Author Topic: Lenore Lake Weekend (Read 6859 times)

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2019, 08:47:45 AM »

Quote from: Alchase on April 09, 2019, 06:45:33 PM

They sure are pretty fish!

Thanks for sharing

Yes, they are in full spawning colors right now. I'll have to get PathfinderJR to give me some pics off his good camera. All of these are just off my phone.

Alchase · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2019, 10:28:38 AM »

Quote from: Pathfinder101 on April 10, 2019, 08:47:45 AM

Quote from: Alchase on April 09, 2019, 06:45:33 PM
They sure are pretty fish!

Thanks for sharing
Yes, they are in full spawning colors right now. I'll have to get PathfinderJR to give me some pics off his good camera. All of these are just off my phone.

That is stunning!

boneaddict · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2019, 12:35:49 PM »

I haven’t fished it’s either since the big bust. It’s good to hear there are some fish again. My go to fly was always a black or peacock Carey As well. Chan’s chironimids always worked better for me with lahontans than blacks.

206 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2019, 01:07:30 PM »

Lots of ice fishing memories at Lenore. Those were the days.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2019, 08:35:47 AM »

Quote from: boneaddict on April 10, 2019, 12:35:49 PM

I haven’t fished it’s either since the big bust. It’s good to hear there are some fish again. My go to fly was always a black or peacock Carey As well. Chan’s chironimids always worked better for me with lahontans than blacks.

Like I said, I tried every chironomid in my box. The one we were given was black-ish. Black bead head and a krystal flash wound body tied and ribbed with black thread. It had a black appearance unless you looked close in the sun. I came home and tied up a dozen of them. Sure worked for that other guy....

boneaddict · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2019, 08:40:05 AM »

I've been the guy catching and Ive been the guy not catching. Its really funny. Ive also had ten of the same flies in my box.....fish after fish on one fly until the thing just gets down to the last thread, put a freshie on of the exact fly and not touch another fish.

Dang fishing is fun!

jackelope · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2019, 08:41:59 AM »

Were you guys retrieving the chiro’s ultra slow or were you just letting them sit? It sounds like you guys know what you’re doing but I always feel like I have to try and solve the mystery of the other guy catching all the fish. Awesome pics. I love fishing that lake but it has been a long time.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2019, 12:49:57 PM »

Quote from: jackelope on April 12, 2019, 08:41:59 AM

Were you guys retrieving the chiro’s ultra slow or were you just letting them sit? It sounds like you guys know what you’re doing but I always feel like I have to try and solve the mystery of the other guy catching all the fish. Awesome pics. I love fishing that lake but it has been a long time.

There was a head wind, so really we were just throwing it out and keeping the slack out of the line. The wind was blowing the strike indicator along faster than you would retrieve a chironomid anyway, and if I were fishing by myself I'd have blamed it on that...
But the same thing was happening to the guy next to us.... and he was catching fish....

boneaddict · « **Reply #23 on:** April 12, 2019, 01:32:15 PM »

Did you see that little can of wd40 sticking out of his pocket

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 12, 2019, 03:38:06 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on April 12, 2019, 01:32:15 PM

Did you see that little can of wd40 sticking out of his pocket

Axle · « **Reply #25 on:** April 12, 2019, 05:46:51 PM »

Quote the raven - Lake Lenore!

huntnphool · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2019, 06:51:02 PM »

Those were some great days 20-30 years ago, I'd sure like to see that lake get back to that.

My go to pattern was a black filoplume with a 4 weight intermediate line. It wasn't fishing, it was "catching"

I've still got some of the flies but would have to dig them out......like this in black.

When we had lunch we would take our ultralight spinning rods with 4lb test, tie on a chironomid and hook a bobber to it about 3 feet up, then cast it out there and let the ripples from the wind move the bobber up and down, that was deadly too. Those little bobbers just disappeared.