Went to Campbell Lake in Lake County Oregon yesterday. It's a beautiful little high mountain lake with crystal water outside of the berg of Bly 30 miles into the Mountains.
There was a big hatch of some kind of little fly. Dead ones covered the water. I got there a about 6:30 am. I should have slept a little longer. I was fishing out of my kayak. Trout were jumping all over the lake but not hitting. About 10 a breeze came up. I was floating a royal coachman behind a chartreuse bobber. They were even hitting the bobber. I sat in one spot and limited (5 fish) in eight minutes not counting the three or four that got off. One jumped out of the kayak. Scrappy rascals. I fished c/r until it started feeling like work. Nothing huge. 12 inch brookies. One guy was fishing the bottom with worms and catching nice sized rainbows, 18 inches or more. Deadhorse Lake is two miles further. ODFG always stocks some trophy rainbows there a couple of times during the summer. The no fee camp grounds have privies but no water. Not many no fee campgrounds left in this State.
There was a big hatch of some kind of little fly. Dead ones covered the water. I got there a about 6:30 am. I should have slept a little longer. I was fishing out of my kayak. Trout were jumping all over the lake but not hitting. About 10 a breeze came up. I was floating a royal coachman behind a chartreuse bobber. They were even hitting the bobber. I sat in one spot and limited (5 fish) in eight minutes not counting the three or four that got off. One jumped out of the kayak. Scrappy rascals. I fished c/r until it started feeling like work. Nothing huge. 12 inch brookies. One guy was fishing the bottom with worms and catching nice sized rainbows, 18 inches or more. Deadhorse Lake is two miles further. ODFG always stocks some trophy rainbows there a couple of times during the summer. The no fee camp grounds have privies but no water. Not many no fee campgrounds left in this State.
I caught a 15'' whopper Brook at Fish Lake on a Triple Teaser from the shore. The fishing was dead and then just as the Lightning storm started, wham, that sucker struck and a nice fight too. 
I had another whopper hit as soon as I unhooked the first one and cast my lure back in the water, but Dang It , I lost him ! 
The guy at the Fish Lake Lodge took my picture with that Brook and he said all the years he's been there that was the biggest and fattest Brook he ever saw ! 
I was King S&!T that day and I wish I had pics, that Brook had his head and tail hangin out over the sides of a 12'' fryin pan, and was a tasty fish. 
