The first time I ever made the Hatchery-Maxfield run on the Sol Duc, we hit the "Wall". The Smurf got and out and pushed and pulled us through the big boulders. Eventually he gave us one big push. We ended up nose in between two big boulders, wedged tight. I was probably stuck there for a minute before we wiggled around and got the fiberglass to give a bit this way and that and we slid through. I was one scared fisherman!

There have been a number of times on that run that the pulse has been elevated!

I had a lightning "step leader" come off a wrist watch once fishing the I-90 fill over Moses Lake. The static was arcing on the chain link fence. A bolt hit a tree between me and my car. This all happened in about 2 seconds.

I probably don't even know about the closet calls I have had. One oar stroke this way or that can be all the difference in the world.