As the sun began coloring the surrounding peaks, one could not help but notice the perfect mirror image of those peaks on the now placid waters of Chief Hector Lake at Nakoda Lodge. The contrast between this morning and any number of the previous two or three days was stunning, this would be more signficantly noticeable as the days temperature would rise quickly without the expected winds of September.

It was not very long before the first of the morning rise began and became evidently clear that todays emergence (Hatch) was very different from anything we had seen on the lake for sometime. No it was not a surprise but rather the fulfillment of an expectation. The Waterboatman flies which had matured were returning to the water in their typical heavy crash dive resulting in a distinct plop and raindrop like splash, the response from the lake’s Rainbow Trout population, was decisive. Suddenly the waters close to shore seemed to hold most of the lakes larger trout and they were very aggressively attacking the returning boatmen.

To say the day was exciting would be a huge understatement. Hoping for more of the same tomorrow and for a few days to come yet. Typically this hatch (not really a hatch) will build in the numbers of boatmen crash diving the lakes surface and correspondingly the numbers of large aggressive feeding trout will intensify almost beyond belief.

I will be trying to get both stills and video of the phenomenon, I would suggest that if the weather holds this event is akin to the 20cm snow day rule of the rockies….aah if you have to ask, perhaps  don’t, just take the day off from work and come and  fish this event.

-Fish hard, and live long-