Fishing Report - Edward Spence

[Phil Lilley]

Sunday, 9/24 I got to the Lake at 3:30 PM. They were generating with one unit on line so I fished below Outlet #3 where I could wade. I used a #10 Olive Wooley Booger and a #14 Gray Crackleback, both with sinking leader with no strikes. I quit at 5:00. I saw no fish caught.

Monday - 9/25 I started fishing at 9:45 with one unit still on line. I fished below outlet #3 and caught one 12 inch rainbow on a #16 yellow Crackleback. They stopped generating about 10:30 so I moved to the rebar hole and fished with the Crackleback and had no strikes. I tried #14 White and Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles above the rebar area with no strikes and quit at noon.

I started back fishing about 3:00 PM at the rebar hole with a yellow Crackleback and had no strikes. I tried the PT Soft Hackle above the rebar in the riffles with no strikes. I caught one 12 inch rainbow on a #14 White Soft Hackle before quitting at 5:30. The only strikes I had the whole day were the two fish I caught.

Tuesday - 9/26 all generation was off. I started fishing at 8:45 in the rebar area with the #14 White Soft Hackle and fished about an hour with no strikes. I moved below the gravel bar and fished awhile with a #10 Olive Wooley Booger with no luck. I switched to the #14 Yellow Crackleback with a sinking leader and caught a fat 13 inch rainbow. I had one other strike and thought it was improving, but I had no other strikes and quit at noon.

When I got back to the Lake at 2:30 PM there were two units on line. I tried to fish above outlet #1 with an Olive Wooley Booger, but fishing was so difficult I quit at 4:00 after many tangles and no strikes.

All in all, fishing was about as tough as I've ever seen it. I caught three fish and felt fortunate. I saw very few fish caught even at the outlets. The weather was perfect, however, and as usual the opportunity to stay at Lilley' and fish was most enjoyable.

[Phil Lilley]

Hope my fishing report isn't too grim. Ned & I didn't do as well as we usually do.

Sunday 9/24 - I got on the water about 3:30 at the Rocking Chair area. They were running one generator {I think}. I fished there for maybe 30 minutes with no success, then went up between outlets #1 and #2 and fished till 5 PM with the same results.

Monday 9/25 - I started at 10 AM, one unit running. I waded out as far as I could along the lower end of the gravel bar several hundred yards east of the Rebar Hole and caught 3 rainbows on yellow #12 cracklebacks. Two of them were nice fish, 13 or 14 inches. After they quit generating and the water went down I kept fishing till noon but didn't catch any more fish. I went back out about 3:30 in the afternoon and caught three nice browns and a smaller rainbow below the lower end of the same gravel bar on #12 olive & black woollybuggers. I also lost what evidently was a huge fish. It hit and took off east {what I call downstream} until it had taken nearly all my line and backing. When I tried to turn the fish it broke loose. I had no control whatsoever over it.

Tuesday 9/26 - Started in the same area about 8:45 AM and caught one fair-sized rainbow on an olive & black woollybugger. Had two others on but didn't land them. I switched to a #12 yellow crackleback and caught a beautiful 16" brown. I also foul hooked a big sucker and landed it, and I hooked and landed a rock about 3" in diameter. [Hey, when it's this slow you count 'em all!} Tuesday afternoon they ran two units and I fished a while between outlets #1 and #2 with no strikes.

Even though our fishing was slower than usual this time we had a great trip and look forward to our next visit.

Bruce Cochran`

[timsfly]

Fishing was pretty good after they stopped running water, about 11:00 the fishing got pretty good, I used the 2 #22 thread midge combo and a yarn indacator and fished the rig about 4 feet deep, didn't hook any big ones but caught 9 trout, all browns, didn't get a rainbow, saw one good one swim by a few times, I only fished about 2 hrs. There were several nice fish moving around, the first fish I hooked on a san juan worm was probably about 5lbs, I got to fight it for about 5 minutes but we soon parted company after that.

[strobes]

Do you guys see many suckers in the trophy area? Are they any problem now days?

[Phil Lilley]

There are alot but they are not a problem.