with 5 bathrooms, you can poop in a different bathroom everyday of the work week.
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with 5 bathrooms, you can poop in a different bathroom everyday of the work week.
Seemed like the weekend. Have not seen a concert in ages but saw ZZ Top tonight. Good show, nice to be out and hear live music.
Spent most of a week in a spur range of Oregon's Blue Mountains with plans to fish a nearby lake a couple of days. One approach road was completely closed. The other involves about 14 miles of not very good gravel and 12 miles of bad road. A USFS staffer advised us that the 12-mile stretch has degraded to 3 mph potholes and washboard. The remaining option added about 50 miles to the round trip. Bah! Fishing canceled.
There were consolations, though. The prairie was in bloom, as were the scablands.
Bitterroot in bloom.
There were consolations, though. The prairie was in bloom, as were the scablands.
Bitterroot in bloom.
Swinging flies in mega-high mocha. It was just me.
With 2+ million of these moving through, I hoped to run into at least one.
Certainly a Hamm's worthy day.
With 2+ million of these moving through, I hoped to run into at least one.
Certainly a Hamm's worthy day.
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Looks like a a great day for a Rainier!
HauntedByWaters
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Got to finish off my weekend fishing with @Irafly and @troutpocket on the big pond today.
Such a gorgeous day on the ocean!
Such a gorgeous day on the ocean!
Went wine tasting in Walla Walla
<record scratch> I'll bet you're wondering how I got here?
Had a great float on the Grande Ronde last weekend. Me and a buddy in my drifter, with others in a raft and inflatable kayak. Water was on the high side, so it was a sporty ride, but beautiful up in the canyon. Salmonflies everywhere, but nobody was looking up, and I got the only fish of the weekend. I'm starting to resign myself to the GR being a river of scenery and side hikes, not fishing.
So anyway, we get to the takeout at Boggan's. Pull the boat, load up. have a last lunch of cheese and salami. Fistbumps and seeya's exchanged, and we're off to a horrible screeching dragging noise. Turns out my axle had shifted, and the tire was now resting firmly on the fender. On a bolt, no less, so a hundred yards down the road it would have gone kablooey. So, drop the trailer and head up the road to get cell service, but no luck on a tow via AAA. Back down, hide the key to the hitch lock, and drive the five hours back to Portland, sans boat.
(insert tedious details of arranging tows and repairs from five hours away)
The wife and I took off Saturday morning to retrieve boat. Get a call halfway across Portland, asking if I was going to need my wallet. Took off again. I had tactically decided to have it towed to Clarkston, instead of Enterprise, knowing that I'd want a drink or two. After picking up the boat at the LS in Clarkston, we headed back to Walla Walla where we had a nice dinner and some great wine. And I had the only drifter in the vineyard.
<record scratch> I'll bet you're wondering how I got here?
Had a great float on the Grande Ronde last weekend. Me and a buddy in my drifter, with others in a raft and inflatable kayak. Water was on the high side, so it was a sporty ride, but beautiful up in the canyon. Salmonflies everywhere, but nobody was looking up, and I got the only fish of the weekend. I'm starting to resign myself to the GR being a river of scenery and side hikes, not fishing.
So anyway, we get to the takeout at Boggan's. Pull the boat, load up. have a last lunch of cheese and salami. Fistbumps and seeya's exchanged, and we're off to a horrible screeching dragging noise. Turns out my axle had shifted, and the tire was now resting firmly on the fender. On a bolt, no less, so a hundred yards down the road it would have gone kablooey. So, drop the trailer and head up the road to get cell service, but no luck on a tow via AAA. Back down, hide the key to the hitch lock, and drive the five hours back to Portland, sans boat.
(insert tedious details of arranging tows and repairs from five hours away)
The wife and I took off Saturday morning to retrieve boat. Get a call halfway across Portland, asking if I was going to need my wallet. Took off again. I had tactically decided to have it towed to Clarkston, instead of Enterprise, knowing that I'd want a drink or two. After picking up the boat at the LS in Clarkston, we headed back to Walla Walla where we had a nice dinner and some great wine. And I had the only drifter in the vineyard.
Great post! Too bad about the axle, but agreat job of making lemonade from lemons.
I spent the weekend chasing bass. My guess is the last time until late fall or next spring. The next time I fish in WA, I’ll be chasing salmon. Probably straight through to mid November. It’s been really fun chasing bass this spring on the fly. It’s a new “target” for me (I have caught a few as bycatch in the past).
Saturday…slow but a couple nice fish caught.
Sunday…slower. One small LMB lost and this little SMB landed.
BRING ON THE COHO. After a short diversion to rainbow la la land first
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Saturday…slow but a couple nice fish caught.
Sunday…slower. One small LMB lost and this little SMB landed.
BRING ON THE COHO. After a short diversion to rainbow la la land first
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Coach Potter
Life of the Party
I spent a couple nights on the Joe with a few AWESOME dudes from our coaching staff…we knew the flows were too high for the fishing to be good but we all needed some time off the grid.
Coach Potter
Life of the Party
Then I came home and stuck a couple nice cutthroat on one of the little tributaries close to home…apologies in advance for the crappy selfit’s. 
That’s the best campsite on the river. It gets fished pretty hard all season, but that pool is always good for a couple of fish. It’s a great swimming hole on a hot summer day too!
Me and a buddy went to a hike-in lake with our belly boats. The water was easily 10 feet higher than when I was there last time- all of the shoreline willows were underwater and some were barely visible in the depths.
There is a nice waterfall above the lake and it was really rolling. I didn't get a picture of it.
We caught browns and brookies. The browns were really pretty.
My phone died mid-trip and it didn't work for a couple days. I was bummed because these pics had not transferred to the cloud and I thought I lost them. But, after a couple days in a rice bag it woke up enough to move the pics to the web, and then died for good. Rest in peace.
There is a nice waterfall above the lake and it was really rolling. I didn't get a picture of it.
We caught browns and brookies. The browns were really pretty.
My phone died mid-trip and it didn't work for a couple days. I was bummed because these pics had not transferred to the cloud and I thought I lost them. But, after a couple days in a rice bag it woke up enough to move the pics to the web, and then died for good. Rest in peace.
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