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