A Still Water Outing on the Kayak

I love to fly fish, that is no secret, but most of my fishing is done on flowing rivers and I rarely get out and fish still water.  This past Labor Day Weekend I had an opportunity to get out for a couple hours and fish from my kayak at a high elevation reservoir.  It was a lot of fun and I was reminded just how hard those lake fish can pull. 

My buddy Jeff and I hit a nice little lake near New Meadows, Idaho one morning, getting a little out of my comfort zone.  My first instinct when I arrive at a lake, because of my lack of experience, is to simply tie on a #10 Olive Woolly Bugger and hope for the best.  The good thing for me is that this method somehow usually ends up working.  The bad thing for me is that this may hinder me from branching out and actually learning a few things that would help me have a better understanding of what makes a still water fish eat. 

On this outing I stuck to the tried and true Woolly Bugger though and although the action wasn't exactly nonstop there were a couple fish that fell for the offering.  In the future though I promised myself I need to learn a little more about still water trout fishing.  Let the research begin. 

Here are a couple pictures from the outing.