Thanks for the tip Jeff. I played hookey yesterday afternoon and your
report on Beaver Lake proved to be the ideal destination.
I put in at the landing on the southeast corner and fished the rises
in the south end of the lake. I tried a variety of different patterns
fished from a floating line before a green mohair beadhead leech and
a fast retrieve proved to be the combination of the day. I hooked
four and landed two fat rainbows of 12 and 14 inches, nice bright
fish with brilliant magenta sides.
A guy in an aluminum boat was trolling what looked like 2 or 3 pounds
of pop gear and getting constantly hung up on the bottom. He said the
fishing was slow but he'd taken a 20 inch fish out the day before.
I'm sure he meant he'd literally taken it out.
Kent Lufkin
>On Monday, fellow list member Gregg Mindt and I fished Beaver Lake near
>Issaquah. We only had about an hour and a half to fish, but it was
>plenty of time to nail some nice bows. Gregg and I each hooked a dozen
>and landed several, with Gregg being the "Big Rod" of the day, by
>landing a fat, beautifully marked, exactly 20 inches on the nose,
>rainbow trout. Coincidentally, his "Big Rod" was his new 7'6", four
>weight. It looked like a lot of fun. Fish were taking small, olive
buggers on a dry line with long leaders and a slow retrieve. Jeff Hale
