dberlando Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 SE BC trout lake...late afternoon cloudy, very calm...surface like glass. Lake surface would sporadically show areas about 20' square of little ripples, almost like little wind gusts but on inspection there were clearly trout feeding just below surface, occasionally breaking surface. When I got close with canoe, fish spooked and looked like 5 to 10 trout bolted underneath. Also spooked when casting into or near the 'rippled areas' with my fly (trying a prince nymph just under surface....no hits. Never seen this before...thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Erlanger, Saw the same thing once in the fall on a lake NW of me. Like you, wondered what they were doing. Thought it might be a BS session discussing angler abilities. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 hopper dropper or small yarn indicator and lead the groups by a good distance? wait for tem to cruise in the flies direction? I would guess feeding hard on a emergence of some sort probably midges? far from a lake expert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agbff Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Any minnows breaking the surface? Maybe they were crashing on schooled up minnows? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberlando Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 There are tons of 'shiner' minnows in this lake and the rainbows are in the order of 18" so it's quite possible that they were pounding the schooling minnows...thanks for the ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberlando Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Mystery solved....large shoals of small (4-10"0 suckers (foul hooked one and saw them en masse) roaming and feeding on / near surface...first time I ever caught a sucker on a dry fly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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