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Promise Keeper Spinner
by John Kruse, July 26, 2016
I decided to try something a little different fishing this spring. Usually, I’ll use a wide variety of lures to catch trout and bass from the lakes I visit from April into June but this year I decided to use one “Go-To” lure. My choice, the Mack’s Lure Promise Keeper® Spinner. It’s long been a favorite of mine fishing alpine lakes in the Cascade Mountains during the summer months. The slim profile allows me to cast it further than similar sized spinners and the Smile Blade® spins at very slow speeds, ideal for the style of reel and pause retrieves I favor when trout fishing.
My first stop this year was Diamond Lake in Southern Oregon. Located in the middle of the Cascades, this large trout lake had just gone ice-free a week earlier. The locals, most of them fishing bait, reported little success. I hiked a mile and a half to an outlet creek with a friend and saw several nice trout close to the bank just outside the mouth of the stream. The fish were clearly waiting to ambush bait that would come by. I cast a black Promise Keeper Spinner with yellow dots, did a fast retrieve, and was instantly rewarded with a fat 20-inch rainbow trout. I hooked three more trout in the next 45 minutes while fishing in a snowstorm, the largest being a 21 inch rainbow that like the others, was released!
From Diamond Lake I decided to explore the Oregon Outback, a remote area with promising fishing for trout and bass. My first stop was Duncan Reservoir where I had the whole lake to myself and caught several nice trout, the largest being 16 inches long, on a white and black Promise Keeper Spinner with a red treble hook.
From Duncan Reservoir I went to Summer Lake where my cabin at The Lodge at Summer Lake bordered a bass pond. During my stay I caught a dozen largemouth bass using the same white and black Promise Keeper Spinner.
My Oregon trip over, I headed back to my home in Central Washington. I went to visit friends in Manson and stopped by the boat launch there to make a few casts with my favorite lure. This time, the species on the end of the line was a smallmouth bass. Trout and bass from four lakes in the past month - that’s what I call a promising spring and I owe it all to my favorite lure, the Mack’s Promise Keeper Spinner!
