Last week I fished Cooper Lake, a high altitude lake northwest of the Salmon-La-Sac Campground on the eastern side of the Cascades. With rain and wind all day, it was a challenge keeping comfortable but the chance to catch some big brown trout helped us persevere through the weather. Near the end of the day, a storm eventually blew us off the water but not before we landed some nice brown trout. Black ants, stillwater nymphs, and leech patterns produced for us.