As spring begins to summer, there's high anxiety, anticipation, a bit of doubt, the unknown and unforeseen, hope of a strong return. As with every season, it's filled with its highs & lows. Weather forever changing, adding different dynamics to the game, sometimes bad…sometimes good. There are a million or more variables to whether or not they come back in the numbers we hope. I'll take good over luck most days but I'll be damned on some.
Return
Himself
Beginning
Tim Garlick with a handsome mid-morning male. Check the freckles on the gill-plate
Bo Adams getting a little wet in July. If only he knew.
Don't freak out, it's gonna burn off
Bring the confidence, bring the fish. Marto brings it
Oh, how many times the question, "do they ever eat on the strip?" Answer: "Bout one a year" Brady Johnstone with the one
O'dark
Silver n' gold
Eric Gundersin checking himself in a mirror. I think he likes what he sees.
Loner
Safe
Herself
Roca blanca
Big Dave finds a big one
Nobody enjoys it more than Hitoshi Matsuda
Mr. Matsuda all business
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn begin
Trini-Dee
Sustenance
Brad Winchester with a beautiful hen fish
Beautiful river
Rick Davis with the only fish I can ever remember catching after a Kingfisher flew past
All the way from France, Emmanuel Dallaglio with a dandy of a buck
Sun spot
Ya bring yer fishin pole witcha didya? Yessir
First dusting
When you know you're in the right spot
Chris Bjuhr with a leaper of a buck.
Blushing gator for Keichi Aoyagi
End
Another beautiful river
These waters that call steelhead back to them are filled with learning and exploration. I can remember as a young boy, my mom dropping me off on the creeks draining the San Bernadino mountains for hours of rock hoping, swimming, looking for fish, bugs and other critters. For me, there is no end to it, and I thank all of you who allow me to be a kid for life...
Rich