Report - 11/6/05

[Phil Lilley]

I need to get out and fish alittle to know exactly what's going on but I can report on what I've heard the last couple of days.

Our leaves are coming down big time now. If you view the webcam the last 2 days, we've seen beautiful colors on the bluff but the wind last night brought most of them down. They are in the lake now and our trout seem to like the bugs coming off the leaves or at least the midges hatching around them. Using a #14 or #16 zebra red or black under a float 12-20 inches is excellent right now all over the lake where trout are taking midge flies. It doesn't get much better than this!

Brown or gray #14 scuds from Fall Creek to Lookout under an indicator still excellent fishing them on the bottom off the bluff bank to the channel and even the flats. Dry flies are still good at times against the bluff bank. If hatches are occuring, use a zebra midge and target feeding fish.

Below the dam, #20 egg flies below redds- both rainbow and browns. Thread midges in the faster moving water above outlet #2 and below rebar as well as scud patterns. Fish a #20 dead scud under a small palsa indicator around feeding rainbows in dead water for a fun time.

Forecast - we need RAIN for the winter season. It seems the whole White River chain of lakes is in bad shape and need of rainfall. With little rainfall, little or no generation is in the forecast for all tailwaters in the area.