Species: Tui Chub (Gila bicolor) Location: Lost River, OR Date: April 13, 2008 Before I learned where to chase big trout in the spring, I used to drive out to Crystal Springs County Park during Spring Break or any time I had free from sports. Lonely Luke would fish for anything that would nibble his lonely worm. That…
Klamath River, OR Trip Date: October 3, 2012 Alfred Lord Tennyson once said: “Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” Well, Tennyson was obviously a fisherman, because anyone who has fished enough understands just how painful fishing can be. It doesn’t stop at painful. In fact, at times, it can be…
Seal Beach Pier, Seal Beach, CA Trip Date: June 9-13, 2008 The Jetty The night before graduation, I decided to scrap the speech I’d written weeks in advance and start a new one. I finished it around midnight, and it is, to this day, the best speech I’ve ever written. While my delivery was a…
