I'm Off,

After weeks of planning and organizing we have come up to Portland to stay with Andy, Madri, Kaylin and Brooklyn. I leave today for Auckland with my friend Grant Pine to fish with Tyler and his Father-in-law, Gil Perry for 3 weeks. Then Grant and Gil fly home and Sheryl will arrive and we will be off on our big adventure.
Kaylin has just begun pre-school and loves it. She is growing/maturing so fast! Little Brooklyn has discovered locomotion in the last month and the kid is on the move! She is just soooooo cute. (Just like her sister) I'll post a video here of her latest talent...clapping.

Panic Sets In

Next week Grant and I leave for New Zealand. Yikes! We both have all sorts of stuff to do not to mention we are all going to a James Taylor concert this Friday. Just for fun, when I got home from the Deschutes trip we had NO WATER. That really sucks! You just can't imagine how many times a day you absentmindedly (is that a word) turn on the water and feel stupid about the dry tap. Oh well... the $olution to our water problem$ seems to be a new pump. CHA_CHING.
So here I am a week from departure with the pump truck guy tearing into our back yard.
Oh well...

Deschutes Trip

Contrary to what it may seem I do other things than fish, I just don't take pictures of other things.
This Past week Grant Pine, Dennis Ross and I floated the Lower Deschutes River as the steelhead were reported to be in. Sure enough we caught 7. Grant caught 4, Dennis caught two and you do the math.
I also caught what was about the best rainbow of my life. It was only in the 3 pound class but what a fish! It took me to my backing and was all over the river. Good Fun. We had a layover day at Robertson Point a new campground for me and it has some good nymphing water.