Our annual trip to Taklakah lake. First day we got there was a blast. A combined total of 30 rainbow trout all on dry flies. Filled with acrobatics and runs. A flyfishermans paradise. The second day they seemed to catch on. We only caught about 18 trout on dry flies. Trolling wooly buggers on ultra light gear produced many fish tho. As we fished for dinner with power bait. My brother caught a massive brood stock rainbow a 19inch 3.35 pounder. The next day we started early with the sun barely over the mountain. Caught a couple of small ones and then a nice 15 inch rainbow holdover or broodstock still not sure. Fly fishing was slowing down. Only a couple of fish landed most of them would swim up to it then swim away. Trolling wooly buggers still produced fish. Fishing for dinner again same spot my rod bends bends, as the drag screams then a pause I set the hook, a long fight with long digging runs ends up being my biggest trout, 20 inches 3.33 pounds. A total beast. Our last day we fish mostly wooly buggers with a couple of fish. The bugs were pretty bad but hooo rags and bug spray kept them away. It was warm outside but the wind was almost always blowing. Water temp ranged from 63° to 66° water visibility was about 15 feet. Campground was nice as always and very well maintained. Would highly recommend. After counting up we probably caught about 60 fish total and only kept about 15 for lunch and dinner across the whole trip. The meat on the brood stocks was a deep red/orange and most the rainbows were light orange tasted great cooked over the open flame. We fished with dodgers, kastmasters, spinners, but olive and black wooly buggers were the most productive. Everyone on the lake had luck. Saw one other fly angler land a broodstock on a nymph it was a crazy fight to watch. One of the most fun camping trips we have been on.

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