Launched at Lincoln at 7:30 and started fishing the rocks directly across from the launch. Thought I would start with an orange Kekeda and a perch Kekeda. Got the orange Kekeda set and down 12' on the downrigger, start letting out line with the perch and the orange rod starts dancing. Wow, that was quick but I've been fooled by an early fish before. Bring a chunky little 15" rainbow to the net. Nice! Get both lines out again and don't even have time to pour my coffee before the perch goes off. I took the worms off the hooks for fear that I'd be done in 30 minutes. Good call because in the next ten minutes I got back to back doubles! That was fun to sort out and net by myself. On the first double while trying to net the second fish the first flopped out back into the water. I was just laughing and having a great time. Not even 30 minutes into my day and I have 6 fish. I kept heading down the shoreline and both rods are going tit for tat with fish after fish. The wind had been blowing steadily the whole time I was fishing. Then the wind died down about the time I got past the point starting towards sterling. Didn't have a bite for a while and the rain started. It was 9:30 and I had 11 fish in the net so I decided to call it a short day and get back to the family. Kept the first two for my mom and the rest were sent back. I couldn't tell you which fly caught 6 and which caught 5. The orange and perch were both working their magic that day. Nothing over 16" though. Tried hitting some of the rock points and sand flats along that stretch as well as some deeper water but none of the big boys were there or willing to bite. Had a lot of fun on this solo trip. Flies were down 12 and 7 feet on the downriggers, speed was 2.2 to 2.5, and water was 54 degrees.

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