We have had a great year as a family getting out and fishing. I tried to get the boys out at least once a week. Here are some high lights from the past year.

12th wedding anniversary

My wife walks on water

Our local stream

looking for crayfish

first trout on a dry#22 BWO emerger

first fish nymphing age 6

What a great year and I look forward to the next season 

I wanted to get the boat in the water one last time,so I called a couple buddies and they were in for one last trip in the boat for 2008. The morning started out cold and stayed cold,only getting into the mid 20s and it was breezy but that didn’t stop the fish from biting. We had some good laughs and ended November on a high note.

Our first sign that winter is coming

Dam it is cold, my wife said I was an “idiot for fishing in this weather”,maybe she is right

I hope we see $1 a gallon again

Trout eggs

Nope she was wrong

doubled up

fatty

Over the past few weeks I have said,”O.K. this is it,last time out” but I get into a ton of fish and think just one more time out. Well today was suppose to be my last day with the drift boat and it was going away for the winter but after all the fish Alan and I got into today, I think him and I might just go just one more time. Almost all fish came to hand with a olive woolly bugger but I was able to fool a few with a McKay Special. We had a breeze all day and even saw some spitting of snow,it won’t be long.

I find the fall fishing to be my favorite and sometimes the colder it gets the better. It brings on a whole new set of challenges. Even though most of the places hold stock fish,the places are beautiful and are a lot of fun with a 4 weight rod. They are also great places to spend time with friends. These are some pictures form the last few weeks.
Tait’s first trout on a dry fly

Jax’s first fish nymphing

Peter’s first fish on his bamboo rod