Right on, Kent. Gary Meyers Kirkland
> A new client with a short-fuse project scuttled my plans to fish Nunally > Friday, keeping me office-bound instead. > > Despite dark thoughts all day about what I'd rather have been doing, I kept > remembering those 'Water Works Wonders' ads that have been running on the > Mariner telecasts lately, especially the line where the little girl says > "Take me fishing, because my wedding day will be sooner than you think." > > So I cut out a bit early, pumped up the raft, grabbed some gear and my > 10-year old daughter and headed out to Tye Lake in Monroe for a crack at > some of the planters TU put in a couple weeks ago. When we put in at 6pm, it > was still sunny but with a brisk north wind and water temp right at 60 > degrees. I set up a 3wt with a crystal bugger and handed it to her as I > rowed her about in a slow troll. The look on her face as she hooked her > first fat 12-inch rainbow was absolutely priceless. The next half dozen were > just as good. > > But the high point of the day was driving home through the Snoqualmie valley > in the dark, listening to the M's thump the BoSox. She reached over and took > my hand and said, "Thanks for taking me Dad. Can we go again?" > > I'll take that over the fish at Nunally any day. > > Kent Lufkin >
