My favorite childhood memories were camping at my grandfathers cabin on Lake Chelan. We usually had 12+ people staying there on a holiday weekend and the goal was to catch enough fish the first two days for a big fish feast on the last night. When I was about 10 I caught a 13" cutt off the dock and we marked the tail so when we had dinner we knew which one was mine. It was pretty awesome to contribute.

I owe a ton of thanks to my buddy Sno-King for introducing me to salmon fishing on the Snohomish during our college days. It's my favorite fishery.