Weather was somewhat challenging as I was driven off the lake 3 times by lightning. Fishing was good as about a dozen rainbows were hooked with 7 making it to the net. Had a large fish on that broke a hook in half... would've liked to have seen that specimen. Fished a Prince Nymph / Red Midge rig deep under a strike indicator - mostly along the eastern bank. Tried both olive and black wooly boogers on a sinking line but only landed one on the streamer. ~ bh4buffs -- June 6th, 2017

+30 all bows. 10 to 16". No fish over 16". 3 to 5 on chronomide; All others on sink tip with gold and black wooly bugger. Steady from 8 am to 3:30 pm. ~ Matt -- June 1st, 2017

We arrived about 8:30am. Breezy and clear day. Rougher then normal day, the gusts of wind made it very difficult to manage casting, etc. We caught ~10 Rainbows ranging from 13" to 19". Some very fat. Caught them on hoppers and amy's ant, red copper johns and Streamers. We tried leach's and appropriate techniques to no avail and they did not bight any other nymph or midge pattern other then the copper john,.. Still fishing is better then work any day. ~ George Schmidt -- April 18th, 2017

Great day on A-5 we had a wind blowing toward the east side of the lake for most of the day. The fish started stacking up next to the drop offs on the east side. We were using an egg pattern trailed by a micro black leech. It was steady action all day with that set up we caught around 25 fish with average fish at 16'' and the larger ones in the 21'' range. the water was clear to 8 ft. Looking forward to coming back and fishing A-5 again! ~ Marcus McConnell -- March 20th, 2017

Slow day. The morning looked ideal with cloudy skies, very little wind and cold water. But few fish were rising and even fewer ate our flies. Greg caught two on stone fly imitations (Copper John and Prince Nymph). I caught one on a white streamer and one on a hopper. The white streamer also produced several other strikes and one screaming run/break off. But bad weather moved in rather early and, in my experience at least, fish lose their appetite when the air pressure falls. This day was no different. I'm going to try here again when the air pressure is rising (or at least holding steady) and see how I do. ~ Larry G. -- July 1st, 2016

Fished the AM only. Gorgeous setting. Muddy water so started off by wading out 20' and throwing streamers - all sorts of them at varying depths but not a single bite. Weather was warm enough for a hatch and fish started to surface. Went to dry-dropper config later in the morning with stimulator up top and copper john about 1.5 ft below. Had many bites but missed the first several because the strikes were lumbering, perhaps because of the colder water or Donaldson steelhead striking less aggressively than your typical hard-charging rainbow. Regardless, delayed my hook setting by a split second and started landing them. One was about 17" (on stimulator) and the other 20"+ (on copper john). The latter took 15 min to land because of many long, lumbering runs. Had never caught a Donaldson before - am a big fan now...great fun, all in all. ~ Deskpilot -- June 15th, 2016

Great afternoon, good action on small dark wooly buggers and leeches. Most productive area was the northwest cove along the drop off, although fish were caught in all areas of the lake. Also caught fish on egg patterns fished deep under an indicator. Mostly rainbows caught, averaged 14-18 inches, with several over 20, largest 23. Two very nice Browns. Beautiful day, light winds, water clear to 8 feet. Great property. ~ Andy -- April 4th, 2016

On a bright sunny day, the key is dragging black wooly buggers through the middle of the lake and through the northern (deeper) half. The trout are there and will readily oblige. Absent of an obvious hatch and surface action, go deep. You will get a lot of healthy, strong trout. Largest of my lot was roughly 18 inches or so but all were strong and obliging and struck readily. Also a good property for those still learning the sport. A sink line will help, but if all you have is a floating line, go with a longer leader and heavy-weighted black buggers. Even a beginner can catch many fine trout. ~ Ted Simendinger -- July 12th, 2015

Holy wind, not so easy in a pontoon boat, my son caught one so big it broke the hook. I bet it would be great with out the wind or in the evening time. tell the fish I'll be back. ~ chef -- June 19th, 2014

Started fishing around 9am, weather clear and nice. A friend and I caught 3 fish each and missed several others. All fish were caught on the north end of the pond that is towards Bailey. He caught all of his fish on a #16 Prince. I caught a 20 inch rainbow on an olive Wooley and the other 2 fish on a #20 Zebra midge. We kept having to leave the pond and wait out nasty looking storm clouds then go back at it again. Tried all sorts of flies from big to #22 RS2 other small midge patterns. All but one fish were 16 inches or larger and all were rainbows. ~ Rich Arnett -- June 1st, 2014