I took a drive down the Coulee three days before Xmas. Day waz calm & cloudy.
No Ice anywhere....still no ice anywhere!!!!

Dry Falls waz dead. Park waz dead. Blue had a few risers. Alkali waz dead.
Got to Lenora and those huge Lahontin Cutts were wallowing,slurping,gulping
porposeing.sipping,and generally raising hell all over the surface near shore area all
the way down the lake.
I've never seen a winter hatch that attracted so much attention from so many
big trout.
Of course the lake is closed (why does it so often happen when the lake is closed?)
So I didn't stop and try to figure out what it was they were after.
Knowing Lenora though I'll bet it was Midges!!!
Next year should be good on Lenora as it's full of fish.