It isn't very often that we motor into prefect fly fishing conditions at Sylvan Lake, but today; Karen and I had just that. The water temperature was 55F, there was a light west wind, both chironomids and mayflies were hatching and the lake whitefish were quite active. You could see them on the sounder chasing emerging bugs. We set up in 10 feet of water and fished 8 to 9 feet below our strike indicators. The hits today were hard. We could see chironimids everywhere on the surface of the lake. We used a zucchini chironomid size 12 and 14. The lake whites were all over it today! It is not always like that but today was nothing short of incredible. Boat traffic on the lake for the most part was thankfully respectful. My late friend Bernie loved to fly fish at Sylvan Lake. I paused several times to think about my friend!
Red Butt Zucchini Chironomid
Zucchini Chironomid
Body material for a Zucchini
Lake whitefish chasing mayfly larva and chironomids.
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