Current Lake Conditions:
The fishing on Manzanita has been good. Daytime hatches of Callibaetis cause fish to chase your #14 non-beaded pheasant tail nymph. In the evening, caddis hatches have triggered some good dry fly fishing. Check the regulations before fishing here. Some of the best water is off limits!! Terrestrials like ant patterns and beetles can produce a fish or two that eats right off the surface!

The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
Using a float tube or a pontoon boat, paddle out into the lake and look along the edges for cruising rainbows and browns. RIOs Aqualux Intermediate Sink Tip is a perfect line for retrieving and stripping Pheasant tail nymphs and Callibaetis. Use a floating line and leader tapered to 6x with a bead head PT with a very, very, very slow retrieve. Fish will find your nymph and take it, but don't set the hook! Just lift and let line out until you can bend the rod without first breaking the fish off.

Flies:

Dries: • Scum Dun Callibaetis #14
• D&D Cripple Callibaetis #16
• Carpenter Ant
• Foam Beetle
• Deer Hair Parachute Ant

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Hogan's S&M Olive #16-18
• Zebra Midge Black #18-20
• GB Half Flashback PT #16-20
• Fox's Callibaetis #14

Streamers/Leeches:
• Beaded Micro Bugger Black
• Zonkers
• Zack's Zugger Yellow/Brown