Rick and I decided to head out to Beaver Lake today. It definitely has been a while since either of us fly fished at Beaver Lake. Beaver Lake is an excellent fishery and it is usually quite busy! Rainbows and tiger trout are in Beaver and it is a catch and release fishery! We were both surprised to be the second boat on the water at 10:30 am. We immediately noticed that the aerators have been turned on. The water was 48F, pretty much ideal. I tied on two Glen's Leeches while Rick started off with a Candy Corn Leech. It did not take too long to connect with a chunky rainbow in 15 feet of water about 12 feet down. Soon after Rick caught two rainbows on his Candy Corn. I switched up to a Candy Corn and immediately caught a tiger trout and small rainbow. It was apparent that Beaver was recently stocked and we got lots of curious hits at our flies. As the day wore on, we probed with several flies but a Glen's Leech was definitely our best fly. We caught 4 large rainbows, a tiger trout and a mess of stockers! Near the end of the day, Rick started to cast and retrieve a flashback and he connected with a very decent rainbow. I tried backswimmers and got only one take.
We were lucky, there were few boats on Beaver today. Later in the afternoon, showers moved in, the fly fishing slowed and most of the fly fishers headed to the boat launch area and called it a day!
The best part of the day was having my friend Rick join me in my pram. It is nice to have a good friend in the boat. We talked lots and the day went way too fast! Rick knows Beaver Lake and I learned a few of her secrets today. The fly fishing was not fast and furious but we did catch our share of trout today.
Yep the aerators are on!
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