Hit the lake last night from the bank for about 1/2 hr with my 2 yr old son. Didn't have any high hopes, just needed to give my wife a break, and I wanted to try out my new Sage rod and Ross reel

There was only light surface action scattered about, so I went with a small brownish mohair (sp?) leech. Had one nice hit, but I snapped the tipped by striking too hard and fast. Doh! Put on a small olive/black wooly bugger and caught a 10 incher and an 8 incher. Not too bad considering I had a 2 yr old splashing in the water and throwing rocks.

Once the weather warms up a bit I'll head back over and try again. While I did see a few good sized fish jumping, I was surprised at how small the 2 I caught were.

Also, I wanted to note that FFF may be on to something here. The 'slow troll\retrieve' theory for these cold days may not always be the ticket. The first fish I caught doing a medium fast strip. Didn't get a nibble doing slow retrieves with intermittent pauses. Then when cranking the line in to leave, a trout just attacked it like a piranha! Mix it up a little