The fish were looking good and healthy, which is no surprise, considering the amount of available food in the lake. The lower lake level didn't pose a problem for launching and retrieving the boat, while most boats, mine included, did have to drop off the concrete ramp, Scott did a great job of placing ballast rock at the edge to ease the transition from ramp to lakebed. This year it was my pleasure to assist a number of people in checking the Eagle Lake Rainbow off their list for both the California Heritage Trout Challenge as well as the Western States Native Trout Challenge, both very cool programs. The shore based fly fishing was really up and down this year, some of the trips were fantastic, while others had us working for grabs as the fish would push offshore just out of reach of our casts. At various times there we also good bites around Shrimp, Youth Camp and the last fish of the season were landed in and around Eagles Nest. For us, all of the action took place in the south basin of the lake with many days spent on the south end of the lake in areas like Pikes, McDonalds, Christie and Wildcat. This years fall season featured mostly mild weather with only a couple of stormy days, lots of flat glass water, foggy mornings along with some beautiful afternoons. Thank you to everyone that came on board and did battle with world famous Eagle Lake Rainbows. My gf accidentally caught.Well that is a wrap on the Fall 2021 Eagle Lake season. I was using a white frog early and got a good hit but couldn't land it. used a mosquito fly and allowed it to sink 3-5 inches." Antelope Creek parked at the closed Christmas tree lot, and walked in. "Just past the Sunset bridge on the Dutch Brothers side. "Fishing early morning literally at my campsite right by ice house bar/resort with a sad little chunk of a night crawler." South Fork Silver Creek Can be noisy and it is a no." Long Canyon Forebay Inline spinners and 3/8th oz Kastmaster spoons seem to work best. "A nice little spot with some stocked trout. "Lots of bluegill big bass we used worms." Dry Creek No luck fly fishing but caught a lot on spinners and streamers." Wades Lake
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