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[Lincoln]

I was able to get out fishing Friday around mid-morning. There was one generator running so I boated up to Lookout to drift one of my favorite sections of the lake. I'll usually start at Lookout and drift as far as Fall Creek, alternating between fishing the shallow and deeper water. I was far from alone. About five other boats had the same idea. Thankfully, it was one of those days that give you something to write about in fishing reports.

I started off with the usual stimulator/midge rig (#10 Yellow Stimulator/#18 Black Zebra Midge) and began catching fish right away. I'm always a little nervous when that happens. How many times have you gone to your favorite fishing spot, caught a fish on the first cast, and spent the next 45 minutes trying to duplicate the result? Fortunately, on this trip all the fish were in a biting mood. For the next hour or so, the only thing that kept me from catching fish was the occasional line tangle or break-off. The rest of the time there was usually a fish on. It was a good day to have a stimulator floating on top, that's for sure. I probably caught as many fish on the surface as on the midge below. Gotta love it.

After an hour, I wanted to try something a little different. I saw some nice size trout holding close to the bottom as I made my drifts, but none were taking me up on the stimulator/midge offerings. So, I switched to a scud dropper to see if I could pick up some action from the big boys. I had to lengthen the dropper length to around 4 feet. Then I attached a #16 grey scud. Bingo. It worked almost like I had planned it out or soemthing. I pulled in a couple of fish in the 15 in. range - nicely colored fish, too.

Then, all of a sudden - nothing. The fish shut down like someone flipped a switch. One second, bites galore. Next second, I'm practicing my cast for the next half hour or so. That's the way it goes sometimes. I noticed shortly after that the current was moving more slowly and the water was dropping. No generation. So, I guess someone did literally flip a switch. Til next time...

[Micheal Kyle]

Maybe the change is happening I'm glad that you had a great day. The fishing has been pretty slow. Gald to here it again.

Michael