Just havent been able to get em lately skunked another weekend. me and my dad have been fishing out of a canoe in some prime hike in only cutthrout waters around Courtenay and Campbell River this spring and he's been nailing them like crazy on his favorite gold croc but I'd cant for the life of me get one on the fly. This weekend we found ourselves in a little lake by Fry and the first night I watched him land about a 2 pounder and break off a huge one, while I couldent get a nibble. I was pulling a black leach around on my sink tip which was successfully getting me down to the bottum of the shallow lake aswell as I tried some nymphs. Inside the fish I found sticklebacks and black ants so that night I went to work tying by the fire, and I had thought I had successfully matched the hatch and would do great the next morning. no such luck . My muddlers and tied back stickleback patterns would not fool these fish but my dads croc was working well as always. I guess what im getting at is I am finding myself a bit discouraged. Anybody have any tips for fooling these small lake cutthrout trout? any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Hi CV, well you ain't gonna like this but patience is a big part of it. When stripping flies you need to mimic the speed of the natural food