1

Yes

Partly Cloudy

3-5

Yes

Charanamids

1-4 foot below surface

Balanced leeches, ju ju be charanamid, kreelex streamers

2

No

Partly Cloudy

calm in the morning and around 20 mph in the afternoon

don't know the exact temp but the water was very cold.

Yes

green/gray callibaetis were everywhere in the afternoon.

3 to 4 feet down

Black and Ruby leeches in the morning and a green emerger in the afternoon

chromides

Had a blast. Caught a bunch of very fat fish 15-18 inches.

1

No

Sunny

8-12 mph from NW

58

Yes

Chironomids

7-8'

Gray scuds and ruby leeches

Small chironomids and attractor patterns

Keep the flies vertical under the indicator, drift was very important

The fish are BIG and strong, definitely use 2x here. The morning started off a little slow, bite kicked in about 11. Lots of adult bugs in the air on shore, but the trout weren't interested in the pupae imitations compared to other patterns

5

No

Partly Cloudy

Minimal to no wind for the day

N/A

Yes

Brief Chironomid hatch midday, smaller midges sporadically throughout the day

2-6’

Balanced Leech

Scud

Fish are still consistently cruising the shallows

The lack of wind made for slower conditions than typical, but still landed 4 large trout and a carp.

2

No

Partly Cloudy

Calm with mild gusts in morning before picking up midday.

N/A

Yes

Small midges in the morning

2-8’

Black, Olive, Maroon Leeches. Stripped & under indicator.

Scuds, Chironomids

Quality over quantity is the name of the game here.

Fishing was great. Consistent action for the majority of the day before slowing down towards the afternoon. Caught multiple fish exceeding 25”.

2

No

Partly Cloudy

Light in the morning before picking up in afternoon

N/A

Yes

Small Midges in the morning

2-8’

Black, Olive, Maroon Leeches. Olive Slumpbuster

Scuds, Chironomids

Fishing was great for the first half of the day before slowing down in the afternoon.

2

No

Partly Cloudy

Light breeze in the morning turning into 20mph gusts around 11

Did not temp

No

Ran 4.5’-5.5’

Maroon, black, olive balanced leech,

Scuds, crystal bugger, chironomid

Move around if not poking fish and constant depth adjustment

The fishing was slower but got a few to the boat. Keep working the water and you will get rewarded

2

No

Partly Cloudy

NW 15-20

46

No

Small (#22-24) Midges in the afternoon

5-7'

#18 Tan Scuds, maroon Balanced Leech

Chironomids, Black & White Leeches stripped, Orange Scuds, booby flies.

Getting depth right was critical, remeasured it after every fly or location change, catch, and cast length

Lake is full and starting to clear, still needs more warming for larger midges to become active. The trout we did land are spectacular.

3

No

Sunny

Steady breeze with occassional gusts, coming out of the north/north-west towards the south/south-east

48 degrees fahrenheit at 10 am, warming up throughout the day

No

N/A

3' to 8'

Bunny leech, balanced leech, wooly bugger, hare's ear, rainbow warrior, sow bugs.

Dead chicken, chironomids, etc.

Not much insect activity going on at the moment so fish activity/strikes seemed fairly inconsistent. With that being said, the angler willing to adapt and adjust their presentation to the trout in front of them can still find some willing opportunistic participants.

Looking forward to getting back out there and continuing to learn this fishery! Thank you for this opportunity Eric!

1

No

Sunny

Calm in morning but very windy after 1 pm

No

Shallow under indicator

Mini leach with orange beadhead and chironomid

Caught a 23 inch 10 pound rainbow at the dam!

2

No

Sunny

10 to 20 with gust to 25

51

No

4 to 9’

Leech

Scud

1

No

Sunny

15 mph

52

No

4ft

Leechs

1

No

Cloudy

15 mph

52

No

4 feet

Leech

Minnows

Early morning, fast retrieve, look for fish that are in ambush mode

High pressure rolled in and the fish shut off in the afternoon

2

No

Sunny

15 mph

No

8 feet

Jig leech and mouse

Grasshopper

Leech under indicator. Mouse before dark.

Another nice quality fish day but less quantity. 2 to 10 lbs

2

No

Partly Cloudy

12 mph

No

8 ft

Jig leach

Indicator with leech

Nice quality fish 2-8 lbs

1

Yes

Partly Cloudy

56

Yes

Small Hatch of Callibaetis

4-5ft/10-12ft depending

Olive Leeches and Juju chironomids

Scuds

GO DEEP

1

No

Sunny

Less than 10mph

Medium black wooly bugger with a bright red bead head. Black articulated streamer

Keep trying different flies to see what works for that day.

I caught a grand slam! Rainbow, brown, brook and tiger trout and all were fat! Thanks, Erik!

