Yeah... gotta agree that fall has the most rewards of any season all year.

From gorgeous sunrises...





to stunning sunsets...



And some dam good eats in between...

That lid for that jar say Pautskze?

As I tell my two year old, don't eat the bait!!

Even without color, fall is still the BEST season....

You pretty much nailed it in that last paragraph Coley. Ones alot harder and two... good gawd. I find my allotted fishing time is severely reduced when you have a little one with real responsibilities. Totally worth it though.

Amen Francis!

This is usually the time of year that I post my annual Martha Stewart-esque "fall colors with chrome coho" pic....








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... but with the local 2016 coho being so elusive (for me, at least) I really thought this year's pic would remain hopelessly fishless..... just like last year's pic when my local rivers were abruptly CLOSED to salmon.



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Well, OneEyedGoat (JF) and his good buddy DancesWithChums (JD) came to my rescue in the search for chrome.... and they delivered admirably. While coho have traditionally been the mainstay of this perennial pulchritudinous pic-post, 2016 has me breaking tradition. Let's just say desperate times call for desperate measures.

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These ultra-clean chums saved the day.... and my hosts were kind enough to let me keep them all to donate to a good charitable home. I took personal care of the raw skeins and converted them into premium-grade ikura for friends that appreciate that tasty delicacy (in other words, the ones who aren't afraid of eating bait)

nice chums

You should have seen the still-living critters in the water! Purple platinum is usually a description I reserve for ocean kings.

I caught a few chums yesterday, but nothing that clean. Glad to see them making a solid appearance; seemed in doubt a week ago.

This was last night when I put the mirin finish on the eggs....



They absorbed all the mirin and came up to full turgor by this morning.... LOVELY!

With fatherhood quickly approaching, the fall season took on a whole new meaning. Two days before the birth of my son my dad and I had a reflective trip that coincided with a smattering of fat coho. Twitch and repeat. Going to be fun passing the fishing tradition on.



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Warms the soul, Brad.

This was last night when I put the mirin finish on the eggs....



They completely absorbed every last drop of the mirin and came up to full turgor by this morning.

This is what the caviar looks like tonight... never touched 'em apart from a costume change on the ornamental garnish.

LOVELY!

Your caviar looks wonderful. If it's not a secrete I would like to know your recipe. The mirin has me intrigued. Thanks JP

Full pic-tutorial on the whole process ala fNp coming soon.

Stop eating the bait.......

Haven't gotten out much this fall, which is probably my favorite season.

Taught The Boy how to shoot a bit....



Smoked up some meats for some Husky Tailgates.....



Watched some EPIC Husky Football games....



Managed to fish once or twice here or there and with great friends and family!



Even managed to sneak away to Vegas for a long weekend....




I did manage to work on the house a bit...



and even managed to go on an Armed Nature Hike...



Looking forward to finally getting on the river with my boy here in a couple of weeks!

That's some great progress on the homestead there Paker. Way to go!

The last six weeks has been full of football, yard work, shooting a deer, killing a pile of salmon, crabs, and harvesting buckets of various types of wild mushrooms.

Our garden is finally winding down from feeding us two meals a day every day (to go along with all the stuff I kill or gather)...what's not to love about the fall?

Didn't make it to BC this year, but that's not BC's fault, or fall's...can't do it all every year.

The lame coho season was...lame. The few openers they managed for us gave up plenty of fish, though, and while it's usually two entire freezers full to get me thru the year, it's more like one...good thing this year's deer is quite a bit bigger than last year's

I really don't have a "favorite" season, since my passion for the outdoors is served year round by something or other, all the time, but if the widespread availability of non-store bought food is a significant measure, then fall wins it all.

Fish on...

Todd