The weather was bad, windy and rain. got to fish a few hours between rain showers. Caught one small trout on a Chironomid, but it was slow. Trolled a carey special on a sinking tip line and hooked up with two nice fish, 1 1/2 pounds each. Fishing was slow and I saw very little action from the few other fishermen on the lake.

Spent 4 days at Beda lake fly fishing. On Tuesday the State dumped 994 Triploids ranging from 1 to 1 1/2 pounds in the lake. Needless to say, the next few days were fantastic fishing. I cought and released 25 rainbows, most were the planted triploids but one was a four pound native. They seemed to like a green carey special trolled slowly on a sinking tip fly line. Apparently word got out, because the lake slowly filled up with fishermen. On thursday there was little parking room left in the lot and I packed my motorhome and left.

Arrived at the lake around 9:30 with very few people there. Rowed out to the main body directly and encountered four other boats drowning chironomids. Didn't see much action during the time I watched them. I worked the reed beds with no results and decided to go deep. Tied on a bleeding leech and let it sink to the bottom. When I started a slow stripping action, I started getting regular hookups with the fish averaging 18". Around 1:00, there was a little surface activity so I tied on a Ginger-face caddis and quickly caught two. I missed the next three strikes and went to change my fly only to discover the hook tip had broken off... Oh well, another lesson learned. My buddy hooked up with the largest fish of the trip; a hen around 24" and full of eggs (see photo if I did it right...) Caught several more fish deep and headed out around 5pm. Great day of fishing!

It was cold and cloudy all day. The front end of Beda Lake was frozen, so my long-time fishing friend Eldon Rickman and I had to hike around the Lake. Fortunately, the main body of the Lake was free of ice and so float tubing was quite pleasant. The water was relatively calm and we were the only two crazy souls except several orange-vested bird hunters around the Lake. We both used Type 5 full sinking lines and 12-3X Olive Woolybuggers. I could not get any strike at all, but Eldon landed 3 rainbows. One was a beautiful, 6-pound, 21-inch-long Triploid, and two others were 17-inch-long rainbows. Even though I could not catch any, seeing my friend landing a gorgeous-looking Triploid was much more exciting than watching college football games.

It appears that we may be able to fish Beda again next week. Hopefully, I can catch a few next week and also will see a few more crazy souls other than us two.