It's been a while since I was able to go fishing. Friend Ron invited me to go to Roosevelt today and chase down some of those beautiful kokanee we have been seeing in reports here. We had a good drive down to Keller Ferry except for some heavy frost on the hill but it was sanded and in good shape thanks to the highway crews good work.

We got on the water around 9:00, what a nice morning it was. Sunny and very little wind with the temp warming to over 40 degrees ....and this is December! Didn't even fire up the heater. We headed down stream from the launch and looked for other boats. Trolled three colors deep at 1.7 mph with dodgers and pink hoochies baited with shoepeg corn cured overnight in a secret sauce shared by a fellow angler. It wasn't long before we were rewarded with a couple of nice trout and the hunt was on for the kokanee. The first kokane was landed about twenty minutes later. What a beauty fat and feisty.

Fishing was steady with the fourth kokanee and 6 bowes landed by about noon. We switched out the gear to Kekeda perch flies and Rapalas and finished out the rest of the rainbow limit. What a great finish to another awesome day at Roosevelt.

Tight lines all - Alan

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