Fishing Report

JULY 28: ALPINE LAKE

On Saturday I hiked up to one of my favorite lakes in Montana in search of big Cutthroats. A couple of years ago I fished this same lake and caught one fish no bigger than 6 inches. 

When I arrived at the lake early in the morning, the fish were rising consistently to big bugs skittering on the surface. I was fishing a long leader and a small dry fly pattern. The most effective way I found to catch these fish were to find them, and lead them with a delicate cast, being careful not to spook. This would work more times than not, and produced fish all morning. 

The fish in these high alpine lakes aren't too picky. I caught my biggest Cutthroat ever on a small PMX dry fly on a short fiberglass 3wt rod, and the day was very fun. 

Read more about my short trip into the backcountry here: http://www.theanglershatch.com/blog-native/