[Chris Banta]

I'm going over to blue lake for the opener (the blue lake in sinlahekin valley). I"m new to this forum and to fly fishing as well. any advice on what flies to use would be appreciated.

 

[Jonathan Tachell]

Take some callibatis may fly patterns. If you hit this hatch it can be really good. Six packs or any other general damsel nymph pattern fished slow in the weeds seems to be the most consistant producer for me. I have had my best luck around the luanch and back in the cove to the left of the luanch. Last time I fished it two years ago the fishing was not to bad. I think i landed around ten in the 12 to 16 inch range with two more around 20 inches in length. Its a cool lake with nice scenery and fishing can be good but the fish can be very selective at times making them a challenge to figure out but thats half the fun right. Fish lake in the same area might be worth a look as well. I have had some good days over there as well. Hope this helps.

 

[Chris Banta]

thanks for the info. i fished it last year with lures on the opener and did pretty well. started fly fishing on memorial weekend and haven't used my spinning rod since.

 

[Trout Master]

Chronies work well at the opener, might be alittle early for the mayflies, but damsels in the shallows , buggers, And my favorite anytime at blue is olive Zonker. alot of red sided shiners in the lake. And dont forget to fish at night for da browns,there are some big pigs in there.

 

[KerryS]

No info for you but welcome to WFF. There are a few of us from Sedro here and one guy from Clear Lake that no one talks to.

 

[gone johnson]

Hey! I was talking to someone just last week...

 

[Chris Banta]

nice to see some locals on the forum. I'm heading up to fish grandy lake tomorrow

 

[Flyn'dutchman]

The Wenatchee club has held an annual opening day outing on Blue Lake since it's rehab about five or six years ago. We have seen a steady decline in fish quality for the past three years. Not so much in numbers, but in size of fish. Fish that should have been 18 to 19 inches were in the 14 to 15 range with lots of 10 to 12 inch fish. Perhaps overstocking for the amount of feed or just the hard previous winter. It is usually a chironomid show for the opener although buggers will work. White buggers work well. As far as the shiners, the rehab and wiers were supposed to take care of that. I have not observed any. It is a great lake with great scenery and a diverse topography. Early it is almost like three separate lakes which it actually is until it is filled to capacity. The far south piece, which is spring fed, will often be landlocked except for a small stream channel. We will be there again this April for the opener minus some who are unhappy with the fish quality of last year. Stop in and chat, someone of the group will be happy to share what has been working. We wil be at the South end of the lake.

 

[Trout Master]

Flyn dutchman, I forgot about the re-hab. It's been about 5 years since I fished it. I fish ed mostly the south bowl, water was about two feet between the lakes. this was in may when fished the weekend the roads got washed out. The zonkers I used were just what the browns and bows wanted and the fish were very nice some over 22" and larger. Sorry to hear that it has gone down in quality. Was hoping to go back up this year. T.M

 

[Trent]

There is also the lake (can't remember the name off the top of my head) about a mile up the road, if you feel like getting some brook trout. It was good last springish time when I was there.

 

[Rod Sand]

It's forde lake with the brookies,You'll be fighting a whole lot of weeds.There's Conner lake,good for brookies and rainbow,some decent size.

 

[Chris Banta]

thank for the suggestions i'll be overthere for 4 days i'll try to jump around to some different lakes and try my luck.