Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


It was challenging and rewarding. You can't ask more of a fishing trip.




Glad you had a good time. For some reason I thought Willi didn't like
stillwater fishing but guess I was wrong. Personally, I've caught my
biggest trout from lakes. Times on stillwaters when the action available
rises above trolling a bugger can match any stream fishing for challenge ...
a good gulper day on Hebgen is as "challenging and rewarding" as any,
anywhere in fly fishing, for instance and some damn good fishermen that
haven't learned this particular game, leave skunked and shaken after casting
to hundreds of rising fish.

We were catching most of our fish wading from shore, fishing nymphs from
one to five feet deep, letting the wind drag take the flies through the
weeds. Trolling or stripping is boring by comparison, but that's
apparently the standard procedure.

We also had fun fishing from the dam, just as a change of pace.

Speaking of lakes .... I delayed my departure a week to do some painting
around here for my bride, so I'm still in Arnoldland. But one of my
intended fishing holes this summer is 'Rattlesnake Lake' in Jellystone ....
as I remember, your picture shows you in a tube, is one needed to fish the
lake well?

IMHO, you need a tube to fish Rattlesnake effectively. I caught that
huge rainbow by trolling a damsel nymph. With the lessons I've learned
from this recent stillwater trip, I'd try something different.
Stillwater fishing is just as challenging and interesting as stream
fishing, and I think Willi likes it just fine.

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