This was the first time I have ventured out to give this lake a try. We launched at Colonial Park Boat Ramp and proceeded towards the dam. After getting thru the first log boom area we started trolling the west side of the lake my partner using a minnow imitation fly with a full sink fly line and I used a silver and red Uncle Wes we trolled until we came to an island and he picked up his first, a nice scrappy cutt. We worked the bays on that side and didn't get a strike he switched to a green butt skunk fly and I went with the old reliable black and green Uncle Wes and started working the East side my partner picked up a rainbow and a dolly. I picked up four nice rainbows we worked that area up and down from the log boom to the point a couple of times when I got a real nice surprise I hooked into an estimated 8 pound dolly and fought it for about 5 minutes I finally got it to the boat and it was a real slab, went to net it and it took off under the boat and was never seen again. It bent my rod over like a wet noodle. Without a doubt there are some very big fish in this lake. I thought I would be upset for losing such a beauty (even if you can't keep dollys) but it just proved to me that this lake is worth the effort. I later picked up my fifth trout to finish out my limit. The rainbows ranged in size from 11 to 14 inches and it was nice to see a trout with a fully developed tail instead of the rounded hatchery tail. We kept three for dinner. Surface water temperature was at 50 degrees. We worked in twenty to forty feet of water in a "S" pattern alternating our speed. I used a half ounce of weight with a 50/50 trout dodger. The one thing I found amazing is that we were the only ones fishing the lake

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