Every fall I count down the days until the end of October; not for Halloween, but in anticipation of when I can expect to catch tiger trout from shore at Woods Canyon and Willow Springs lakes.

For most of the summer, the tiger and rainbow trout have been largely out of reach with my fly rod. Trout are very temperature sensitive and for most of the season, they are at depths of 15 or more feet. As the water cools in the fall, they patrol the shoreline hungrily. This will continue in both lakes until the ice forms.

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