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Arrived at Rock Lake yesterday a little after 9am. The water is higher than I can remember seeing it for some time (which makes it easier to launch your boat). However, the downside is that there's quite a bit of debris floating in the south end of the lake. And, the color is a little off.

That said, we did fairly well on the steelhead plants as well as a nice rainbow and a German brown trout. The most effective lure was a 2.8" OG1 with a black body and a fluorescent-orange tail. After this, a fluorescent orange in 2.44" and 2.8". And, finally, the perch pattern in 2.8". (My partner tried a 2.8" fluorescent pink pattern that triggered the smaller rainbows.)

Below is a short video of the trip:



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hewesfisher

2/16/2017 9:26:00 AM

Nice to see a report from you Donn and looks like you missed the rain too!

oldgoatlures

2/16/2017 9:49:00 AM

Thanks, Hewesfisher! It was good to get out for a few hours. (I'm wondering what the rain will do to the already high water on Rock.)

strikezone

2/16/2017 5:57:00 PM

Donn: Hi Donn. Thanks for letting us get a little fishin fix thru you. Glad you made it out. Enjoyed watching your experience on Rock lake. We were in Leavenworth for Valentines Day/anniversary and there must have been over two feet of snow on the ground. Went on a horse drawn sleigh ride. Looks like it might be a late spring this year. I'm headed to the Lynwood Fly fishing show this Saturday. Should be fun.
Denny

oldgoatlures

2/16/2017 6:43:00 PM

Denny: Good to hear from you! Sounds like you're keeping busy. (Let me know if you're able to get out with that perch-pattern OG1 on the westside lakes. I'm curious as to what sort of response it will trigger.)

Thanks!
--Donn

downriggeral

2/16/2017 9:43:00 PM

Hi Donn, Glad to see you got out and caught some fish at Rock. Will be fishing Roosevelt this weekend and will get a chance for some water time on the OG1's I got from you.
"The Experiment Must Continue" - Alan

strikezone

2/16/2017 10:20:00 PM

Donn: You bet. Hopefully in a week or two it will warm up here a little and I'll get out and wet a line and let ya know how it does.

Denny

oldgoatlures

2/17/2017 4:21:00 AM

Al: Good to hear from you! Speaking of Roosevelt: I just had a new customer running lures there last weekend. If you check our blog, you'll see a picture of his catch and can read his report--some good data in terms of trolling speed, attractors, etc... (His biggest fish was a 22" Kokanee, followed by a 20" rainbow.)

If you would be interested in testing a new OG1 color on Roosevelt, shoot me an email with your address. I'll get one to you!

Thanks!
--Donn

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