I got everything ready last night while watching the Stanley Cup Play Offs! I had the rods all set up for chironomid fly fishing! I also set up an intermediate rod with a 3 inch black leech. Well after launching we motored to a spot we figured would be excellent for chironomid fishing! Nothing. Another spot, ...nothing; and another. Well it was time to change up our tactics. I started to strip a black leech while Karen got out her tried and true Tokaryk Special 2.0. It did not take long for Karen to connect on a 5 plus pound rainbow. I was connecting as well with the black strip leech. We could see chironomid shucks on the water, big ones, aka, bomber size. Well, I tried a size 10 chironomid. I got some grabs but no solid hook ups. I went back to the leech and I had a decent amount of success. More shucks on the water. Back to chironomids. We then hooked a few, one dandy rainbow that had small shrimp in the throat sample. Well I went back to stripping my leech and soon after, I connected with a 6 plus pound rainbow. Bazinga!
Today did not play out the way we thought it would. The rainbows did not focus on the chironomids. Yes, we caught some with chironomids but Tokaryk Balanced Flies and stripping a black streamer was more productive. It goes to show, be flexible and willing to try different tactics!
Oh yes, there is an algae bloom building at West Lake. The lake was 60F today but it will not be long until it will not be fishable because of the algae. Lastly wash off your gear. Our anchors were covered with debris. It is well worth it to to wash gear so you do not spread any plant life, etc to another body of water!
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