| There are two types of high mountain
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| | over the long winter months and appear to
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| lakes: those above the tree line and
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| | be a bit less spooky just after the thaw.
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| those below it. Some lakes are at such
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| | On this particular trip (as with many
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| an elevation that they are above the
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| | others), I had to use snowshoes to reach
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| level where trees can grow. These lakes
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| | the lake only to discover that it was
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| usually sit at the bottom of a talus
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| | still iced over. I was probably two
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| slope and offer very little cover for
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| | weeks early. Not wanting to give up, I
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| fish. Since these lakes are
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| | took out my map to see if there were any
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| nutrient-poor compared to their lower
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| | other lakes in the area. Luckily, I
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| neighbors, food is scarce and they tend
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| | spotted a small, unnamed lake on the map
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| to have fewer trout. This doesn't
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| | that rested just above the tree line.
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| necessarily mean the fishing isn't good,
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| | Although it was a little higher in
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| though. As long as you don't spook the
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| | elevation, it sat on a south-facing
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| fish (which can be quite easy), you can
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| | slope. I decided to give it a try since
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| take advantage of the scarce food
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| | it received a bit more sun.I reached the
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| situation. Hungry fish are eager fish.
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| | lake an hour later and I was in luck: the
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| Because of the fierce competition for
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| | lake was just about ice free. I was sure
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| food, some of these high alpine trout
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| | I was the first fisherman to cast a line
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| will aggressively attack anything that
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| | in that lake all year, but before I did,
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| even resembles a meal.Because lakes below
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| | I hiked up a small hill overlooking the
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| the tree line offer more food, they
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| | lake to scout the situation. I couldn't
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| typically house more fish. There is
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| | believe what I saw. It seemed every
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| usually more cover for these fish to
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| | trout in the lake was cruising the
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| hide. The two drawbacks to these lakes
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| | shallows for food and probably enjoying
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| are the abundant food (fish won't bite if
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| | the warmer water as well. They weren't
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| they're not hungry) and the fact that
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| | schooled up (brook trout rarely are);
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| they can be in heavily forested areas,
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| | instead it was as if each fish was out
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| which makes casting difficult. This can
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| | only for its own survival. To make the
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| also shelter a lake from the sun.I
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| | story short I got strikes on about every
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| remember a hike I went on a few summers
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| | cast. This just shows that timing is as
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| ago in Colorado. I tried to time my trip
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| | important as the many other ingredients
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| just as I thought the lake was thawing
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| | of successful fly fishing.Keep in mind
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| out in mid-June, since this time offers
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| | the pros and cons of each type of high
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| some of the best fishing of the year.
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| | mountain lake and don't be afraid to hike
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| During this time the fish are usually
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| | a while to get to that elusive water hole
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| hungry and eager to bite anything that
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| | that every fisherman claims to have
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| looks like food. I also think fish seem
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| | found, though few probably actually have.
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| to forget some of their nervous habits
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