ZL- I was at Peterhope the 1st week of June that year. BIG trout were beginning to cruise the shallows but couldn't entice them to bite. Even tried Tom Thumbs. You must have hit them at the right time.

The most memorable thing about the trip there was a big thunderstorm came in really quickly and I was on the far side of the lake. Lots of lightning everywhere. I knew a woman who was struck and killed by lightning about 10 years ago while jogging in Redmond, so I'm pretty nervous about the stuff. I wound up taking cover on shore under a big rock, grabbed a beer and sweated it out for about 20 minutes until the storm passed.

The loons --- Took some rocks out there and chucked them at them but they just would pop up somewhere else. Although I am strictly catch and release, I found that after the loons chowed down a couple of the smaller rainbows, they would get full and leave you alone.