- Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:39 pm
#606430
[report]We woke the next morning to heavy fog.
Neil seemed to be in a better mood today, and after we rationed out the day's beer allotment, he and Rick went in one direction with Mike, while J and I took off in another direction with Rob.
Once we reached the river, we managed to entice some rainbows into eating on top.
We caught some graying as well.
Lunch.
We got a little rain here and there, but nothing heavy or steady.
And we threw streamers for awhile, hoping to get some of the bigger fish to come out and play, but that didn't work out quite the way we expected.
Came across this little guy walking along the shore.
Saw some nice lodges.
And some really nice lodges.
Both J and Rob were very easy going and a pleasure to fish with, and it was a great, relaxing day on the water.
When we got back to the lodge, I asked Neil how his day way, and he said, "It was OK."
That's Neil-speak for "Pretty damn good," and I was glad to see that he'd bounced back.
The four of us rationed out some whiskey, and while we were sitting on the deck enjoying our cocktails the owner came out.
Neil looked at him and said, "I've one more request."
"Now what."
"I want the four of us to fish together tomorrow."
The owner looked at him for a moment and then said, "Right now I can only think of one place where that would work, and it's a long boat ride to get there."
"That's fine," said Neil.
"You'd be on a very small creek, so you'd have to take turns fishing it," said the owner.
"That's fine," said Neil.
"You'd be fishing for rainbows and char..."
"Great."
"...with pegged beads..."
"Ummmm...OK."
"...behind spawning sockeye."
At this point Neil looked at me and said, "Are you good with that?"
"Whatever you want man," I replied. "I'm already going to hell for worse shit than that, so if it's going to make you happy, then let's do it."
Neil smiled and said, "Cool."
And I knew Neil was pleased.[/report]
Neil seemed to be in a better mood today, and after we rationed out the day's beer allotment, he and Rick went in one direction with Mike, while J and I took off in another direction with Rob.
Once we reached the river, we managed to entice some rainbows into eating on top.
We caught some graying as well.
Lunch.
We got a little rain here and there, but nothing heavy or steady.
And we threw streamers for awhile, hoping to get some of the bigger fish to come out and play, but that didn't work out quite the way we expected.
Came across this little guy walking along the shore.
Saw some nice lodges.
And some really nice lodges.
Both J and Rob were very easy going and a pleasure to fish with, and it was a great, relaxing day on the water.
When we got back to the lodge, I asked Neil how his day way, and he said, "It was OK."
That's Neil-speak for "Pretty damn good," and I was glad to see that he'd bounced back.
The four of us rationed out some whiskey, and while we were sitting on the deck enjoying our cocktails the owner came out.
Neil looked at him and said, "I've one more request."
"Now what."
"I want the four of us to fish together tomorrow."
The owner looked at him for a moment and then said, "Right now I can only think of one place where that would work, and it's a long boat ride to get there."
"That's fine," said Neil.
"You'd be on a very small creek, so you'd have to take turns fishing it," said the owner.
"That's fine," said Neil.
"You'd be fishing for rainbows and char..."
"Great."
"...with pegged beads..."
"Ummmm...OK."
"...behind spawning sockeye."
At this point Neil looked at me and said, "Are you good with that?"
"Whatever you want man," I replied. "I'm already going to hell for worse shit than that, so if it's going to make you happy, then let's do it."
Neil smiled and said, "Cool."
And I knew Neil was pleased.[/report]