Photos
Details
Had a wonderful day on Roosevelt yesterday. After tying like crazy to try to stay up on orders I decided to take a day and enjoy the flies myself. We couldn't have picked a better day. On the way to the launch we were greeted by the sheep on the side of the road coming off the cliffs into an open field. We watched a young group of bachelors playing and butting each other for a while. It was very cool and reminded us of why we love to launch at Lincoln.
We dumped the boat in the water at 9 and quickly realized it would be a back rolled up and heater off day. I was actually hot and had to take my coats off and fish in just my overalls. The sun was shining and the water was calm, a really nice day for a boat ride but could have been hard on the fishing. We trolled the stretch in front of the rocks across from Lincoln launch with nothing. Then we started trolling across the lake and we hook up on an orange Kekeda. Then while still trolling across another fish, this time a 21" carry over on a perch Kekeda. We thought we had a pattern developed with fish hanging out over the river channel in almost 300' of water. Our next hook up comes close to shore, there goes that pattern. The long of it is that we caught the majority of fish over deep water with a few close to shore. Ended our day with a three person limit down at Sterling Point, biggest coming in at 21" and had several at 19" to 19 1/2". Then the usual 16" inchers rounded out the limit. Beautiful day on the lake. Warm temperatures, good fishing, and lots of laughing and joking.
The flies for the day were an orange Kekeda and a perch Kekeda both sharing the spotlight. They split the catch almost right down the middle with the orange catching one more than the perch. Downrigger depths were 12' and 15' with a speed of 2.2 to 2.5 mph. We set the fly back with a chunk of worm on the main hook without any other hardware. No dodger, blade, or anything.
Kekeda Tackle Co. is a local company offering high quality trolling flies. The perfect trolling fly for waters around the Pacific Northwest. Offered in a variety of colors at reasonable prices. 509-202-5135
Official Digital Anglers Sponsor
Comments
Why is this comment inappropriate?
Delete this comment? Provide reason.