2

Yes

Sunny

Calm till lunch shifting to 15 mph head on wind

No

1-5 foot deep

Leeches,streamers, and scuds

Dries

2

No

Cloudy

NA

NA

Yes

Caddis Hatch towards the end of the day

3-4' under a hopper and 7-12' under an indicator

Olive/org leech,Blk/Purple Leech, Size #10 hares ears, Spanish bullet perdigons, duracells

worms, orange scuds, chironomids

cast to any rising fish within reach. Perdigons worked the best 4' under hoppers. leeches and hares ears or Callibaetis nymphs worked best 7-12' deep. All fish were hooked more than 12 feet or further from the shore

It rained shortly after we had arrived in the afternoon. We got into fish right out the gates and soon after the rain had passed. We tagged 12 fish total between the 2 anglers. None of the giant fish were landed, they continued to swim into the weeds around the dam and breaking off

1

No

Cloudy

Mostly Calm

Unknown

No

5 feet.

Olive or black balanced leech, ice cream cone chironomid.

Scuds usually work, but didn't get any takers on scuds today.

If no wind, crawl the rig in with hand crawl.

Another awesome day. Landed two huge rainbows, a tiger, and a nice brown. Missed probably 4 other strikes.

1

No

Sunny

mild

best was a black with white "eyes" booby, also balanced leach and small black leach

Very large streamers, small midges

The general vicinity of the aerators was best. Also, a little off the dam and in the middle of the lake between the dam and the aerators. I used #3 tippet but wished I had some #2 tippet because a couple of large ones broke off.

Had a productive day on a pontoon belly boat: 8 landed fish including a 22"and 20" or so rainbows, plus healthy browns. Early is probably best. Great property!!

1

Sunny

2-4mph

No

5-6 ft to bottom fly

Dorsey’s uv scud, balanced bruised leech

Only spent 30 at the lake and saw some great fishing. Went 5 for maybe 10 fishing about 20 ft off the bank. Two big brookies, two big browns & a beautiful 27” buck bow. Fish ran hard and put up quite a fight. Couldn’t believe The fishing I saw in only 30 minutes!

9

Yes

Sunny

5-10mph

61-70

Yes

Damsels, chronomids and some calis

5-8ft

Damsels, green/blk leeches, chronomids

Nymph rigs

Stop fishing when temperate gets to 67 degrees and make sure to revive the fish before realizing them! Keep them alive so they stay in lake and continue to get bigger!

9

Yes

Sunny

10-15

60’s

Yes

Damsel & chironomid

Early 8-10ft later 5-7ft

Mayers Damsel, black & white chironomid #12, scuds

Callibaetis

Fish the bugs that are hatching and just adjust your depth

Fish near the dam

9

No

Partly Cloudy

Yes

olive and black leeches, red chironomids, red copper johns, rainbow warriers

orange scuds

Last season, scuds worked great at this lake but we didn't have any luck with them today. Olive leeches had the most success.

Went shallow shore and wade fishing with the Project Healing Waters group today. It was a fun day with participants of all ability levels. Two of the seasoned anglers caught personal bests—one even topped his first catch with an even bigger rainbow trout!

1

No

Sunny

Light breeze with a few stronger guests throughout the day

59-62 degrees

No

In 8-10 feet of water, fished weed beds at 5 1/2 to 7 feet below service.

olive + rust balanced leech. Small purple leech. Gunmetal + red chironomid pupa.

Orange scuds did not attract any bites.

Drifted/retrieved flies under an indicator.

I fished Bar Star Lake 2 weeks ago and managed only one hookup (did not land her). It was my first attempt at stillwater fishing for trout from my float tube. Today, I hooked 10-12 trout and landed most of them. Although I don't take my fish out of the water, at least 3 of the Rainbows were around 24" and thick. The rest of the trout were a mix of Brown and Rainbow trout and ranged from 12-20". I strongly recommend 3x leaders to bring the fish to net more quickly and barbless hooks to reduce handling of these magnificent fish. It was a special day at Valholl Ranch.

2

Yes

Partly Cloudy

10. Gusts to 15-20

Unknown

Yes

BWO, damsel fly nymphs

18-20” to first fly, 12” to second fly

Black Pat’s Rubber Legs, black/brown Pat’s, Olive balanced leech, brown/orange scud

Two-bit hooker, Bruised balanced leech

Stay less than 10 feet out from the dam

Fantastic day with absolutely huge rainbows. Unpredictable feeding patterns and columns, but be patient and change things up if the “catching” is stale.

9

Yes

Partly Cloudy

6 mph W

54

Yes

2 feet

Olive Leach, Orange Scud, Red Worms

Woolies

5 to the net, 4x not to net. Many in group new to Stillwater

2

Yes

Partly Cloudy

12 SSW

54

Yes

Chironomid

2 feet

Olive Leaches and Orange Scud

When sun came out action started

6 to net twice that not to net

7

Yes

Partly Cloudy

7 SSW

54

6 feet

chironomids

leaches, scuds, everything else

Between 4 boats - 12 strikes, 8 hooked, and 4 landed. Slow day.