On my vacation over a month ago now, I only caught fish at Lake Schmidell during my week out. Those were actually at a pond just below the lake. All the other lakes were too windy when I was there, or I was not motivated to fish. I've been using the same reel and telescoping rod I've had for yearts now. I need to get a new reel, that might weigh a little less by a tiny bit. I usually can catch fish if they are rising good. If not, I'm sol. Best fishing I've ever had was at Rae Lakes a few years ago, caught 70 trout, kept some. I use 4 lb. test line, bubble and fly
First cast a couple weeks ago with a small group, I snapped my line and had to swim out to my bubble after I figured where it had went. Not a good day to swim as it was windy and cool.
Duane