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| Reeds, Reflections - Sierra Nevada 2005 |
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| Mike, Reading - Sierra Nevada 2005 |
2:00—Back at campsite number 1. Kearsarge Lakes.
5:30—The Hatch! Much more so than Monday night. Trout don’t have to jump—just scoop up th’ hatch. Very nice here . . . best part of trip, actually. A little like Minaret Lake, with the Kearsarge Pinnacles standing in for the Minarets.
2 comments:
Wow! Trout!
Would these be planted, or wild?
High country lakes can be challenging. The surface is usually glassy smooth, so trying to
present a dry fly to the fish is very difficult, without spooking them.
Occasionally, larger fish lurk in the depths, so a slow retrieve can work.
Most of those "cirque" lakes, though, can't support large populations of fish, or larger ones.
During winter, they freeze over and most trout don't make it until spring.
Planted? Not sure. Sometimes they fly low over lakes and just push the fish out into the water.
The easiest fish to catch that I've seen were in the Golden Trout Wilderness, on one of our horsepacking trips. Hali could catch her limit in a few minutes. I myself don't fish, but if someone else catches, cleans and cooks them, I'll certainly go ahead and partake.
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