Granny and I planned to leave for Victor, ID today for a week of seeing friends in our old town along with a few final errands to be done. BUT the weather is horrible once again and many of the mountain passes in eastern OR are snowy messes not worth attempting today in the Ruby Van. Instead, we stayed here in White Salmon, WA an extra day and Mike and I went out and fought the winds and rains of the Columbia River.
While Mike managed two small smallmouth bass on his nightcrawler tipped jigs, I was blanked on the fly. I fished my heart out and had one fish on. It felt like a smallie but I lost him. Bottom line, I met my first skunking on the Columbia River in over a dozen trips over the last three years. I am bummed! But that’s fishing.
The weather looks better for tomorrow so Granny and I will head for ID early. We’ll take our time and camp two nights along the way. It will be cold, but it will be nice. While we are really looking forward to returning to WI here soon this has been a great visit to OR thanks our amazing friends the Robertson’s of Bend and Mike and Beata of White Salmon.
Jeff,
Safe travels!
Tad