Trout fishing is good year-round, whenever these reservoirs have open water or ice that is solid enough to walk on. Trout fishing is starting to pick up. Trout fishing is good usually through May/early June. And the trout fishing is especially good in the well-stocked Cherokee tribal waters.

Fishing

"Fishing is some of the greatest therapy you'll find to offset an intense work week, and just as importantly, fishing provides an opportunity to get away for some quiet time with family or friends-often creating memories that will last a lifetime." If you are a fly-fishing enthusiast or just want to give it a go, put on your Wellingtons, grab a rod and wade into the nearest cool mountain stream. Try fishing the docks from the front to the



back. Walleye fishing is also good, especially in the spring and fall. This is the time of the year for fishing with jigs and larger minnows for big fish.

Trout

This person spends his spare time in the winters tying flies and day dreaming about the next great trout destination. Trout fishing gives a man time for meditation; a chance to absorb the meaning of a blue sky and pines sighing to the breeze. Trout fishing gets progressively harder as the weather warms. August is a great time to fish for Salmon as well as trout. With dropping water temperatures the trout fishing will improve.

Salmon

Salmon average about 8-10 lbs (4 kgs) and grilse 4-5 lbs (2 kgs). Most of the time this person wants to fish for a specific species of Salmon, and therefore deciding when to come is VERY important. This angler would want to focus on the fall season when the Silver Salmon run happens. August is a great time to fish for Salmon as well as trout. Yesterday I took a group of fly fisherman up to Clear Creek for what turned out to be about 8 hours of top notch Alaska Salmon and Trout Fishing.