Catching a lake trout on the fly is not easy, especially when the population of lake trout is not high! Karen, Doug, Rick, Silvia, Dave, Steve, Taryn and I gave it a go in the last two days. There are so many variables to contend with but, when you get it right and have some luck you might connect on a beautiful hard fighting laker. Yes lakers eat chironomids, bloodworms, mayflies, balanced flies and streamers. What depth, that is a big question I must say. You have to be patient and be prepared to be snubbed all day. Wind can also be a big factor. We do not troll although that is an excellent strategy using a full sink deep 7 line. Lakers like to follow your fly for a long time, then they might just turn away but every once in a while you connect. Lakers are hard fighting and quite challenging to bring to the surface. We mainly used 7 weight rods.
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If you are willing to spend a day and not catch anything, you have the right mind set. When you do connect, you are in for an excellent tussle. Do some research and you can be chasing lake trout within 3 hours of Red Deer on several lakes. It is well worth the challenge.
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