Pisco sicko, tell me about Chopaka

Hey Bill, what do you know about Chopaka lake. Some well driller that was out here in the sticks by my house and lost stopped to ask direction. funny we started talking about surfing and then ibrought up the topic of Kayak fishing. He told me to look up this lake, that its a trophey lake. What do you know about it. he said its above blue lake.

Chopaka is about 12-15 miles west of Oroville, and 5-6 miles south of the Canadian border. It's a steep, rough road up from Palmer L. It has a stellar reputation among flyfishers (it's a special regs lake). I've only fished it a couple of times, with no better results than I have locally, at Big Twin. It does get a lot of pressure. The calibaetis (sp?) hatch is supposed to be spectacular, but again, I haven't seen anything better than what I see here.  (And here, there's a fraction of the competition.) BTW, Whitestone L., which is in the neighborhood and is a warmwater fish lake, gets hardly any pressure. Some big LMB.