Fishing... And A Change In Generation Pattern

[Phil Lilley]

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<td width="501"><p>Got out on the lake this morning at 5:45 am. Fog wasn't too bad so I could scoot uplake fairly quickly. I guess the horns blew as I was boating up because the water started moving as soon as I got up there.</p>

<p>Wanted to try a jig and float. Tied on an olive 1/125th oz marabou jig under a float 6 feet and started in the big hole below Lookout Island. Lots of rainbows midging all over the place but I didn't want to mess with them. They'd be simple to catch with a fly rod and a zebra midge under an indicator. I was after jig-fish.</p>

<p>I caught a few smaller rainbows before the water started to really pick up. So I went to my trusty 3/32nd oz sculpin and caught a couple more. Started drifting down and picked up a few more- nothing big though. I hadn't caught many rainbows under 12 inches until this morning- glad they're up there.</p>

<p>Heading up, the water was up enough to get over the shoal at Lookout so I boated up the Rebar and started there. I wasn't setting anything on fire--they were sucking on it, not taking it very aggressively, so I was missing fish. Tried a couple more colors- white, olive, brown- nothing really made it any better. Just a slow morning. I quit at 8:15, headed in for church.</p>

<p>This afternoon, after working the office for a while, I headed up to throw some dries. Caught 2 nice rainbows first drift down from Lookout on the bluff bank. Lost the fly on the second trout and didn't have another one with me. The smaller stimulators didn't work. The hot fly has been a orange sofa pillow. #4</p>

<p>Tried throwing a jig and did catch a few up close to the dam.</p>

<p>Checking the generation schedule for tomorrow, it appears SPA is gearing up for some power generation. 3 units during the night bumping it up to 4 units in the heat of the day. We might see this for most of the week, seeing it's going to stay hot during that time. That knocks night fishing out for some... early morning fishing a jig for others.</p></td>

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[kc outdoorsman]

Man I am looking forward to this week with your reports - keep them coming Sir!