Only Nine Minutes from Home

Only Nine Minutes from Home

As we took our first two sips of coffee Granny and I and gazed around the neighborhood.  It was only 6:15 AM.  The temperature was already 73° and not an ounce of wind.  It was too hard to resist a trip to our nearby lake.  The same lake we fished on the 4th of July. ...

A Fishing Reality Check

Fishing has been ridiculously good for weeks now.  Wednesday was one of my best days of the year.  I was bound and due for a fishing reality check.  Sure enough, today was the day.     Bob Butler and I made it to the river at about sunrise.  There wasn’t a...

Finally the Fly Rod Prevails

It was beautiful drive from Mike’s house in White Salmon, Washington to the Columbia River boat ramp near the mouth of the Deschutes River.  Like yesterday there was hardly a cloud and at least this morning, we had calm conditions.  The beautiful Mt. Hood was a sight...