Re: Merrill Lake
That is great. I used to love that lake. Haven't fished it for several years. Are the evening Hexagenia hatches still like they used to be? That was the most awsome dry fly fishing. Big flies and the sounds of trout sucking them down.
Back in the day that Steelhead Slayer and I were both single, we spent easily a dozen days a year fishing Merrill. Years ago, trolling a woolie worm or bugger in black or dark green was dynamite. Doubles were common. For some reason, the last few years that I fished there, you couldn't buy a bite that way. In the spring when the water is high, a foam ant fished right up against the grass and willows works great. In the summer, all other fishing was just killing time waiting for the Hex hatch!!
I have had a cow elk swim within 20 feet of my canoe, came around the corner within a few feet of a nice buck in velvet, and watched a fawn playing just outside my tent at Merrill! Thanks for the pics. They bring back great memories. I'll have to make the effort to get up there again.
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