Blood Midging at Frenchman's Lake

Blood Midging at Frenchman's Lake - Fishing Tips and Photos provided by Shelley (a local fisherman)

We returned on Thursday with our floatubes. JC landed 4, and I landed 3. We walked through the snow from the main road at the Spring Creek Boat Ramp, it would have been an easier route down with a snowboard, but we knew we would be too tired to carry them up at the end of the day.


The view from the boat ramp, it was nice launching our floatubes from the boat ramps. The solitude is incredible here while the boaters are snowed out! I trolled around with my intermediate sinking line with a ruby wooly bugger. I caught my first one at about 16 seconds deep, kick trolling, then turning while twitching the end of the pole, he hooked on the first strip after the turn.

Then JC started getting better action on the Blood Midge Brassie, with a floating line, using an indicator on his tippet at around 4 feet deep. It was relaxing fishing this Blood Midge Brassie technique on our floatubes with a light cool wind at our backs. Sometimes the fish hit the Brassie while it is suspended from your indicator with only the movement that the wind at the surface of the water creates, if you see your indicator totally disappear then you usually have a bite when you pull up your pole.


Other catches have happened when I give a slow strip in on my line after it has been suspending for a while, these catches feel great because you feel the fish hit it hard. The fish thinks that the Brassie is a Blood Midge worm getting ready to emerge up out of the water, grow wings and fly away, The fish has to attack it before it flies away. I think the Blood Midge is a major food source for the Rainbows at Frenchman's. We see many of those, and Damsel nymphs hatch over the season at Frenchman's.

-- Shelley

Cold Weather Fishing at Frenchman's Lake, The Start of A New Season

Fishing Tips and Photos provided by Shelley (a local flyfisherman)


We drove up to Frenchman's yesterday to see if we could fish. We parked at the top of the Spring Creek boat ramp entrance, if we had our snowboards we could have boarded down to the lake from there. The walk down wasn't to bad. There was not a piece of ice on the lake (unlike last year at this time) but it was snowing good at times.

A friend started having luck on my brassie blood midge, so I set up my line like his hoping to not get skunked. I also put on a brassie blood midge, with an indicator about two feet deep, AHHH then success. The start of my flyfishing season began yesterday! So today we are opting out of snowboarding the six new feet of snow at Boreal to go fishing at Frenchman's! Must go fishing NOW!

-- Shelley

2nd Annual Fishing Derby - Incline Lake

MacLean Finanacial Group, INC.

Invites you to the 2nd Annual Fishing Derby
at Incline Lake
Mount Rose Hwy
Saturday, July 9, 2005
Benefiting the American Heart Association


Join us for a day on the Incline Lake
At 8,495 ft. and stocked with Rainbow Trout, Incline Lake boasts spectacular views and fresh mountain air. Addlive music, a BBQ, raffle and world class fishing, and you have a day for the whole family!

Schedule of Events
12:00 Check In
1:00-1:30 Orientation/Calcutta
2:30-5:30 Fishing Derby
6:00 BBQ Dinner, Awards and Live Music

Fees and Information

• $150 Individual
  
• $500 Team of 4
  
• Derby limited to the first 15 teams
  
• Catch and release only
  
• Winning team determined by team's total inches. Highest total wins!
  
• Calcutta Purse - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place
  
• No licensed or experience required
  
• Includes dinner for you and one guest
  
• Extra BBQ Tickets $10 Donation/p.p.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Fishing Hole Sponsor (15)
$275 Half Sponsor or $500 Full Sponsor

• Your compnay name on sponsored hole
• Your promo materials in every bait basket

BBQ or Band Sponsor (2)
$1,500 Each

• One Team reservation
• One Full Fishing Hole Sponsorship
• Your promo materials in every bait basket

Beverage Boat Sponsor (2)
$475 Each

• Your company signage in sponsored area and on beverage boat
• Your promo materials in every bait basket

REGISTER NOW

Make checks payable to: MFG Fishing Derby

Send Name, Company, Phone, Address, City, Zip, Sponsorship Level and Team Names to:

• MacLean Financial Group
• 1325 Airmotive Way, Suite 390
• Reno, NV 89502
• or call (775) 329-3041 ext 106

Directions
Incline Lake is located off Mount Rose Hwy (SR431). From Reno, the private access road is approximately 1 mile form the Mt. Rose summit and just beyond the Tahoe Meadows Recreation Area. Follow the private access road to the Club House, which is the first building on the left. For additional directions call 775-742-1999.

Photos Donated by fishthewest.com

Frenchman's Cold Weather Fly Fishing

Thanks to a fellow flyfisher'woman - for some of her latest fishing adventures...

Rainbow Trout at Frenchman's Lake, our favorite spot for flyfishing. The photo with snow in the backround was taken in December of 2004, by the damn, the rest of the lake was covered with thin ice, this was my last catch of the season for Frenchman's, he hit my maroon wooly deep and hard, and gave a fun fight! We do well at Frenchman's on wooly buggers of all colors and a bloode midge brassie that we tie, shown in photo.

We want to check out Sparks Marina for some floatube action, I hope our wooly's willwork there.

Thanks Shelly and keep us informed with your up-and-coming fishing adventures.

If at First You Don't Succeed - Try, Try and Try Again

Why is it that everyone seems to be able to relate to the Proverb - If at First You Don't Succeed - Try, Try and Try Again. That's what Sunday was all about for us - well really for me.


Seems that everyone but me was greeted with a warm and friendly "Welcome to Pyramid" fish that brought minutes of excitement and pleasure.

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