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http://www.virginialakesresort.comIce fishing opening weekend produced a lot of
fish from both Big and Little Virginia and the
weather held until May 1st. Summer has had a
hard time breaking through due to continual cold
fronts hitting California during most of May. To
date I've seen the sun for a total of 9 days. Longest winter on record.
Today was the first day of summer thanks to her
Majesty "Mother Nature". Fishing has been great
but catching has been sensational. Browns from
Bridgeport Fish Enhancement Foundation have been
stretching lines for a week now that the water
temperature has risen along with their appetite.
Lower creek campground is open and Forest Service
web-site shows the 17th of June for Trumble Lake
Campground. There is still snow around the lakes
and on the north facing slopes of the peaks, but
it is melting fast, and the rivers are up with some white water conditions.
Bait for the week has been crawlers, meal worms,
salmon eggs and the occasional Christmas tree combo (salmon egg-marshmallow).
Lures taking serious hits were gold Kastmasters,
rainbow Bouyant's and red/gold Bouyants 1/6 oz.
Flies standard for this time of year were olive
crystal flash wooly buggers #8, black matuka's
#8, olive-eyed damsel #8, Orange Wooly buggers,
Doc's Twin Lakes special in black, and dark rust,
and of course the few special flies that anglers
like to keep secret, I can only say they are dynamite.
Still snow on the trail in the trees, but will
soon be gone with these temps. See you on the water.
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Fall has finally arrived with a wind driving the aspens to the ground and a dusting of snow through our canyon but nothing has stuck so far, only dipping temperatures with increased catching and total confusion for the trout as to what is happening topside. Trout love this type of weather and the extreme changes in temperature. The lake will turn over for the 2nd time this year in the next 4 or 5 days and fishing/catching will drastically improve. Didn't get this......
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The 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",......
