Night Time Fishing Report 6-26-12

[zander]

I feel like a parishiner who is about to confess to his priest. "Forgive me guys, for I have sinned. It has been almost 3 years since I flyfished." I have been busy with school, new job, health, bow season, etc for the past three years. A buddy of mine wanted me to go flyfishing a feeder creek for Stockton Lake the other day. I went and although I only caught two trotline sized bluegill, it reminded me what I was missing.

Ok now that I have confessed, here is the report:

Got below the dam about 9 PM. The water was still up but I knew that they were supposed to cut it off so I waited. I started off with a nice little brown on a dying scud pattern I got off YouTube. Then NOTHING for the next hour. I changed flies. Missed a couple of hits on a black Hibernator but could not land anything. There were two other guys out there last night, and one of them was definately catching fish regularly so I knew it had to be something I was doing.

I decided to put on a thinner tippet and tied on a bead-head olive pine squirrel squirrel. That is when it got a lot more interesting. I ended up catching 3 more browns all of which were 14-15 inches long. By this time it was 12:15 and I was wondering if I could keep it a brown trout only fishing trip (no rainbows had been caught). I realized the best way to do that would be to stop fising, so I did and went home. I was the last person out of there last night although one of the other guys left shortly before I did.

[laker67]

Pine squirrel and brown trout seem to go together well. Glad to hear you are out and about again. I have caught several rainbows in the past three night trips, but only one small brown. Hopefully they are returning to the upper lake as well. Good report, thanks.