Current Lake Conditions:
February produces good to great hatches of BWOs and various smaller #18-20 baetis on Lewiston. The rainbows of Lewiston cruise near the surface, searching for trapped, crippled food stuck in the surface film. There is nothing more fun in fly fishing that casting dry flies to cruising fish on a stillwater! We have cloudy weather in the forecast through the next seven days, producing perfect conditions for the top water dry fly fishing this lake in known for.

If you are fishing the Trinity River, Lewiston Lake is just a short, 5 minute, drive from the town of Lewiston. An ideal complement to a day on the Trinity, Lewiston Lake should be considered if you are fly fishing in the area!

You should have a selection of fly lines when fishing this lake. We recommend floating line for indicators and dry flies, RIO's AquaLux Intermediate Sink Fly Line for swinging and stripping flies at middle depths, and RIO's Deep 7 Full Sink Line for fishing streamers and leeches deep and fast.

The Trinity River Fish Hatchery is located at the foot of Lewiston Dam. A visit here is very educational and the numbers of steelhead and salmon climbing the steps into the hatchery is really impressive.

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, buggers and small nymphs 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:
• Harrop's Last Chance #18-20
• Tilt Wing Dun #18-20
• Almost Dun #18-20
• Parachute Spinner #18-20
• Hackle Stacker BWO #18
• Parachute Adams #14-18

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

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

Eggs:
• Clown Egg #6-10
• Single Eggs (Any)
• Micro Spawn Yellow