
10~8~11 almost to smith rock, out in the desert, near terrebonne.

what goes down, must come up.

first cast, and every cast brought ya a crooked river whitefish!

crooked river

many, many rock climbers that day, hundreds. most o em came to town to see dr jane goodall speak, like i did. each one wanted to see a fish and chat...about the rattlesnakes they saw, where they should have suppa or whateva.

bite was so gud, kept sayin...oh, just a couple mo! lol

at nine i thought, just two mo and i'll go. without a flashlight, would of had to leave much sooner...not climbin outta there w/all the snakes, in the dark.

as i packed up, let my bait rest where i had a bite a few times and lost it. went to reel in and thought it got stuck. started to hand pull the line in...in the dark, couldn't see what i had! pulled it up on deck and whoa! 23 inch butter~bellied suckerfish! endangered species...awesome.