Rattlesnake

Method: Trolling With Fly
Species: Rainbow Trout
Bait: Nymph
Color: Other
Tackle: Sinking Fly Line
Time: All Day
Rating: 5
Views: 1094

Swung by a local fly shop in Issaquah and talked to a nice guy and picked up a few flies for the trip up to RS. Got to the lake and managed to C&R about 20 fish myself all in the 9-11" range and my brother, who tagged along with me, caught about 15 -- all C&R'd. I used full sinking line (6.5ips) and my bro used IST at (1.75ips). Fish were caught on thin mints, olive carey specials, and our largest fish (15") and one trip (around 17") that spit the fly were all caught on hares ears and lightening bugs in sizes from 14 to 18. Go small at RS -- they like em small. The fish pictured was caught on a GB lightening bug size 16. Great fishing today. We lost the trip cause our tippet was only 3lbs, but C&R'd this 15" holdover and that was sweet. Hawks, eagles, even loons on the water, and we even saw Toadster out there -- he left earlier than we did - the bite comes on around 6pm. Definitely 5 stars. Talked to one gent that said he had C&R'd about 30 fish and lost one nice triploid as well...which made good sense. We ended up sharing info and that was nice. "A-grade" fishing out of this little gem of a lake. Tight lines fellas & C&R these gorgeous beauts. -- KTK


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