Fall has always been prime time to fish Eagle Lake and 2019 was no exception. This year we saw another nice little bump in the water level thanks to a good showing from last winter, a trend we hope continues. During the fall season at Eagle Lake we offer both fly trolling as well as fly fishing trips, and while the bite was solid from the boat with the trolling flies, the final weeks on out 2019 season were all about "flea flickin" from the shore. This fall brought us an extended period of nice weather, actually not ideal for fishing the shallows in the fall. This fall, "battling the weather", in many cases, meant tricking wary trout into grabbing our offerings under dead flat calm conditions. Mini celebrations would erupt when a chop would come over the surface of the lake. The quality of these fish is really something to see, bright, clean and healthy with beautiful colors and markings and big tails. (See pictures below)

It was one heck of a fall here at Lake Almanor, featuring an extended period of pleasant weather and some outstanding fishing. The main players were the lake's famous Trophy Rainbow Trout with a few Browns in the mix as well. Moving out of their summer time haunts, the fish strapped on the feed bags and started chowing down ahead of winter. The aggression level ramped up and these fish were hammering our baits and making spectacular runs as well as some impressive acrobatic skyward leaps during the fights. During the fall, as the water cools and the lake turns over, fish can be found at a variety of depths but the most exciting action was taking place in the top 15 feet of water in areas that were holding feed for the trout including pond smelt, snails, crawdads, leaches as well as some late season aquatic bugs.