This was my third trip to Cottage lake in as many weeks. The first two trips I would have given a 5 to both days with about 12 - 15 fish per hour catch rate staying a couple of hours each trip. This trip was a lot more work with only about a dozen fish landed and released in the 2-1/2 hours between 7:30 and 10:00. I still had a great time, I was fishing after all. All fish were caught on all three trips using my favorite fly pattern.