Fall Chinook

Joel La Follette with a chromer from this past week.

For the past several weeks my efforts have turned from fall steelheading to fall salmon.  

This past week I had a great couple of days with some of my favorite people.  Joel La Follette, owner of the Royal Treatment Fly Shop in West Linn, Oregon www.royaltreatmentflyfishing.com joined me for a long awaited salmon trip.

Joel brought along one of his best friends, Jason Atkinson.  Jason was an Oregon State Senator from 1998 until 2012.  Now a days, Jason has turned his formidable talents and skills as a writer and film maker towards saving his beloved Klamath River.  What a GREAT couple of guys to spend time on the water with! To see more on Jason check out http://www.therecoveringpolitician.com/jasona 

Jason with a nice fall king.

Then, add to the mix the "two Frank's"- Frank Moore Sr. and Jr. and you have the makings of some pretty special days on the water.

Thanks fella's for more memories of a lifetime!

All images are courtesy of Joel La Follette.

Molly's purpose

Alright!...I admit it!  I'm one of those obnoxious "my dog is smater than your honor role student" type of dog owners.  But she really is! 

I know this blog is visited by more folks who want fishing, particularly salmon and steelhead fly fishing information.  Sorry!  I'll eventually get back to those types of posts.

But for now, I want to blog about my goofy little yellow female lab pup, Molly.

She had her first day in the duck blind today, her real purpose in life, aside from being my buddy.

She retrieved a few birds, wasn't real sure what to do with others that didn't cooperate with her and really just kind of got introduced to what all these past months of training was really for.

The future is pretty bright for buddy Molly, and I love getting to experience all of it with her!