To me just being on the water is the best experience. However, I remember catching my first steelie on the Toutle (pre-eruption) and spey fishing for big nates in April on the Skagit.

I think my best day ever was when I had saved enough money from my paper route to buy my first boat- a used 12' Kalamth with a 6-horse Johnson... $400! Not bad for a 12-year old huh? Unfortunately, she went up with the old PD Boathouse fire. Boy did I ever miss a lot of school when I was old enough to drive!
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"If you are not scratchin bottom, you ain't fishing deep enough!" -DR

Puget Sound Anglers, Gig Harbor Chapter