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Steelhead, March 2006
Rampaging, crashing, silent, sparkling Impatient, benevolent, by turns. Treacherous or teasing Inviting, gentle, giving – then a crashing torrent of vengeance. Never apologizing. Never explaining. Jeff Bright’s Found in a River
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The Big Lake with Lee Haskin, Feb2006
With waders on, float tubes over our backs, and rods in hand, Lee paused on the walk down to the water and pointed out over the lake toward the horizon, “You see that spot way out in the middle of the lake Al?
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Delta with Al 2/5/06
“Tingâ€â€¦ “Tingâ€â€¦ “Tingâ€â€¦ could be heard coming from the cab as the fully loaded Toyota quietly pulled a little aluminum boat through the early morning stillness of a silent neighborhood not yet awake. Two months had passed since the last trip together and with the wounds healed, the emotional body armor had made a full…
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Delta with Dave 1/29/06
Finally, a window between storms, and a windless forecast. With water temperatures down around 49f, the fishing went as expected with a few smaller fish here and there but not many. The real catch turned out to be the peaceful sunny day itself.
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Delta Solo 12/23/05
It had been a couple of weeks since the last Delta venture and the itch was getting pretty bad. The weather forecast called for low to no wind for the 2 days before Christmas and the water temperatures had reportedly even come up into the low 50’s over the past week.
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Delta Solo 12/9/05
Despite dropping water temps already down to the mid 50’s, the first solo trip since the boat restoration was surprisingly successful.
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Delta with Brandon 11/29/05
My brother flew down from Seattle for 4 days over the Thanksgiving weekend to fish the Delta with me.
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Steelhead, November 2005
Trey Combs, in his book Steelhead Fly Fishing, mentions a game John Farrar introduced him to. “The rules are simple. If you had money and time in equal abundance, and could pick one different river each month, anywhere in the world, to provide the very best fishing for Salmo and Oncorhynchus in its most glamorous…
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Delta with Al 11/7/05
“Let the abuse beginâ€, was his declaration as he tossed a Sage gear bag and 2 dozen high-end fly rods into the back of the truck.
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Delta with Dave 11/1/2005
“Ok Dave, the sun is set to rise at 6:33am. That means we need to be in the water by 6:00.