Thread: Alton Baker trout

Originally Posted by rainbowfisherman

What kind flies were u using?? And were they using normall spinning bobbers or fly fishing little bobbers??

they were using clear bobbers, just normal type i guess. I tried that with a regular type weighted bobber and got a strike on my second cast. I was using small black gold bead head nymphs, they look almost like little jigs, got em at bi-mart.

killed em again today, got some good size ones too! average size around 12-13",
once again using flies. We got skunked at Leaburg, then had a great two hours at AB! Sorry no pics I did not have my camera

Went to AB today to practice with my new fly rod, did not expect to catch anything, but i caught a small native rainbow, about 9 inches. I released him, put up a good fight for a little guy.

Originally Posted by Junglefrank

I was at AB today, but it was pretty dead. Don't think they stocked it yet... Nice catch on the fly. What part of the canal were you fishing?

I was fishing the large part, right by the entrance to the park. I saw a fish rise down towards the restaurant area, and i walked down and casted in that area and, fish on!! They will begin stocking this week I believe, although the weather will probably make the bite slow. I have gone to JCP several times in the past couple weeks, and it has been really slow. The problem with AB is that the fish can swim right out to the Willamette, so the stocked fish do not always hang around very long.Good luck, I may get out there, but we just bought a manufactured home and I have to do a lot of work on it before we can move in, so not so much time to fish!