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http://www.virginialakesresort.comSnow, can you believe it, the 6th of August marks
the 3rd time I've seen snow in August in my 34
years. But after 4 days of wind it was the
staccato for the week. Fishing was good, but
like I always say, catching is more important and
it had slowed to a crawl during the high
winds. It turned around when DFG and Alpers
stocked the same week, and everyone has been catching a lot of fish.
Brent Brown of Hemet took a 2lb 6 oz out on a
power worm, Ryan Locks of Upland took a nice 2lb
7oz Alpers on a lure, Ryan Durfee, age 6 of
Monrovia caught a 4lb 1oz Alpers on Power Bait
out of Big Virginia, Taylor Glawacki of Granite
Bay caught a nice 2lb 7oz on worms, and Ashley
Amundson of Napa caught a really nice 2lb 15oz on
power bait, Debbie Tunila of Lake Forest caught a
nice 2lb 6oz Alpers on Orange Power Bait, Brent
Brown of Hemet caught a 2lb 6oz on a power worm,
and the biggie of the week goes to Steve Johnson
of Visalia with a 5lb 8oz Alpers on a fly.
When the week finished the weather cleared and it
looks good for the next 5 days according to the Weather "Drama" Channel.
Lures: Thomas Buoyant red/gold, cripple lures,
trout teasers and small rooster tails.
Bait: Worms, salmon eggs, power eggs and power
bait (sage colored garlic) and crickets.
Flies: Emergers in light tan, Stillwater nymphs,
black woolies, olive woollies, red throated
Matukas. Dries used were parachute Adams,
Griffiths Gnats, Professors (large), and small mosquitoes (red or black tail).
Backcountry fishing was mainly black gnats/red
tail (brookies); woolies full sink for some great
action in Blue Lake, and black ants in most of
the lakes. Terrestrials are coming out of hiding
since the wind died and will start to show up on
the water shortly. I'm finding yellow/black
bumble bees everywhere, ladybugs, and even a
couple wooly worms (yellow/black). It's kind of
early for the worms, and the Belding ground
squirrels are staying really close to their
holes, hmmmm! See you on the water.....carolyn
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Another great week of breezy days, one day of wind, a full moon, and loads of bugs blowing into the water making it a virtual buffet for trout. Some high clouds moved through today and fishing was terrific, but catching slowed to a crawl unless you used your best method for inflated crawlers or pink power worms with a pinch of power bait on the eye of the hook. The Hong group did well from a boat this afternoon and even caught a couple of the elusive browns that......
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Fishing arrived as did the normal summer weather we have expected in the Eastern Sierra with a huge explosion on the 4th. The fireworks were better than 2008, which was hard to believe, but I saw every 348 explosions plus the grand finale to beat all finales. The wind picked up over night dropping the temp, but it calmed down during the daylight and stayed breezy on and off. There is a fire in Yosemite putting a brown haze on the mountains and the air smells of heavy smoke.......
