With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
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A good match for Cliff Lake — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Cliff Lake is Wade Lake's sister, just over the ridge — another deep, rich limestone lake, with big wild rainbows and browns and a population of grayling thrown in for good measure. It's quiet, technical stillwater fishing in country pretty enough to make you forget to cast. Cover the drop-offs and the weed edges, and don't underestimate a chironomid hung dead-still under an indicator; it's about as deadly as anything here.
Cliff Lake is Wade Lake's sister, just over the ridge — another deep, rich limestone lake, with big wild rainbows and browns and a population of grayling thrown in for good measure.
With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 3 with Pro.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for Cliff Lake — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Cliff Lake is Wade Lake's sister, just over the ridge — another deep, rich limestone lake, with big wild rainbows and browns and a population of grayling thrown in for good measure. It's quiet, technical stillwater fishing in country pretty enough to make you forget to cast. Cover the drop-offs and the weed edges, and don't underestimate a chironomid hung dead-still under an indicator; it's about as deadly as anything here.
