Sunday, December 8, 2013

November, 2013

November was a tough month. An old friend, Peter Morrison, passed away on Nov. 5 under tragic circumstances. Much of the rest of the month was spent wondering why, and doing things to occupy my mind. RIP Peter.

Jim Prudhomme on the Adams,

A small Adams River rainbow.

A nice little Adams River bull trout


I think I played this one too long...

Another nice bull.

One of my favourite runs on the Methow, a good place to clear one's head.

Pretty nice weather for November.

Sunrise in the Methow Valley.


Chris and Kathy Pasley's new digs near Winthrop.

Display of memorabilia for Peter Morrison
at the celebration of his life.


The master giving a casting demonstration in Vernon a few years ago.

Peter dropping into the Capilano River in the '80s.
Adam Lewis looks on.

At one of the famous Morrison Lobster Bashes.
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 - Dylan Thomas



October, 2013

October was, amazingly enough, a pretty busy month fishing-wise. Wendy and I attended the FlyBC Fall Fish-In at Roche Lake, and we also took our camper down to the Methow Valley for a weekend getaway to celebrate Wendy's birthday. It happened to be opening weekend for steelhead on the Methow, too, which was convenient. ;-) I made a couple more solo trips to the Methow and a trip to the Thompson, too. Until we stayed home to finish our deck, I don't think I'd been home for a weekend since June!

We're sure enjoying having a camper again. Roche Lake FlyBC Fall Fish-In.

It was fun to find some large trout feeding in shallow water.
This 8+ year old Pennask AF3n was 250mm when tagged on May 15, 2007.
Same fish as above. I released to hopefully grow even bigger.

Another nice Roche Lake fish.
Note the Moby Whale net - handy to have when catching large-ish fish.

Nice pink camo hat!
The gang at the pot luck.

No steelhead for me at the Thompson. There was sure lots of this stuff, though!

Leaves in three, let it be!

They named a road after me! :-)

Wendy and I finished the railings on our new deck
during our first weekend home since June.
Looks good, doesn't it?
Dawn in the Methow Valley near McFarland Creek.

Getting up early paid off!

Fishing the tailout of a nice pool.

Beautiful fall weather in the Methow Valley.

Look at those colours!

Nice little bull trout.

The Shafer Museum is worth a look if you find yourself in Winthrop, WA.


Enjoying the late evening sun at Pine Near RV Park in Winthrop,
right across the street from the Shafer Museum.

These guys are all over the place in the Methow Valley.

Shafer Museum

Looking downstream at Twisp, WA.

This chinook took the since egg!

Another steelhead to hand.

Orchards for as far as you can see in the Okanogan Country, Washington.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

September, 2013

Ah, September, a bittersweet month. It means the end of summer, back to work and back to weekends only at Tunkwa, but it's also the month of my birthday, (usually) great weather and the onset of fall, a very nice time of year.

We came home to a very nice treat - a new deck! Jimmy, his pal Ron and my step-brother Warren did us a huge favour by tearing apart our old deck and rebuilding it for us. Sweet!

We also enjoyed Lee's annual fishing derby at Tunkwa and Wendy and I made it down to the Fraser Valley to visit Don and Judy, and Don and I met Gary at the Vedder to do some combat fishing for pinks.

Jimmy showing off our new deck.


Happy Birthday to me!

Gary tight to a pink salmon on the Vedder

A clean pink on the fly - fair and square, too!

Don waiting for a grab. He didn't have to wait long!

The Tunkwa gang at Lee's Annual fishing derby

Alison at Art Battle. She painted that in about 20 minutes!

Alison did her first art multiple through Von Zos.

An annual visit near our front door in September.