Lost Lake Resort & Campground
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Lost Lake
Located on the north side of Mt. Hood, this is a place of slow morning walks, watching sunsets, counting stars and discovering a special part of both yourself and nature's splendor all over again. We offer great fishing, hiking, bike trails, or plenty of reasons to do nothing at all.
Directions
The Resort is just 85 miles from Portland by way of Hood River. Take interstate 84 east up the Columbia River Gorge to Hood River, then drive southwest to Dee and follow the signs to Lost Lake. Also, from Portland you can take Mt. Hood Highway 26 to Zig Zag, turn left onto Lolo Pass Road and follow the signs to Lost Lake. This is a truly scenic route to the lake but it does have 4 miles of gravel road over the pass.
Details
The Resort is situated on the shores of Lost Lake, 3,100 feet up the slopes of Mt. Hood. A dormant volcano whose loftiest areas are home to eleven glaciers, Mt. Hood is Oregon’s highest peak at 11,245 feet. Nestled into this scenic splendor, the Resort offers a general store, located in our new Lodge. The store is well stocked with a good supply of groceries, fishing tackle, fish licenses, bait, gift shop items as well as ice and your favorite beverages.
Lost Lake Fly Selections
Lost Lake starts fishing well from the time it opens in late
spring. This early season is a great time to catch some of the
larger hold over fish or that elusive brown trout. When it
first opens most of the fish are found through out the lakes
shallower water (5’ to 15’). Best fly fishing techniques
would be fishing streamers like brown or black size 8 or 10 wooly
buggers and leach patterns on a slow sinking line. You will
also get some mayfly hatches once in a while that can give you some
good top water action; this gets better as you get into summer.
Best mayfly top water patterns would be: Parachute Adams #14,
Tilt Wing Callibaetis #14 or #16 and a Callibaetis Cripple #14.
The first hot days of late spring or early summer triggers the
large black carpenter ants to hatch and fly. The fish go nuts
over these ants and you have to have them when they are on the water
so be prepared! Ant patterns are fished on the surface and the
best flies are #10 or #8 Black Flying Ant patterns.
Through the summer the heat effects the fishing a little more, you
will find good dry fly fishing early and late in the day. The
best patterns are, Parachute Adams #14, Tilt Wing Callibaetis #14 or
#16, Callibaetis Cripple #14 & Gray Elk Hair Caddis #14 or #16.
During the day the fish are driven deeper due to the heat. Best
fishing is done around the drop offs to deep water. Fish these
areas with a sinking line with at black or brown wooly bugger or
leach size #8 or #10
The Giant Yellow Mayfly or a.k.a. HEX hatch is one not to miss.
This hatch starts around July 10 to 15 and can last up to a month.
These mayflies are big and the fish key in on them. The bugs
hatch at dark so you want to start fishing the Hex Nymphs #6 about 6
in the evening around the muddy bottom areas of the lake. Right
at dark you will see the adults starting to hatch. The best
adult patterns are size #6 or #8, I prefer emergers and cripples.
You can only fish one hour after sunset in Oregon so do not fish much
after dark.
- The Gorge Fly Shop Team
