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Knuppenberg lake fly fishing

Report at a Glance

General Region	white pass wa
Specific Location	knuppenberg lake
Dates Fished	august 1 2014
Time of Day	10:00
Fish Caught	cutthroat trout
Conditions & Hatches	calm, sunny

Details and Discussion

Gcoder28
Packwood, WA

Posts: 1

Gcoder28 on Aug 1, 2014August 1st, 2014, 12:55 pm EDT

Today I went to Knuppenberg Lake with my Cortland 9' fly rod and a carpenter ant fly. I was wearing boots so I waded out far enough to cast where all of the surfacing fish were. I made long casts right in the fishes rising ring. I forgot to mention that I was using 3 foot leader also. Anyway, a couple of minutes later I caught a beautiful 15" cutthroat. I released it hoping the trout will grow bigger. I soon caught others. The water is so clear, you can see all the fish with in 20 feet of you. Awesome lake to fly fish and to throw in a worm and a bobber. Its right off HWY 12 before White pass. I highly recommend it.

Taxon

Site Editor
Plano, TX

Posts: 1311

Taxon on Aug 1, 2014August 1st, 2014, 1:59 pm EDT

Hi Gabe-

Welcome to the Troutnut forum. And, glad you outing to Knuppenburg Lake was productive. Incidentally, according to the latest WDFW stocking report, that lake is planted with Brown Trout.

Best regards,

Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com