18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence

Air Temp: 36° - 40°
Method: Trolling With Fly
Species: Rainbow Trout
Bait: Worms
Color: Olive
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Time: Morning
Water Temp: Under 40°
Rating: 4
Views: 1891

Nice to see the WL site back up; thanks Mike and team.

The weather reports didn't look so good for this weekend and for that matter Friday either. It was supposed to be cloudy with wind picking up around noon. We decided since the wind was forecast out of the NE it was a good idea not to launch at Seven Bays so we launched at FT Spokane. As we came over the hill we could see the lake and it was glass! Put the boat in around 8:30 and there was only one other boat there.

Motored out to the bridge and started fishing across from Two Rivers in front of the bank fisherman and got the first fish right away on an olive bunny fly. Had the Kekeda perch and a the usual orange Rapalas out too. Caught the second fish on the olive bunny again. Then all was quiet as we trolled along until the first point where we picked up another on the bunny. The bunny rod was running at three colors lead line with 60' fluorocarbon leader. We also noticed the hits came as I slowed the motor from 2.5 mph to idle allowing the fly to stop and sink. They would hit at it several times and by now the rod was picked up and played back and fort to coax them into taking it; very different from previous trips!

We stayed in the mouth and it was a beautiful day @ 39 degrees and no wind! Caught the last fish (10) around 1:00 PM. Also noticed the bank fishermen were catching some fish too.

Tight lines everybody - Alan


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