Mike McKee, Joe Moriarty and I had a disappointing morning on Sprague Lake last Thursday. We got the weather window we wanted and had the moon in our favor, but the water conditions weren’t so favorable. We stuck with it until about 2 o’clock and left to try Rock Lake. None of us had ever been to Rock Lake but had heard of the very good fishing for rainbow and particularly brown trout. Rock Lake is the biggest natural lake in Eastern Washington, but access is limited. We found a good number of anglers fishing from shore the launch area. One angler showed us a rainbow of about 18 inches, and another landed a 15-inch rainbow while we prepared to launch. Mike had brought his drift boat knowing that he wouldn’t be able to launch his large Hughes Craft at Rock Lake. I had been warned that there are hazards to watch for, and we saw depths of over 80 feet abruptly change to less than 10 feet. It will take a while to learn this lake. The best action was had by anglers that fished the very top end of the lake, and we didn’t get that far. Once again we only had one fish to show for our efforts.