Warm weather has arrived at Six Lakes Resort and Fishing Preserve about a week ago. The warm weather at the beginning of June has brought some changes to the summer fishing at Six Lakes. In this today’s blog we will discuss the changes we have seen in the past week and what we expect for the second half of June. 

The warm weather the last 10 days has caused damsel flies to get active in most of the lakes at Six Lakes. Trout have been chasing damsel fly larvae on the edges of weedbeds and are actively feeding on these emerging damsel flies. The cool May caused most of the emerging insects in May to be smaller midges and we saw a lot of good fishing in May on small midge and chironomid patterns. The warmer weather now has damsel flies and other larger insects more active and trout are focusing their feeding now on larger insects. Olive woolly buggers and damsel fly nymphs are great patterns to pull around weedbeds this time of year. 

During the afternoon the hot sun is causing trout to hold in deeper water where they are protected from the hot sun and warm temperatures. During the afternoon in June and July fishermen will want to fish deep and slow with weighted flies. One of our favorite techniques during the hot afternoon is to use a weighted fly line and fish a woolly bugger or leech with a red copper john or blood midge about two feet off the back. Pull this set up very slowly along the bottom of the lake and you will find fish even during the hottest parts of the day.

Late in the evening during the second half of June we often see some callibaetis mayfly hatches. This will often bring the trout back to the surface right before dark for some good dry fly action. Grey klinkhammers or parachute adams are great patterns to use during this late evening hatches. A soft hackle hare’s ear nymph will often work well dropped off of a dry fly or strike indicator when mayflies are emerging during late summer evenings.

We hope to see you this summer at Six Lakes Resort and Fishing Preserve!