Lake Constance trip

[pd]

Very cool! I would like to make one more trip but with hunting coming up I don't know. We got rained on to but the fog wasn't too bad. What were you using up there?

I am strictly a dry fly man.  Not a snob at all, but have no interest in wet flies, nymphs, lures, or bait.  If I can't catch a trout on a dry fly on the surface, I will quit fishing.  (I like to see the fish take my fly.) 

This year I took a ten-kara rod with me.  Basically, it is the same as a fly rod, without a reel or a fly line.  The leader/tippet combination is basically the same length as the rod (3.5m), and used just like a traditional fly rod.  My partner used a Rooster Tail, with little luck.

The fish in that lake are so hungry, I think anything would work.  A spinning rod with a weighted fly or a lure, cast long and retrieved slowly from the depths would be perfect.  Bend down the barbs on your hooks, as there are so many fish you will get tired of releasing them.

[moocher97]

Yea I've heard of the tenkara rods actually very cool !!! I tried dry flies for a little bit but the rooster tails did better for me for some reason. Looks like from the picture to were fishing the north end by the campsites?

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[360outdoors]

Loved that hike. Definitely a challenge.

[Kit Carson]

Beautiful area   

[huntingbaldguy]

This is on my need to do list also.  I did Lake of the Angels and found it pretty moderate, but i had done Upper Lena, Flapjacks and Mount Ellinor twice prior to doing Lake of the Angels.  I never got up to Constance because i started scouting for elk every weekend so early that it ate up July and August.  This year again, i don't know if i'll make it because i have a big home project, but maybe i'll head up there solo after work on a Friday.