What a beautiful day on East Lake! Sunny, fairly calm, and warm. Brothers-in-law Jim and Frank were mercifully spared the Sisters Quilting Show and sent fishing by their wives. Jim is an experienced but out-of-practice fly fisherman who got his stroke back in no time. Frank hadn't fly fished at all before but picked it up pretty quickly and landed his share of 'bows, browns, kokanee, and atlantics. There was a minor hatch and a little dry fly action, but we went with indicators and nymphs early in search of bigger fish. We found some on every stop and just moved down the bank a little as they got jaded and turned off. Red Copper Johns with soft-hackle droppers were the best combination for the gold-hued East rainbows and a couple of browns. Typically, the bite slowed around 2:00 when the light penetration just got to be too much, so we wind-drifted baetis nymphs and landed a mix of kokanee & browns on every pass. A pair of eagles worked the lake for awhile but gave up before an osprey caught the largest rainbow I've seen at East in awhile. I guess that's the way it should be since she was fishing for a living, eh? All-in-all, it was a good day on the water with two really great guys. Tight lines - Jeff
