Fishing is fair at McCumber Reservoir, August 16, 2012

Fish Report for 8-16-2012

Fishing is fair at McCumber Reservoir, August 16, 2012

8-16-2012
The Fly Shop

Current Lake Conditions: Warm and weedy. Best fishing is going to be early in the day. Fish the deepest water you can find. Retrieving #16-18 micro mayflies can produce the hook-ups. Fishing is fair.

Lake McCumber is surrounded with tall conifers, enveloped in clean crisp air and watched over by soaring eagles with sharp talons. A medium sized impoundment, the lake is considered "just right" for tubers, prams and Goldilocks.

The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Fish the deep water! Finding the right water temperature is easy with a thermometer!Suspend your thermometer with an old fly line. Check depths from 5 ft to 20 ft. Avoid fishing depths colder than 55 ?. Stripping a #14 Pheasant Tail Nymph on a floating line connected to a 9' 5X tapered leader in the mornings has been working great! A variation of this technique calls for a Damsel fly nymph, like one of Zack's leech patterns found in the Streamers/Leeches section on the right.

Using a float tube or a pontoon boat, paddle out into the lake and look along the edges for cruising rainbows and browns. RIOs Aqualux Intermediate Sink Tip is a perfect line for retrieving and stripping leeches, damsel nymphs and streamers. Use a floating line and leader tapered to 4x with a bead head PT with a very, very, very slow retrieve. Fish will find your nymph and take it, but don't set the hook! Just lift and let line out until you can bend the rod without first breaking the fish off.

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:
• Parachute Adams - #16-18
• Black Flying Ants

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Skip Nymph
• BK Laser Midge - #18-16
• Mercer's Midgeling - #18
• Zallibaetis
• PT Nymph - #16-18
• Hogan's S&M - Brown #16-18
• GB Half-Flashback PT #16-20
• Fox's Callibeeotis - #14

Streamers/Leeches:
• Freshwater Clouser - Olive/White #6
• Zonkers - #4
• Burk's Sierra Damsel - Olive #12
• Zack Attack Damsel - #14
• Zack's Zugger - Yellow/Brown

Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast ? Fish Cat 9-IR
• Outcast ? Fish Cat 4 LCS
• Redington ? Crosswater Breathable Waders
• TFS H2O & L2a Rod/Reel/Line
• The Fly Shop's ? Tapered Nylon Leaders
• The Fly Shop's ? Tough Nylon Tippet
• Fishpond ? Swift Current Thermometer

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