TM,

I gots me a new shotgun and a new dog. If you smell like hamburgers or donuts she will track you down.... and you know what happens if you get tracked down.

Right now I'm working on hunting little defenseless little things that won't fight back. I think people call them quail. Not too much luck yet as they don't smell like hamburgers... or donuts.

My $10.00 flies are priced high as they are only intended to inspire confidence in hapless fishermen. TM, by my reckoning is happless enough to require two of them.

Fishinfella knows the secret lake and I haven't hunted him down. He's a very good secret keeper. It is because he's a very skillful chronie fisherman. He's even so good he gets many strikes on his indicators.

Not sure what this winter will bring in the line of ice for eastern WA. My guess is a little more than normal for this year. February/March fishing depends on two things for me. One is "when does the ice go off" and the other is "when do I get my deck completed".

So, Jose knows how to say "Troutmaster" in Spanish.... interesting!!!