It was the last day in January, and I had a laborer set to show up the next day to do some work at my house. In the afternoon, he texted me to say he had a cold and that it would be a few days before returning to work. That was just the break I was looking for!

I immediately called Rick Allen to see if his Tuesdaty was free. It was. We made a plan to meet at Silver Creek at 8:30am Tuesday morning. Now I had Monday to tie flies, rig a rod, and all the other chores around the house already scheduled. I got to them all except tying.

As it turns out, it didn’t really matter all that much. Both Rick and I caught one fish each. They were both decent fish (17” to 18'“), but not the monsters I’ve caught there recently. Ah well, it’s called fishing, not catching. It was a good day just being out of the house, but could have been better fishing-wise and also because I didn’t sleep hardly at all the night before. I was trudging around just executing the motions of fishing and was simply exhausted. The drive back was one of sleep deprived adventure. But I made it home by 5:15 pm after a 5:30 am start.

I have no idea when the next trip will be, but I suspect it will be over a month from now and probably out to Lake Havasu where I’ll be testing the reports of huge Bluegill. Join me!