Last Cast - I know this is a fishing BB but I couldn't resist replying. For me the salmon fishing season has been a complete disaster but the mushroom season has been wonderful.

Last weekend I went after cohos and ended up skunked on the Sandy, NF Lewis, and Clackamas Rivers (again). However, I also did some mushrooming in the Mount Hood NF region near Sandy, Oregon and came up with a jackpot. I found plenty of white chanterelles, golden chanterelles, and some boletes. But perhaps the most interesting of all, I found good numbers of white matsutake (Armillaria ponderosa). It's the first I've seen of them. I picked close to 5 pounds. They were terrific sauted in butter. These musrooms are often exported to Japan at $500/lb. They were great, but I still think chanterelles are better. Good to hear that I'm not the only one who mixes salmon fishing with mushroom hunting. <@)(((><



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