Eagle Lakes

My wife and I set out to find the Eagle Lake fisherman trail today and we didn't quite make it. I'm starting to think we hiked the wrong trail off FSR 6514. We arrived at the FSR 6514 bridge that crosses over Eagle Creek and there was a forest service pickup truck parked at the bridge. We assumed that he might be out at the lake and followed the ribbon trail markers up the creek. The markers were great at first but then got scarce and we finally came out to a meadow with the eagle creek running through it and the ribbons turned to the right and led us up Townsend Mtn. After realizing this wasn't the way to the lake we tried to find the trail in the meadows with no luck. Is following the Eagle Creek trail even the right route? We never did see the Ranger and when we got back his truck was gone so we figured we might have taken the wrong trail. Any help with directions would sure be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick