Bishop Creek Drainage 05/04/12 (Picture Heavy)

[FadedOne]

Well it was that time of year to get up and check out the fishing. Decided to miss on the opener rush and show up the week after. We camped up at Four Jeffrey campground which was very quiet. Managed to hit South Lake for a little bit on Friday, then Lake Sabrina inlet on Saturday, then hike up to North Lake on Sunday. The road up to North Lake was closed, but did the hike to it. The fishing at Sabrina was not bad at all. Managed to pull out 37 trout between the girlfriend and I. Up at North Lake it was a bit slower, but pulled out another 18 trout. I'll let the photo's tell the rest of the story. I will be back up there in a couple weeks to play some more


Bishop Creek:


Bishop Creek Trout that decided to just sit there:


South Lake was damn cold and windy:


Evening Photo from Four Jeffrey:


Local visitor decided to say Hi at our campsite


Lake Sabrina:












Sabrina Snow decided to show up during our hike back:


North Lake Bridge was full of trout just hovering around


North Lake:






This is a weird fat headed trout I caught.

[OC ANGLER]

ive got to get up to Bishop one day ! ive heard far to many stories ... lol

[VIVID_FLY]

what type of trout is the 16th pic. Wow you hiked up the north lake road... it seemed like a long drive to me and steep. I used to fish the outlet from that lake ..just up from where it was the FALLS. I never saw that type of trout as in the pic #16.

[troutdog]

Nice job on the fly, great pics btw!


TD

[RiverWalker]

Looks like you had a great time on the fly! What patterns were you using at north lake? Were you solely using dries or did you nymph as well? Thanks for the report....

Randy

[FadedOne]

what type of trout is the 16th pic. Wow you hiked up the north lake road... it seemed like a long drive
that to me and steep. I used to fish the outlet from that lake ..just up from where it was the FALLS. I never saw that type of trout as in the pic #16.

That beauty is a Brook trout. It was a good hike up with the packs on, but well worth it.

[FadedOne]

Looks like you had a great time on the fly! What patterns were you using at north lake? Were you solely using dries or did you nymph as well? Thanks for the report....

Randy

Up at North I normally use the Wooly Bugger, but they didn't seem to like it so I went up top. The Elk Hair Caddis did well. I would mix it up with other dries that I had and most seemed to catch a few. I am still fairly new to using flies being my second season, but I'm hooked on them. I switch between my fly rod or fly and bubble setup.

[phishin phool]

Awesome post!! And even better pics, sierra porn at it finest!! Nice job on the trifecta almost a grand slam minus a golden. Thanx for sharing your adventure.

[flytyingreloader]

I'll pile on with congrats on some excellent photo work on the Sierra trout. It doesn't get a lot better than 'bows--brookies--and browns from the same water! My wife loves to sit at the bridge you featured, she calls it "watching trout TV".

The large head relative to body size is brought on by stunting due to feed insufficiency. It is seen more often in higher lakes that are ice-free fewer months of the year than lower-elevation lakes.

[mjc89]

Awsome pics. Were all the fish caught on flys?