June 2014

Ahhhh, June - long days, good weather and summer break approaching. :-) It was a good month with one downside - we ended up on strike during the last two weeks! :-(

Darrell, my dad and me at the Father's Day Show n' Shine

Julie, Lucas, Alison, my dad, Wendy and Darrell

Sure," Ralph said, "you can bunk in my trailer." "OK if I bring Sadie?" I said. "You bet", said Ralph, "I'm bringing my Sadie, too." And so Ralph and I made plans to attend the Link Lake Fish-Out together with our Sadies - Sadie One - Ralph's Golden Retriever, and Sadie Two - our Sadie.

When I arrived at Link Lake Ralph had already been there for a day and I discovered that he only had his float tube with him. Sadie One was relegated to the beach while Ralph was out fishing. "Let's both fish in my boat with the Sadies so they don't have to stay on shore", I offered. Ralph replied, "Sadie's never been in a boat." "She'll be fine" was my response. I spoke too soon...

We'd only had Sadie Two for a couple of months at the time of the fish-out, and she had been in my boat with me a couple of times - her first rides in a boat as far as I knew. She was relaxed in the boat and she couldn't care less about me fishing or catching; she slept most of the time. Sadie One, on the other hand, was highly interested in the fish, getting very excited whenever one of us hooked one. Here are a few photographs to illustrate:

The two Sadies meet

They had a great time together!

Ralph going for a cruise on the outboard picnic table

Going for a boat ride!

Ralph on Link Lake

The Sadies highly interested in Ralph's fish. Ralph is holding Sadie One back.
Can you read his lips? "Nooooo!" :-)

Yup, she went in and she got one! This fish was still on my line.

Ralph and I also fished Hatheume Lake one weekend.

Nice little Hatheume rainbow

Ralph got a nice one!

One June weekend Wendy and I tried Heffley lake for the first time. As you can see, the trout were eating small green chironomids!

Heffley Lake rainbow

Limeys!

During the last couple of weeks of June I was walking the picket line every day. One day, after my shift, I decided to make lemonade from lemons and I went up and fished Gardom Lake for only my second time ever. It was worth the trip!

Gardom Lake chironomid-eating rainbow

Fat Gardom Lake Fraser Valley rainbow

Nice Gardom Lake Pennask-strain rainbow

One weekend at Tunkwa we arrived to find some owl babies hanging out in a tree near our trailers. They fledged and flew off soon after this photo was captured.

Fledgling owl at Tunkwa

The end of June brought Golden Friday, so we celebrated with some tasty treats... :-)

Happy July 4 to our American friends!

On the bright side, the fishing was not bad at Leighton yesterday. There were lots of Limeys and a few small sedges hatching. Lots of small, but enthusiastic fish nailed a sz 14 Deep Sparkle Pupa. Lots of fun on a 3 wt!

Sadly, our fridge is still on the fritz. :-( As I said in my last post, I watched it for quite awhile in the sun and it ran fine. When I came back from fishing later that evening it had gone into lockout mode, which means it had shut down and was unable to restart for some reason. Sigh...

I called the local RV repair guy, who was out, but his wife told me that he had lately dealt with a few units that had oil in their propane lines. Apparently, when it is cold out, the oil condenses and can block the flow of propane. That makes a bit of sense since the fridge seems to run for a long time when it is warm out, but it shuts down when it's cold outside - even when it should be on. Yesterday, when it was warm and sunny in the morning, it ran like a champ. Today is miserable and cold and it doesn't want to run. A web search revealed that oil in propane lines is not uncommon and is often the cause of poor appliance performance.

I'm going to take the ignition control module and have it tested since it is $150 - $230 to replace. I'm also going to disconnect the tanks tomorrow and see if any oil drips from the lines.

The weather was nasty here today! Thunder, lightning, hail and torrential rain. Sedges were hatching on Leighton, though, and FishOnOff did pretty well on Tunkwa. Happily, the forecast is for sun and warmth starting tomorrow afternoon...

I'll be happy when the fridge is working again, the weather settles down, and the fish start chowing down!

Cheers! KW