outlet 1 so I knew I was going to have the point and Big Hole to myself. Chose the black and purple hibenator to start with and caught the first fish on my third drift and it was a fish almost every other cast after that. Fish were larger than I have ever caught in one night with at least 3 over 20 inches (biggest 22") and several in the 17-20 inch range. It was putting the Sage 4wt to the test. Lost count of the total around 50 but caught at least 10 more after that. The amazing thing was all 60+ fish came on the same fly, never changed fly the whole night.

Saturday night lot more fog and the same van plus 2 other trucks in the lot. Checked by outlet 2 and there were at 2 guys fishing there so I headed back to the same area as the night before, the couple from the van were just down from the point so I fished just up from them at the begining of Big Hole. Chose a new black hibenator, caught a fish on the 3rd cast again but that was it for about 10 minutes. Now I started guessing with the fog went to white and caught one on the 2nd cast then nothing for the next 10 minutes so I switched to olive and gold hibenator and things got a little more consistent. About 12:30 had 3 guys come up one took up a spot about 40 feet upstream and another about 40 feet downstream and the 3rd guy directly behind me. I had to shorten my cast to keep from hitting him and thought he would move soon the water behind me was only about a foot deep. I was expecting something to come whizzing by my head any second, finally I went back to my normal length cast and probably was putting my fly a few feet from his face on the backcast and he moved fairly quickly then. Most fish that I hooked were just a few feet up from the guy that was down stream from me. I know a few of those fish probably got him a little wet when the broke the surface. In all ended with just around 20 with a few in the 15-18 inch range, none over 20 though.

Sunday pulled in around 10 pm again with just 1 truck at outlet 2 so I headed up to 1 to see if Leonard was there and no cars, decided to start there on the downstream side of 1 and picked up 3 or 4 and headed down to the flats after the only other person I saw left. It was on then, black and purple hibenator that was getting pretty thin on hair but still had most of its flash, but it worked better than the new ones. 2 more fish just over the 20 inch mark on my net handle, I was tempted to rig up the 7wt Sage but the 4 wt was too much fun and I never had to put any of them on the reel, I was kind of using Phil's spinning reel technique except using my fingers as the drag. Ended the night early at 1:30am with 18 total

With a 3 night total of 90-100 with a lot of 20+inchers it was over all an awesome weekend.

F2F

[Cad]

F2F I was the other truck that was there and sitting in the flats, I was doing well on a black and blue hibernator until the lake bottomed out. I too was catching big fish and fat. Also caught one white bass. I packed up and moved down to the big hole for 30 minutes then headed out (had to get to work the next day), but it was a very good night. If you see my truck down there again feel free to yell at me.

Cad

[Seth]

Are these Hibernators available at any of the fly shops in town?

Nevermind, I just found them in fly tying section and also that Lilley has them in his shop so I will just swing by and pick up a few from him.

[Phil Lilley]

Are these Hibernators available at any of the fly shops in town?

Nevermind, I just found them in fly tying section and also that Lilley has them in his shop so I will just swing by and pick up a few from him.

Mine. Lilleys. We carry all the colors I think.

Thanks for the great report. Isn't it great fishing!!?? These rainbows have shot up past 20 inches this year. We're finding them all over the lake right now. Had one to the boat this am below Lookout - about 5 pounds.

Gonna have to get up and night fish real soon.

[gary2400]

Hey Henry that was my red chevy truck and my dads red ford in the lot Sat night. I used the black and purple flash hibernator that Leonard gave me (they have them at Lilleys) and caught over 20 in a couple of hours between #2 and #3. Two of them were over 20" and they were all full of fight and fat. I seen lights coming back from the big hole around midnight and figured maybe it wasn't so good down there so I didn't go on down. Sounds like you did great....no Leonard though? Leonard I would like to tie some of those myself but I don't know what flash you used?

[fly2fish]

Hey Henry that was my red chevy truck and my dads red ford in the lot Sat night. I used the black and purple flash hibernator that Leonard gave me (they have them at Lilleys) and caught over 20 in a couple of hours between #2 and #3. Two of them were over 20" and they were all full of fight and fat. I seen lights coming back from the big hole around midnight and figured maybe it wasn't so good down there so I didn't go on down. Sounds like you did great....no Leonard though? Leonard I would like to tie some of those myself but I don't know what flash you used?

It is Polar Chenille the flash material and you just palmer it with the squirrel. Leonard said he was there Friday night on the flats between 1 and 2. The guys you saw coming back Saturday night I think had been using rapalas or some type of crankbaits because I could here the hooks rattleing in the fog. I guess OA members will have to start meeting at 10, 12 and 2 at the shelter to see who all is there and what is working and what isn't:D

F2F