Irishrover
Last week one of my granddaughters gave me a call and asked if I would be able to take her and a friend of hers fishing on Suday. That was a no brainer for me, this grandkid can fish. She is 13 and fishes like she has been at it for years. I told her my old boat has been sold and my new boat is still getting the motors and electronic installed, but if she wants we will head to Trillium with the drift boat and fish. She was up for that so up there we went. When we were hooking up the boat in Sandy it was sunny and semi warm, when we reached Trillium it was a bit over cast a slight breeze and chilly (Cold). Other than a few folks fishing from the platform by the boat launch we had the lake to ourselves. Now the whole world knows the best fly for that lake is a green crystal bugger tied by our own OnTheFly. He has been fishing that lake for years and has it dialed in. I tie on the crystal bugger and a size 14 green body soft hackel as a dropper on a sinking line. With that set up fishing mostly in the north end of the lake my granddaughter hooked over a dozen fish and landed five. All the fish she landed were on the size 14 softhackle. I think after the OFF fishing event that OnTheFly put on the week after Labor Day weekend, those trout recognized that crystal bugger and wanted no part of it. (Still my favorite fly on that lake). My granddaughter had a fun day but after four hours of the cold we called it a day and came home off the mountain and back to Sandy. Her friend had fun too but didn't want to try the flyfishing thing and got skunked. I had a fantastic time, sharing time on the water with my granddaughter and netting her fish!
