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Lake Cuyamaca is a terrific place for fly fishing. In fact, we are the location of choice for the Wednesday group of the San Diego Fly Fishers Club for Spring through Fall. While the main quarry is trout, there is a terrific population of bass, crappie and bluegill. Just like any other trout water, most of the trout are caught on nymphs and streamers. However, during the Spring and Fall months we can have a terrific dry fly bite, usually during the first and last hour of daylight, with the best dry flies being callibaetis emergers, comparaduns or any midge imitations in light tan or green in sizes 14 through 20. The best streamers are olive flash-a-buggers, with black and purple good second choices. The lake managers personal favorite is an olive matuka with a red head. Rabbit hair leeches or egg sucking leeches and muddler minnows also work. Sizes 12 through 8 work well most of the year, however, in the Fall, size 6 does a better job of matching the hatch. A couple of other good choices are the rainbow trout fly from Orvis and pistol petes. These flies can be found at Stroud Tackle, the rest of the flies we carry in our tackle shop. All of these streamers will produce bass, crappie and trout. In the Winter and early Spring, nymphs like the hares ears, princes and pheasant tails work well for the trout. In late Spring and early Summer they also work well for the crappie and bluegill. Fish zug bugs during early Summer when you see the damsels flying with the same results. Poppers will readily produce bass and bluegill down in the South end during the Summer months, though the weeds will force you to pinpoint cast to the pockets. While float tubing is allowed during certain times (see float tube page), wading can often be a better alternative. October through April finds our trout close to shore, usually in 5 ft. or less and most tubers fish too far from shore during this time. Floating vs. sinking or sink tip lines. The average depth of Lake Cuyamaca is 10 ft. or less. Most of the year floating lines will work if you use a weighted fly. Sink tips or mini-lead heads will help you get down to the trout May through September. If you are targeting the bass, crappie or bluegill during those same months, floating lines will work fine. While most of our staff do not fly fish, they do have a pretty good idea where the fish are. Once armed with that knowledge you should be able to use the information above and figure it out. Prior to coming out, call the lake and ask for Willard Lepley. He tries to keep track of the bite and will get you headed in the right direction. |
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