gentlemen (woops! am i treading a bit gingerly upon the truth?): nice rainbow are available at banks lake. today, coulee-city jim (aka "the troutfisherman") accompanied me amidst the wind, low barometer, and new moon. and he snagged a decent 'bow. well, actually, it bit on his stingered k-fly teased with a morsel of white power bait, trolled behind a couple of flashers. this trout fought as if it were about 50% bigger than it was.

had some other strong bites, and fish on.

the wind, however, made for ghastly boat navigation; at one point we were actually trolling sideways. we finally got blown off the water, back into the coulee city marina.