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FadedOne
05-28-2012, 08:57 PM
Another fine trip up to the Sierra’s. Once again we stayed up at Four Jeffrey’s and fished around the Bishop Creek area. The weather was damn cold! It was snowing when we arrived on Friday and continued to snow on Saturday. I believe Friday was a chilly 23 – 39 degrees. Saturday was not much better.

Never the less we decided to hike up to Grass Lake on Saturday. I don’t know if it’s my pack, my information, or if I am plain out of shape, but that hike kicked my butt. I read it was supposed to be only a 1 mile hike with a 300 ft elevation gain. With what felt like 30 minutes of switchbacks while hiking up an incline it seemed a lot longer than 1 mile. Once we arrived to the lake it was really nice. A couple other families were there, but before we knew it we were alone at the lake. It was pretty cold up there and snowing. The fishing was a blast! Virtually a baby Brook on every cast with the fly and bubble rig. I brought up the fly rod, but could not get it out far enough to where the fish were at.

Sunday we rented a boat over at Sabrina and toted around a bit. We landed a few on the troll then another dozen over at the inlets. The streamer of choice was the Wooly Bugger. The trout seemed to like it so I kept at it.

Here are some shots of this trip....

The cloud formation on the drive in...
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4404-1.jpg

SNOW!! What a fun way to setup camp...
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4415-1.jpg

Captain's of the boat at Lake Sabrina
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Couple little Bow's
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4519-119.jpg
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Another fine Sunset in the Sierra's
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4499-99.jpg

Ice on the bridge…yeah it was still cold out
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4489-89.jpg

Ice in the creek…
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4496-96.jpg

The storm dumping snow up on the Mountains…
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Grass Lake is close....
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4435-36.jpg

Finally Grass Lake!!!
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4462-1.jpg

Non stop Brooks….
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4456-56.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4442-42.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4440-40.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/Faded1_one/05_25_12%20Four%20Jeffrey/IMG_4476-76.jpg

That's it for this trip..... next trip in less than a week! WOOT WOOT :Big Grin:

carpanglerdude
05-28-2012, 09:09 PM
The colors on those Brook Trout are fantastic, thanks for sharing!

Matt44
05-28-2012, 09:13 PM
Great report! Nice read and pics! And awesome brookies!

sierraslam
05-29-2012, 08:02 AM
Nice trip! Great looking pictures. thanks!

JAG107
05-29-2012, 07:09 PM
What a great report! I learned the hard way about the grass lake hike 2 years ago, it's actually 1000 ft gain over a mile, but well worth it. It was only partially iced out for that memorial weekend, you had some great conditions!
Thanks for the cool pics!
ps
My avatar pic is my first brookie ever, caught at Grass lake.

FadedOne
05-29-2012, 09:37 PM
What a great report! I learned the hard way about the grass lake hike 2 years ago, it's actually 1000 ft gain over a mile, but well worth it. It was only partially iced out for that memorial weekend, you had some great conditions!
Thanks for the cool pics!
ps
My avatar pic is my first brookie ever, caught at Grass lake.

Ok that makes more sense if its a 1,000 ft gain. Are you sure its only a mile via the trail? I swear it felt a lot longer, but maybe that was because of the incline.

cambofisher
05-30-2012, 03:28 AM
Nice report and beautiful brookies!

VIVID_FLY
05-30-2012, 05:55 AM
those are some nice looking colors on the brooks. Great pictorial report.

JAG107
05-30-2012, 09:43 PM
Ok that makes more sense if its a 1,000 ft gain. Are you sure its only a mile via the trail? I swear it felt a lot longer, but maybe that was because of the incline.

Oh it's gotta be over a mile. Jared's book has a major typo regarding the hike to grass lake!

phishin phool
05-30-2012, 11:15 PM
Thanks for the Sierra porn, Man, I'm gettin stoked to get up there for my first trip of the season next week. Gotta love them little Brookies they are always ready to bite.

FSHNLIC
05-31-2012, 05:36 PM
Great report and gorgeous pics.... u've gotta love coloration of them brookies!!! Nice job

greg
06-03-2012, 09:13 AM
What terrific pictures! Those brookies make you wanna drop everything, drive up and drop your line in...

Can't wait to get up into the Bishop Creek Basin. Will be up there next weekend for the Annual Team 57 Parcher trip.