Crowley Lake Fly Fishing Report Oct 22, 2009
Sorry for the long delays between fishing reports, but I've been busy with jury
duty and catching lots and lots of fish. The cooler water temps have sent our
fish into a late season feeding frenzy! Fish and Game has started dropping in
next year’s fish, so there are thousands and thousands of stocker size fish to
keep your indicators going down. We have been catching 8 or 10 small fish for
every good one, but when that good one hits it will be worth the wait. We have
had many fish in the 18 to 20 inch range this past week.
The best places to fish are all up in the North Arm. We have been starting out
each morning at Leighton Springs in about 12 feet of water. I have been running
a small Punk Perch, a small Crystal Leech, or a small Birds Nest as our top fly.
About 18 to 24 inches under that I have been fishing a Copper Tiger or a Copper
Zebra midge until around 10:00 in the morning, when I see a few bugs hovering
above the boat, I have been switching the bottom fly to our Shaft Emerger. Try
and get those flies about 12 inches off of the bottom for best results.
Around lunch time Leighton Springs has seemed to slow down so we have been
moving
over to the north side of Sandy Point. Here we have been fishing in 10 to 12
feet
of water with the same flies we were using at Leighton Springs.
The last place I have fishing is over by the submerged islands just north of
Leighton
Springs. The fishing has been slower over here, but we were getting a higher
percentage of big fish. I have been setting up on the deeper side of the island
in about 12 feet of water. Here I have been going with 3 flies about 18 inches
apart because I had been seeing more fish suspended off of the bottom on the
fish
finder. I have been running a Punk Perch or Birds Nest on top, with a Super Fly
Emerger in the middle, and a Shaft Emerger on the bottom. Try and get that
bottom
fly about 12 inches off of the bottom.
Long time customers Hal and Gary from So-Cal with a couple of nice ones
Mickey Baron