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More Fly Fishing! Half and hour drive in
the dark and light rain, I arrived just on first light for some fly fishing. The lake was low and the
water levels about one third full. I hurried to put my waders on and fly rod out. I scanned
the edges of the lake, but the only thing moving were birds, ducking and diving. I walked along the edge
hoping to spot a good size fish rising, but nothing. I patrolled further on and came across a couple of small bays, they looked inviting. A gentle breeze came off shore leaving about ten meters of calm flat water. The edge between the ripple and the flat looked perfect for a cruising trout. I quickly cast out the fiery brown beetle, I had put on the night before. Patiently, I let the beetle sink close to the bottom and then retrieved it. Nothing, more casting and still no bites. Except for the birds moving, there was no and no sign of any fish rising, especially a trophy trout. The rain came down heavy for a few minutes. I didn’t mind as it wasn’t too cold and the conditions were good. I put on a poncho and kept fishing working the water. Nothing, I then moved to the next small bay and the rain stopped. The light become brighter and I noticed more insects. A couple of caddis flies, darted along the bank. I fished slowly moving a foot or so every couple of casts covering the water all around. The wind now had died down, and the midges appeared. They swarmed along the bank and hovered around me. They landed on my hat, fly rod and hand, hundreds of them on my coat, but not that many in the water. I kept fishing and noticed a dun about fifteen meters, out drifting out across the bay. Splash, a trout sucked it up and disappeared as quickly as he came. I quickly cast out to the side of the rise, anticipating the strike. I waited for what seemed like ten minutes, but in reality was probably only two minutes. No movement, I changed the fly for a brown emerger and cast out again. I noticed a couple of more duns, sailing across the bay. Still, no fish. Working along the edge, I noticed a couple of dragonflies clinging on to the long grass about three feet, from the lakes edge. They had just hatched and the mudeye casing shell was just below them. The dragonflies were still drying their wings and getting the strength to fly. Every couple of feet I noticed more and more dragonflies that had just hatched, clinging to the weeds and grass. It would have been a good nights fishing. Another half of an hours fishing and two more trout rose, possibly eating the few duns that were sailing
across the water. The wind was still calm and the midges everywhere. I was hoping for a bit of offshore wind to
blow the insects into the water into the fish’s path, but no luck. The birds ducked and dived and feed. A crane
landed close by and picked the dragonflies up. It gorged itself and cautiously watched me as I cast out the fly
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