I started fishing MY LAKE when I was five years old with my father. The first time we went was an unusually warm afternoon in May and the
BLACK ANT HATCH was on. As we were putting the boat in the water all I could here was splash splash splash as the fish started going crazy,jumping all over the place. My Dad had the biggest grin on his face so I knew something was up. I didn't know it at the time about matching your fly to the hatch but I guess my Dad did because he was catching Cutthroat Trout like there was no tomorrow.One after as another he was catching these feisty 30 cm. to 50 cm. Cuthrout trout don't jump like Rainbow trout do when you hook one. There strategy is to go deep and run and the bigger fish do put up quite a battle. My first time fishing at my laake was 52 years ago and this November I was back fishing it again. No surprize to me that the Cuthrout fishing was still as good as it was when I was 5 years old. the lake dosn't get musch fishing pressure and it's off the road quite aways. We had lots of action for the 2 1/2 hours and we kept 8 fish from 35 cm. to a nice 3 pd. 5 ouncne 47 cm. I have fish my lake for over 50 years and have only seen 5 other boats on it. My Lake is only 45 minutes from my house!!! I LIVE ON A WONDERFUL ISLAND
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
When I was 13 years old I was watching a t.v. show on CREDENCE CLEAR WATER REVIVAL rock band and they said they practice 8 hours a day for 8 months before they made their first album. I said to my mom that they should just be able to play forgetting that the week before I came home from school and announced that I wasn't leaving the table until I learn how to shuffle a deck of playing cards. By Sunday afternoon I got up from the table and declared that practice makes perfect! Forty years later it dawned on me that's why Credence practiced so much.
