I'm not going anywhere this weekend, but I wasn't able to contain myself with yesterday's beautiful weather.
After an interminable morning meeting, I played hookey in the afternoon to visit a Cascade foothills lake that has never yielded more than a couple fish in previous visits. Nonetheless, I figured that with just a couple hours available, even casting practice was preferable to working. I ended up releasing a half dozen RBs and CTs, the largest at just over 13 inches, and LDR'd a couple others. One spunky RB actually tailwalked for me, a most welcome sight after a long absence from the water! A #12 BH Lightning Bug did the job stripped slowly on a long leader off a floating line and on a short leader off a clear intermediate. Water temp was a balmy 41 degrees. Nice to be out fishing again. Kent Lufkin
