SH,

Good idea, hitching up the boat, that is. I was out there for my inagural springer trip yesterday, and there are some fish being caught. Neither trolling nor plunking has ever been my idea of a good time, but I took some lessons from my friend who is passionate about chinook fishing. Sitting on my butt in the boat all day is offset by the scenery and watching freighters sailing up the big river. Oh and every once in a while when my line tightened up in that way that spells fish. No adipose fin on either of 'em, so smell that alder smoke on my barbeque. Yum.

Beginner's luck can be a good thing.

Oh, and I saw a sea lion take a salmon from the guy fishing in a boat near me. Very impressive show; not to mention quite disheartening, as those bites come at long intervals. Caused me to land my next fish shortly after that in under 2 minutes. Crank, crank, crank; come here fishy; I'll save you from that big sea lion.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.