I'm back from my winter exile on the slopes.

I'm in PG for a couple of more days. It looks like the best window to get on the water is tomorrow morning. PG is having a big festival this weekend- I'm afraid that if I move my rig in the morning, then I won't be able to get a parking spot back in the neighborhood until sometime Sunday after I should leave. So, I'll probably just wheel my way down to Lover's Pt. for my launch. Planning to troll out towards Pinos and back. The short swell period may make things pretty lumpy.

Company welcome! I'll be on Ch. 69

Hard to believe it's been more than 7 years since I registered on this site, shortly after it was launched. At the time I was living in Twisp, WA (east side of the Cascades), but my dad was (is) living in Pacific Grove CA. After Polepole launched the spawnsite NWKA, I migrated over there to be able to connect with others in the NW.

Fast forward 5 years and now I'm up in Tahoe. Bought a 3 hole woody SIK this past fall, and waited through the winter, till I could buy a resident license. Haven't done a lot of fishing since arriving late last summer, but hopefully that will change in the near future. I'll be down in PG Friday- early Sunday and will have the triple with me. I'd really like to have some fresh fish! 

I'm "the other Bill" and I've been lurking in the shadows for the last couple of months; enjoying reading your posts (until the recent--Joel (':smt014') Ken). One of the reasons your site has been interesting to me is that I have friends and family that live down in the area (my dad lives about a block from Lover's Point in Pacific Grove). Since I've been living in the PNW for over 30 years (and am originally  from the East Coast---home to the striper) I know most of the fish your talking about. I currently live east of the Cascade Mountains, in the Methow Valley. We have some of the best trout and steelhead fishing in the state. (But the river closed today--
(':smt010')) I'll post some pictures when I figure out our new scanner. I also regularily get over to the west side of the state to fish, and once or twice a year to the N. Oregon Coast.

I've been a fishing addict since my grandpa first took me out at age 3. (Fortunately, my wife and family is mostly understanding, though also a little hook-shy.) I own a bunch of small boats (a canoe, a river kayak, an inflatable kayak and a couple of dinghies). I used to build wooden boats and a few years ago picked up a kit (the Wineglass Wherry) from Pygmy Kayaks.
(http://www.pygmyboats.com/PRICELIS.HTM) . The rationalization for getting this, instead of a kayak, was to be able to fit the whole family; but               the family is getting too big .   Now I'm tempted to design my own SOT woody kayak. (Sorry Sean, but wood/composite materials are a lot lighter and stiffer than the polyethylene.)


 TL