Short Report

[Phil Lilley]

Linc and I took the new Jackson Mayflies out yesterday afternoon for a test drive.  Put in at the dam 2 pm.  Breeze out of the west.  We both had zebra midges on, about 18 inches deep under a float.  The bite was on.

I say the bite was one but all that was interested were small rainbows, mostly 10-11 inches.  Had 2 about 12 inches in the mix but hooked a couple that felt larger but they pulled loose.

Caught them on a rusty, a P&P and a green #16, 6x tippet.  They were midging all over the surface.

Got down to the Narrows where I switched to a #16 gray scuds.  First 3 rainbows were 15, 14 and 15 inches.  Bigger ones were looking for meat.

The kayaks worked great.  I've never been in a Jackson, or really any upscale kayak before.  The seats were amazingly comfortable.  I finally had the nerve to stand up at the Narrows but I made sure I was in 6 inches of water.  No problem!

I'm already planning on adding a couple of things - a small anchor and a container of some kind to put a couple of fly boxes and misc things next to the seat.

We visited with a guests of the resort that has a Big Tuna and he was telling us of all the accessories you can buy for them.

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For the rest of the lake, the Berkley's Pink Powerworm or the Gulp Pink Worm is still king.  Linc tried an orange one and caught fish too but we're not going as far to say they work as well as the pink.  Our guides started using it about a year ago and that's about all they use now - on a small jig head under a float 3 to 5 feet deep.

They're still catching them out in front of the resort fairly well but they've seemed to have gone up lake a bit - from Trout Hollow to Fall Creek.  Also had a bunch of guys go down to the Landing yesterday and came back with limits in short order.

Off the dock, the pink worm is good but they're catching them on Gulp eggs and Powerbait paste too.  Some on night crawlers but we're not selling very many worms.

Saw some guys throwing a small gold spoon just below the Narrows yesterday and they were hooking a lot of rainbows.  Again, most were the small ones.  I'd think the spoons would work down lake too.

Had this picture sent to me a couple of days ago - 28 inch rainbow caught on a 1/16th oz sculpin/ginger jig just below Fall Creek, released.

[JestersHK]

Man that is a tank of a rainbow...  One of these days I'll get into one like that...  Thanks for the report Phil.