I grew up in Port Angeles and our family always had a boat. Saltwater fishing was typically right out of PA harbor or maybe out to Freshwater Bay or Sekiu.

The family of my best friend in the neighborhood owned property at Blyn on Sequim Bay and we spent most of our summers there. Did some fishing there, but mostly littleneck and geoduck digging.

Freshwater fishing was always Lake Crescent or Lake Mills. Pulling a ford fender with a worm easily brought close to a limit of nice sized rainbows.

We also spent a week or more with with other families camping on Lake Ozette. Caught my first spiny ray fish there -- wasn't too sure what these fish were.

My dad wasn't really a steelhead fisherman, so I didn't do too much stream fishing while growing up. I remember a couple of trips to the Elwha under the one-way bridge and a couple times on the Boachiel. Mostly I remember losing a bunch of gear.

I rediscovered fishing just out of college and we caught many fish on flies on the upper Elwha below Lake Mills.

I did some time (13 years) in Southern California and caught many largemouth bass in the San Diego lakes and smallmouth at Lake Nacimiento. Did a couple of tuna trips out of San Diego, too.

Now it is simply me and my drift boat on the Sky.