Good Fly Fishing at Lewiston Lake

Lewiston Lake - Lewiston, CA (Trinity County)


by The Fly Shop
9-10-2011
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Current Lake Conditions:
Greg Dean reports good fishing at Lewiston Lake. He's been fishing small nymphs like a #20 Serendipity. Cool mornings should trigger sporadic callibaetis hatches that can produce a surface feeding hog. Retrieving leeches using an intermediate sinking fly line will work on Lewiston lake any day, any time!

The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
You can't go too small. Can you? When using indicators, the takes can be difficult to see and detect, and then the takes can be electric. Successful indicator anglers keep the flies in the water, all the way to the backing, then low and slow retrieve. Sink tip fly lines allow anglers to retrieve leeches and buggers fast or slow. This lake is best fished from a motorized boat, pram or pontoon boat. Float tubes are fine if you are okay with walking back up to the parking lot after the slow current of Lewiston pushes you to the southern end of the lake.

Flies:

Dries:
• Parachute Adams #14-18
• Air Flow Cut Wing Callibaetis
• D&D Cripple Callibaetis
• Fox's Scum Duns
• Black Flying Ant #14
• Carpenter Ant #12

Nymphs:
• Serendipity #20
• Chromies #18-20
• Sparkle Scuds #14-16
• Hunchback Scuds #16
• Zebra Midges (Any) #18-20
• Mercer's Gidget

Streamers/Leeches:
• Zack's Damseleech Orng/Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech




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