Davis Lake

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04/20:

Davis Lake is accessible, with little snow on the ground. Trout are staged up in Odell Creek because it is spawning season. They should be left alone to repopulate the lake. Seek non-spawners or post-spawners in the more open sections of the lake. The water is cold, but a few hardy anglers are having some success.

Importance by half-month
 Super    Major    Minor    Slight    None

Hatches are matched from Westfly's database of "standard" fly patterns.

Midge



Pupa

Size 10-22 Chans Chironomid Pupa, Zebra Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: static midge, deep midge, verticle retrieve, shallow nymph, indicator, tight line

Adult

Size 10-22 Griffiths Gnat, Sprout Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: chuck-and-sit, standard dry fly

Leech



Adult

Size 2-10 Woolly Bugger, Bunny Leech, Hale Bopp Leech, Possie Bugger. Black, browns, olives

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift

Baitfish



Adult

Size 2-8 Muddler, Woolly Bugger, Clouser Minnow, Possie Bugger. Browns, olives, silver, greens

Lakes; rivers over gravel and cobble, undercut banks: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift, deep swing

Trout


► Might be accessible now. If so, try damselfly nymphs, midge pupa patterns with either static midge or deep midge tactics. Otherwise, use count-down-and-retrieve tactics with dark size 8-10 Woolly Buggers, and similar flies.
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