The planets aligned, schedules matched, clients taken care of for now, drift boat cleaned out and I took #2 son over for a quick float on our favorite eastside river. We even managed to bring a goodly number of rainbows to hand and were entertained by the mild inner tube hatch at mid-day. The two women that floated by while reading the "Hot Bachelor" edition of People magazine was the funniest of the conversations we had with those we met along the way. We wished them luck on their search.

The caddis came off nicely at dusk and proved to be the highlight of the day with lesser appearances of PMD's and BWO's. I ended the day on a 20+ inch hog in the dark on a dry fly, winning the big fish award for the day, but graciously losing the most fish award. Given the repeated requests on the drive home for a return trip with the addition of camping on the river for a couple of nights, we'll likely be back before the hoppers start to show....