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CHOPAKA LAKE
May 20, 2010
Lake is crowed but with so much fish, it is worth the drive. The lake
is real busy but with lots of rainbows and cut throats to catch, ranging in the 13"-23" range, it is
worth it. Try the mouth of the lake for cutties. Dry flies-any kind but try May Flies. For large browns, try Callibaetis bugs; late afternoon try Emergers size 16-20; Dansels in mid day and after 10pm try Chronomids Fish deep.
June 8, 2010
Chopaka:
What a great lake to fish if you like crowds on the water and also in the
camp ground the was 247 boats there 5/30/10. So we headed back down and fished Blue. And came
back on 6/2/10 much
better some world class dry fly fishing that took off at
and lasted about an hour. Just across from the boat ramp. To the west end along
the steep rocks is where most of the big fish seem to be. I hooked 3 that were
over 20+ and landing 1 at 23"
June 14, 2010
Water temp. 55
Is still fishing great with the main hatch in the early afternoon. But if you want to fish early I head to the west side of the lake and fish the deeper water along the edge with a mini leach or a olive matuka cast to the shore and strip in slow. By 11, I’m headed back to the middle of the lake and working a damsel nymph. In along the weeds a cross from the boat ramp. Or chronie on the east side in the shallow.
Aeneas Lake
(Tonasket area)
May 20, 2010
early 7am to 11am or until the winds kick up, try black or red Chronomids sizes 14-16 or Snowcones brown with gold band or black with rend band. Dansels work all day, green and brown sizes 14-16.
June 8, 2010
is producing some fine rainbows in the 14 to 18" range , but if you
are lucky enough you may still be able to hook into a few of the large
bows and maybe a huge brown there is still some in there.
The wind is still picking up in the late morning
and doesn't drop off until around the night bit is great on the north end.
June 14, 2010
Water temp. 58
We got there early and the water looked like a jacuzzi rings everywhere, tied on a emerger and for about 45min. We had tight lines almost every cast. All running 14 to 16 it was hard to get away from the lunch. We worked are way around to the north end pulling mini leaches and damsels where we set up chronies in 20 to 25 ft. of water and nailed fish until the wind picked up around 11. Headed into town and had some lunch , and then hit Washburn Lake had a good time there but the fish are smaller. (Tiger and Cutthroat trout) 
Big Blue Lake
May 20, 2010
Chronomids all day along shallow south end of the lake. May fly hatch in the afternoon, then try grey-light tan-white sizes 14-18. Dansels with intermediate line. Wooley Buggers -brown/olive and olive scuds.
Blue Lake
May 20, 2010
Brown Trout and brook Trout running 10-16". South end of lake below campground try Dry Flies sizes 18-22. Wooley Buggers and Leeches.
June 8, 2010
the lake. is up real hi now and the browns
are in the south end away from the south that is flowing in from the creek to
the north fish flash bac scuds and Chironomids in the middle section of
the lake for the bows.
June 14, 2010
Water temp. 56
The silt is starting to settle and the lake is real full the fishing is starting to pick back up know but it is still tuff with all the feed that flushed in to it from the creek, the south end is fishing great along with the middle.
Green Lake
May 20, 2010
Trout in the 14-16" range. Too many fish! So, you have to figure this one out :-)