Perplexing! Was there an answer to what tactic was best today?
Well the lake water temperature was perfect, 55F to 58F. We were armed with chironomids, streamers and balanced leeches. We caught lots of stockers and finally we got into some trout that were big enough to get a throat sample. The trout were eating tiny chironomids, size 22 perhaps as well as daphnia. Some of the chironomids were lime green and tiny.
Well I shrugged my shoulders and stripped blue flash damsels on an intermediate line. Karen tied on Tokaryk 2.0 and a small chironomid. Karen caught a ton of fish. Most of them were stockers. I was hoping to connect with a big tiger trout! I caught several mid sized tigers but nothing amazing. I had several larger fish follow my fly but they stopped short of connecting!
The larger chironomids that were present last week were few and far between. Boo!
Nevertheless our day was still amazing. It sure beat the snowy 4 days we had west of Nordegg during the long weekend!
One odd thing. There were lots of bats flying over the lake. They didn't bother us at all. The sandhill cranes were kicking up a fuss, as were the loons, kingfishers and blue herons!
I am sure that tomorrow the hatching bugs will be different! That is the beauty of fly fishing. Solve the riddle of what the trout are eating and how deep the trout feeding at.
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