East Lake is good too. One day last week we had great Callibaetis hatch action, and the other day we didn’t, but even though we were in the same place I can tell you that my good friend (and Chief of FFP Security) found Callibaetis on our “off day”. Isolated hatches can occur anyplace, but it was such a weird deal to go from Wednesday with a bunch of fish on an emerging dry, to friday with just a couple of fish before the hatch ended due to the wind where we were.
Never the less, the beetle fishing was awesome on Friday!
Chironomids, Leeches, Callibaetis nymphs are all good. Switch it up, as it may not be the same thing every day.
Water levels are low and actually low enough that I don’t feel comfortable launching my bigger guide boat and dragging the trailer through the rocks and trying to get a 1700 pound boat on a trailer in the wind with no dock to tie up to makes me use the Drift Boat there again this year. That said, I see people launching bigger boats and more power to them. I’m pretty good at launching a trailering but that risk reward scenario isn’t worth it to me.
Finally…..I’m incredulous to the fact that the bathrooms at the East Lake CG Boat Ramp are still locked at the end of June. When we were there on Friday there were a lot of folks using that site. Hey USFS, having people poop in the woods beside the parking lot is gross. Unlock the damn bathrooms. This will be a topic of conversation I will have with the Forest Supervisor later this week