1/28/2024 0 Comments TROUT ROCKY LAKE FISHING PLANETIn addition, I carried required high country gear such as a rain coat and a fleece sweater.Ī low deck of clouds covered the sky when we started up the trail, but I figured they would dissipate later in the day. ![]() Some spare tippet material, a fresh leader, fly floatant, nippers and bug repellent rounded out my fishing tackle. My single fly box contained an assortment of mostly dry flies, a few nymphs and ant and beetle patterns. I loaded some lightweight stocking foot hip waders into my pack, but wore the wading shoes with heavy socks for the hike in. Over the years we’ve both downsized what we carry on fishing hike-ins. It didn’t take long to gear up at the truck. Both of us are at best curmudgeons when it comes to fishing crowded waters, and there was no doubt this would be a test. John had visibly grimaced when I said I wanted to fish a high lake in the park, but he signed on anyhow. ![]() ![]() I’ll admit to being the instigator for the trip. Then again, you have to remember that Dream Lake, our destination, is probably the most visited and photographed lake in the park, although far fewer visitors fish for the greenback cutthroat trout it contains. There wasn’t much traffic at all on the drive up from the Beaver Meadows Entrance Station to the parking lot, and when we arrived it was only about one-third full, but even that number of cars that early in the morning surprised me.
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