This awesome lake is my favorite so far. Helps a little that I caught the biggest cutthroat trout of my life. The lake is located 20 miles south of Stanley, then take Left on Fourth of July Creek Rd., cruise up the gravel road 8 miles to an unmarked trailhead (wide spot marked with boulders) The hike in is a medium difficult 1.25 miler. (The hike out seems like a walk in the park). The lake sits at 8300 feet. Great camping spots around the lake. Plenty of shore for the fly fisherman and HUGE trout!!! Though some fishermen we met up there said the number of fish seems to be dwindling. Even so the bigones are BIG and with no wind blow water you can see them patrolling around.
Fishing Tips: trolling with wet fly, leech patterns, some guys said they had luck with eggs.
Just beyond the far side of the lake is a 500 foot climb over a small "mountain" which beyond is Six Lakes...didnt venture up to see them. They range about 2 miles farther. There are actually a whole slew of lakes around this area. Just Google Earth, Heart Lake, Idaho.
A very pretty lake, easy day hike adventure, most likely with see other hikers/fisherman on weekends.
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