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http://www.virginialakesresort.comThe weather keeps getting better, and this may be
the Indian Summer of the century. A few hours of
rain and hail last weekend drove the bugs from
Europe into the local waters driving the fish
down and compressing the water layers and maybe
the lake will turnover shortly. High country
waters like at our elevation of 9770 feet has
it's own climate and we basically have 2 seasons,
winter and August (it's a joke), but everyone
knows "that if you don't like weather, wait 10 minutes", as it's gonna change.
Fishing has been slow until DFG showed up with
400 pounds of gorgeous rainbows, and topped off
with supplement fish from Conway Ranch, and also
Alpers trout. It was a bonus day for everyone,
and I guess the word got out that everyone was
not only fishing, but actually catching a lot of
fish. I saw stringer after stringer come out and
was even told that a few anglers were over
catching. Of course, I'm not a warden and
there's little I can do but a citizens arrest if
I see it. Catching slowed down by late Friday,
and the wind came up last night and it was windy
most of Saturday leveling out the playing field,
with a lot of strike outs for the
anglers. Hopefully things will change in the
next few days, as the forecast says sunny and clear.
Top lures, bait and flies for the week were,
red/gold Thomas Buoyant, red/silver Super
Duper's, Cripple Lures, black Rooster Tails and
silver Buoyants. Worms, pink and chartreuse
power worms, garlic power bait, rainbow glitter,
salmon peach and red power eggs. Flies tossed
were olive woollies, the Delta Angler's special
ties (Don), and a lot of custom tied woolies with
extra flash, shorter tails, and flashy bodies,
and Wiggle Tail nymphs in olive. The hottest
dries were black Gnat parachute, blue wing olive
parachute, black fur ants, small crickets (live
would work best, ooops I didn't say that). We
have a gargantuan cruising Big Virginia, anyone
want to try their luck? Come on fly flingers
wait for the bad weather and get your pontoon and I'll give you a hint.
See you on the water .....carolyn
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I may sound like a broken record when I keep saying that fishing/catching are both doing great. Yes, it has been great. I've seen some great trout swimming around during my evening jaunts on Little Virginia this past week, and there are still some hold-over Alpers and appear to be taking up residency. Fall colors are just starting and most of the trees have some yellow, but it will be around the 25th when they fully change and start their darker shades going into autumn. Huntington season......
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Smoke, smoke and just more smoke has plagued the Eastern Sierra sky-line for the past week lessening the visual beauty of the scenic corridor. But the good news is that Alpers were planted last Monday, and DFG came up with 500lbs of ? to 1 pound trout for the holiday anglers. What! Where were the anglers, definitely not here, most likely staying close to home in case fires kicked up around their area. The first day of clear skies was Saturday and hopefully some of the fires......
