Yep - right on the money. Nicely said Les. Thank you. -tight lines- Jim Speaker
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary Meyers Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Desert Creeks Les, what a fine statement. Gary Meyers Kirkland > Over my nearly 60 years of fishing from Mexico to Alaska, to New England and > throughout the western states I have always felt that the experience was > about more than just "the fishing." I enjoy the adventure and the unknown as > much as the "known" (which can become boring). I really believe that we > Washingtonians, built of strong pioneer stock, have become weak in our > urgency to go around the next bend or over the next hill or to search out a > tiny wart of land that our Gazetteer indicates on the east side of Whidbey > Island. -- simply because it is unknown. In the case of the wart of land, > several of us (ranging from 57 to 70 years of age) decided to check it out. > What we discovered was a wonderful , wild spit of land that provided fine > casting for the schools of pink salmon that were rushing past the beach to > enter Puget Sound. We' ll go ther again when the pinks run. > Don't worry about gathering up all the details on Crab Creek or Rocky Ford; > just gather your tackle and go. Don't try to find out everything about Soda > Lake or Hampton Lake or Chukar Lake; just go. Washington is a vast > wonderland of fishing opportunities and even those of us who have lived here > all our lives are still learning new places. So, simply get basic > directions, or better yet stick a dart in a page of your Gazetteer -- and > just go. Life -- and fishing -- should never cease to be an adventure. > > Les > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rderedfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:02 PM > Subject: Re: Desert Creeks > > >> The only way to know for sure is to book a trip. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "T. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 5:41 PM >> Subject: Desert Creeks >> >> >>> The Evening Hatch website reports high, off-color water in the Yak, and > so >>> they are currently guiding the desert creeks. Does anybody know which >>> creeks (Rattlesnake and Crab come to mind, is Rocky Ford a creek?) they >>> could mean, and aren't they also prone to spring-time blow-outs? Be > nice >> to >>> have some wade/bank accessible water during the Big Thaw... >>> >>> Thanks, all, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >>> >>> >> >> > >
