Current Lake Conditions: The early bird get the worm pretty much sums up your chances. No one is here and the fishing can be good!

Road & Trail Closures:
Due to the Reading fire activity, Lassen National Park Highway is closed between Manzanita Lake and Summit Lake. Temporary trail and campground closures are also in effect in the fire area. Manzanita Lake Campground and Loomis Museum are still accessible. Read more here...

The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Fish an Elk Hair Caddis or Mercer's Missing Link near sunset. Skate it, then let it sit for best results. Callibaetis are still coming off the lake! The rainbows and browns eat the emerging nymph at all depths. Try a #14 non-beaded Pheasant Tail Nymph slowly retrieved on a floating line, or RIO's Aqualux Intermediate Sink Line.

Taper your leaders to 5x or 6x. Using a float tube or a pontoon boat, paddle out into the lake and look along the edges for cruising rainbows and browns. RIOs Aqualux Intermediate Sink Tip is a perfect line for retrieving and stripping Pheasant tail nymphs and Callibeeotis. Use a floating line and leader tapered to 6x with a bead head PT with a very, very, very slow retrieve. Fish will find your nymph and take it, but don't set the hook! Just lift and let line out until you can bend the rod without first breaking the fish off. Use a thermometer to find that 55-65 ?

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:
• Scum Dun - Callibaetis #14
• Quill Body - Trico #22
• Elk Hair Caddis - #14-16
• Mercer's Missing Link #14-16
• D&D Cripple - Callibaetis #16
• Carpenter Ant - #12
• Foam Beetles

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• CB Frostbite - #18
• Hogan's S&M - Olive #16-18
• Zebra Midge - Black #18-20
• Mercer's Gidgets

Streamers/Leeches:
• Beaded Micro Bugger - Black
• Zonkers - #4
• Zack's Zugger - Yellow/Brown

Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast ? Super Fat Cat-LCS Float Tube
• Scientific Anglers™ Wet Tip Clear Fly Line
• Whizz Lube
• Simms ? WaderWick™
• TFS H2O & L2a Rod/Reel/Line