Sunday, June 27, 2010

Burke Lake and exploration

June 26, 2010
Stopped with Sarah on the way home from picking her up from girl's camp. She wanted to float tube. Went to Burke Lake on the way home. Kicked around for an hour with no action, no rises visible, nothing. Buggers, hare's ear nymphs, small nymphs, nothing drew a strike.
Next went south of George to check out a couple "Drains" that are planted yearly with fingerling trout. First location was high and somewhat colored, and I would have thrown out a few casts except for the several hundred beehives right next to the parking area, the beehive in the ditch bank, and the bees flying all around everywhere. Saw a school of small (3" to 4"), trout-shaped fish suspended near the bank.
The next location further downstream was much larger, higher, and dirtier, winding between grassy banks. Both locations look interesting enough for a return exploratory visit before or after irrigation season (of course, that applies to just about anyplace I see with year round moving water!)

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