Hit a Thurston Co. lake with a buddy on the opener. Crowds were pretty thin due to the weather.
My buddy had an excellent day, releasing seventeen fish on a type III full sinker with an olive bugger.
I fished chironomids and released nine fish. Most of my fish came in 20' of water.
Best patterns for me were a size 12 chromie and a large size 8 wine color v-rib body with a black beadhead.
No real hatch so to speak of and the weather seemed to change every 10 minutes are so. Lots of water in the boats by the end of the day.
Big fish of the day was 18" with quite a few 14" or larger.
Fun day on the water with a good friend.

Calm winds & nice weather coming this weekend.

Sam thinks he is in. Just needs to see about one event that might delay the action.


c/22