We launched at Spring Canyon around 10:30 and motored up to Swawilla Basin. There was a lot of debris in the water, mostly small and no bother, but we did see a couple deadheads that could do serious damage to a hull or prop in a high-speed encounter. Three of us fishing, five lines in the water. Two on downriggers, two leaded line, one planer board with a variety of Rapalas. After a slow start, we found a mixed bag of trout along the north shore of the basin. Newly released rainbows about 10-11 inches hit just about anything, such as Rapalas at various depths, and we released all that we could. The bigger trout we wanted were a little more finicky, but pink turned out to be the color, and the pink Kekeda fly was the champion. Unfortunately I only had one in my tackle box. A pink hoochie (with spinner blade) came in second, and a pink/white Rapala third. The bigger fish were deeper: 40-45 feet on the downrigger, or six to eight colors of leaded line. Most were near the shoreline, in varying depths. We had six rainbows in the one to three pound range. Kekeda tipped with worm caught 3 of them and the hoochie got 2. Only one of the larger ones hit a Rapala. It wasn't fast, and there were several long lulls (an hour or more) without any action, but it was a beautiful day and we stayed on the water until 9:00. Kudos, again, to Dave Browning and his Kekeda flies!

widebear

6/25/2014 11:52:00 AM

Thanks for the report. I was out yesterday and only got 6 bows all in the 17 to 18" range. Most were at 40' and pink gear.

Kekedatackleco

6/25/2014 12:29:00 PM

Thanks for the report and positive review of the flies. Those pink Kekedas seem to be doing alright down there. Thanks for giving them some time on the line.

SnoKing

7/5/2014 8:04:00 PM

I've had great luck with Kekedas as wel; the perch and the pink especially. You will not find a better supplier of flies than David Browning. I recently ordered 10 of his new worm harness style flies and he went way out of his way to ship them so I'd get them prior to leaving for Roosevelt. I hope you all try the flies and the harnesses if for no other reason than to support the guy. You won't be sorry though as those kekedas are killers when nothing else seems to get the job done.

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