Hi All

I've been lucky enough to have had 2 GREAT Irish Setters. One is still with me and he is not at the point where I would take him fishing. Would love to but I understand that it would not work. He loves to visit to much.

My 1st on the other hand was great to take. I took him on a number of trips on the Sky, Hoh and Quillayute. He understood what fishing was all about and would get so pumped when I hooked/played a fish. On the Hoh he was funny. At the bottom/past Barlow's he would walk into the water and sniff every fisherman, moving up the line until he was finished. Then he would just go and lay down. I always figured he was looking for people who messed with him in his past life.

The one thing that bothers me are the people who bring there dogs/kids to places like the Samish where you have lots of people casting and hooks. poles etc laying around. One day Octoberr we had to constantly tell this kid (7 or sod) to not walk in back of us. He came so close to getting hooked in the head many times. Dad didn't care. He was up 150 fishing and bull****ting.

Have a Great Day