After a few disappointing trips to Baum early last month I finally found something the fish liked. The brown trout must have a sweet tooth as they were all over my candy patterned Kastmaster, to be specific a quarter ounce SW10CDY model.  

I started at the outlet of the powerhouse behind the hatchery and landed 20 trout in about an hour and twenty minutes with a very slow retrieve in the outflow current. Most casts produced at least a hit with many quick, fish on / fish off takes.  Quite a few trout were softly hooked and many were lost on a jump.  Being that I was releasing all the fish, I enjoyed all the takes, the many lost (long range quick releases) as well as the 20 officially landed and released browns.

I moved over to the main parking lot and spoke with a number of fly anglers who were finding relatively slow numbers.  Many were fishing mayfly nymphs and midges with just a few fish to show for their efforts.  Another couple of anglers fishing from a 2-man pontoon near the dam landed 10 rainbows stripping a Sheep Creek Special fly (bright green with short brown hackle).  I made a couple of casts off the point adjacent to the launch ramp and caught a couple of more browns and having another shake off.

Usually fly anglers outperform spin fisherman at Baum Lake, so I count myself lucky today.   It was a great way to a Wednesday afternoon.