Fishing the Inlet Area of Long Lake (Bishop Pass)

[@CaptainCompassion1]

Lovely little trout. A beautiful lake all to yourself. Thanks for letting us tag along.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I got more done after this. I just put the clip up for fishing Rawua lake near this lake and the brookie action was nice.

[@104silvae]

What a beautiful place to fish. Great video

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

This lake and Rawua lake were both incredible places to spend time on this day. Hot fishing, views, solitude, it was all there.

[@alancereghino6402]

Your hard core Amani. Nothing stops you from fishing. Great video, beautiful scenery.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

So much fun up there. I still fished another lake after this and it was awesome!

[@gearlist]

Epic! Great trip Amani 💯

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

This trip had more to go! I just put up the clips. Rawua Lake had some awesome brookie action.

[@jeffjeff5845]

Non stop fish 🎣

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

There are tons of fish in that lake and the one above it that I fished. I want to get back up there and fish treasure lakes and chocolate lakes and then I'll have that area mapped out pretty good. At lest a lot of the stuff within 4-5 miles of the trailhead.

[@ogbobbydaniel5531]

Another awesome video Amani! I fished Bull Lake and Long Lake two weekends ago and that is now probably my favorite area of the Eastern Sierra. If you ever get a chance this summer to hike up to Lone Pine lake along the Whitney trail, I think it might be worth a video, lots of small rainbows in there but very challenging fishing! Cheers and thanks for all you do.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Right on. I plan to get down that way before the month is open and then, hopefully, twice in the fall. Maybe I'll make it to Lone Pine Lake.

[@perfectmoment]

Amani, this is obvious after watching about 50 of your videos, but I’ll state it anyway: Most flyfishermen try to get a dead drift on their nymph. The current takes it, and the fish see a consistency with the artificial fly and everything else that is drifting by. You slowly swim your nymphs like a streamer. You have great success doing it as well. Your method really shouldn’t work, since nymphs don’t swim like that. But it does. You also are aware of every strike, and miss far fewer fish. I personally dead drift using an indicator, and while it can be effective, guys like me aren’t even aware of probably 2/3 of the strikes due to slack line.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

Since I don't use an indicator, the shorter leader helps me detect strikes. I sometimes dead drift but a little action at the right moment can get a fish to hit. Sometimes in lakes, I just strip the nymphs in with long pauses in between tugs. It all depends on what is going on and how aggressive the fish are. I know it's not natural but my method and all of its varying facets is the result of experimenting over the decades. Small creeks, my leader is sometimes 3 feet!

[@bradlee4491]

I’m headed that way in October. Are these trout leader shy? Am I good with a 5x-6x? Did you fish the creek that runs from Spearhead to Long lake? Great videos, I really enjoy watching them.

[@wildernesswithamani1027]

I have a clip on my backcountry fishing playlist where I fish an outlet creek but I'm not sure if that is what you are talking about. I got a really nice brown in that creek if you want to check out the clip. I use 4lb fluorocarbon as leader material in the backcountry. It was working but the fish were being a little finicky. With that said, I caught a lot of fish. I saw a really big rainbow swimming around but it wouldn't even look at my flies or jigs. I have clips for the lakes around there on my backcountry fishing playlist if you haven't seen them and are interested. If you are going, you might as well make the most out of it!