{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Mountain Lake Trout Fishing

I spent a couple years in grad school at the University of Wyoming and those high alpine lakes were my favorite places to fish. Never fished the wind river range but fished the Bighorns and Snowy Mountain ranges. Back then I didn't have sophisticated equipment or a large variety of flies. I used a 4/5 weight 71/2 foot St. Croix rod with a generic floating line. A longer rod would have made casting easier. Anyway, if the lake is stocked with brookies those will be relatively easy to catch. Just look for the rises. Golden trout are also stocked in the higher lakes as are cutthroat and those can be a bit more finicky. For the goldens, I had best success with a size 14-16 tellico nymph or other scud pattern fished in the surface film.  Basically, dry fly nymph fishing if there is such a thing.If they turned away from those, I fished black midges in #20-22. Long light leaders. If you find an inflow to the lake, those areas are usually good spots to try first. Also, the quality of the lakes varies greatly. I got good intel while out there from the Wyoming Game and Fish guys. I'd love to go back some day. Good luck.

On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 11:54:53 AM UTC-4, Andrew R wrote:

Hey Guys,

I'm headed up to the Wind River Range in Wyoming in just over two weeks for a trip with NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School). I've been reading up as much as I can about the fishing up there but information isn't quite as prevalent as I hoped. The one thing that keeps coming up is that the majority of fishing takes place in mountain lakes at high elevations. It's a style of fishing I'm completely unfamiliar with, being more comfortable throwing streamers at largemouth bass like the newb that I am.

Any advice on how to fish these lakes would be incredibly appreciated as I'd hate to spend two weeks in the mountains and come back emptyhanded.

Andrew

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