Big alkaline high-desert lake out past Susanville, and the native home of the Eagle Lake rainbow — a tough, broad-shouldered strain that learned to live in water most trout would sulk in. The fish run large and pull hard, and you take them on leeches, Sheep Creek specials and damsels, with Callibaetis dries on the calm mornings. It's a tube or boat game, best worked along the tule edges and drop-offs in the cool shoulders of the season. Big fish, slow water, and patience does the rest.
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