Have to take a break from my evening and thank Mike for that one.
My first O. mykiss was from Lake Meridian in '94. I can still remember the smell of rainbow sparkle Powerbait, fresh and strong as the fog lifted off the water that crisp April morning. I baited my size 10 Eagle Claw hook and cast out into the depths. As I felt my slip sinker tumble to the bottom, I became aware that something was different - that something had changed. It was a trout! A trout had taken my bait! It turned out to be a sickly, pale, and in all other ways pathetic 7" stocker rainbow that oozed a bunch of extra Powerbait when I cleaned it.
Still quite a bit better than "the ponds."
-Andrew
