I'm envious.
The last week of August my hiking buddy and I did our annual trip. Last year we stumbled over a lake that had hundreds of brookies swarming the intake either after cooler water, oxygen, food, or some mix thereof. I heaved panther martins over them and Bill fished bait .. both to no avail. They studiously IGNORED us. This year I took my 6 piece 4 weight pack rod and a clear lake line my GF got me for my b-day last year. I used a red/black leech pattern. Got 8 trout 10-11 inches long in about 30 minutes, then the bite abruptly died. These were my first trout on flies from lakes and it was cool to use the line my GF gave me. All in all, a success.
I hope to go back to that lake during deer season .. throw in a rod of some sort when I go hunt nearby. See if a month and a half and some cooler weather change their appetites.
Tom
