Help with Dry Falls Lake...

[Billy Tillamook]

Going to try some new water up at Dry Falls Lake...can any of you Fly Fishing experts give me any advice on how to have a successful trip? :help: <font color="blue"> </font> How far of a drive is it from Portland? Thanks!

[stoneflyguy]

It is quite a distance but a nice drive. I can't tell you in hours but I would venture to say at least 3 hrs. It is a great lake and has wonderful fish. You are best off if you have a float tube of pontoon boat. I like to fish it in the summer when the water is warmer. Dry flies are fun because you can see these big bruisers patroling the shore lines and cast in front. If you don't have a belly boat or such, there is very little brush around. It can get very windy so be prepared and take a leak before getting into your float tube, trust me I know this first hand. Good luck.... :cheers:

[Gizmo Man]

If you are talking about the Dry fall in Washington, past Soap lake, then you are talking about a 6 hr drive. I fished it about 8 years ago in late June. From a local, I was told to use a full sinking line and let most of it out with a damsel fly nymph. Slow retrieve or slow kicks in a float tube, and hold on. Go across the lake to the right I think the N. W. corner and fish there and out to the center of the lake. If you want to fish dries, then go across lake to the left into the reeds and watch for crusing fish. The big fish are deep.

Giz...

[Ras]

6 hours to get there, but well worth it. Used to be a late April opener, but I believe that has been moved up.

Olive flashback hares ear along the reeds on the east side, as well as damsel nymphs. Long line a bugger in the southwest arm near dusk; create as little comotion as possible. Browns chase smolts?? up the cliffs on the backside of the island.

Take pictures and let us know.

I will be through there next weekend fishing a "secret" water....Yeah, right :crazy:

Ras

[tbird]

chironomids right now, find the springs with your eyes or your temp guage. I hate to say it but if you cant catch any fish try a apricot supreme egg pattern.Chironomids should be 12-14 black , olive, silver ribs and white sno cone heads. Have fun.

[ScottD]

As long as you're going to drive all the way up to Dry Falls, you should also try your luck at Lake Lenore for Lahonton Cutthroats. Lenore has some very big fish in it; you should have a good chance at getting an 8 pounder. You will drive right past Lake Lenore shortly before getting to Dry Falls. Lenore will be the very long lake on your left as you're heading north toward Dry Falls. Most people fish the very north end of Lake Lenore.

I've heard that fishing in Dry Falls has been pretty tough in recent years.

My parents used to take me and my brother fishing to Dry Falls every year when we were kids. It was really good fishing then. You could catch big Brown trout in the shallows and big Rainbows out in the main lake in the deeper water.