The wind here has been 20+ mph for the past week or so, putting a real damper on kayak fishing. Today, the wind died down, the sun was out and it was a beautiful summer day, so we headed up to Goose Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Got up real early, which turned … Read more
It’s been a bit windy for kayak fishing so we’ve used the down time to install a fishing rod holder on the kayak. Click HERE for the rod holder installation web page on the WatermanAtWork.com website.
The great support team at Hayes brakes is taking care of a few minor issues with the disc brakes on my mountain bike, so I’ve taken to the road to keep the summer riding going. I usually ride my bike into town, but I live on top of a knarly steep hill that takes a … Read more
I’m not sure exactly how many people follow this blog, but to the folks that do, I’ve been kind of slacking off on the blog posts lately and I’m sorry for that. Finally, the weather has been nice so we’ve been out enjoying it. I have a bunch of photos and video but it’s hard … Read more
After catching and releasing a brown trout while kayak fishing up in the Washington backcountry, a bald eagle, attracted by all the fish splashing, swoops out of a tree and grabs a fish right in front of the kayak. I’ll be posting more kayak fishing videos and photos, as well as more mountain biking stuff … Read more
After a pretty good day of fishing yesterday, I decided to get up at 3:15AM and catch the dawn patrol today. Good call. The fishing was off the Richter. I caught at least fifty trout, and that’s no BS. Browns, cutthroats and brookies; biting like they were dying of hunger. At times, I got hooked … Read more
Finally, the snow has melted and the rain has stopped. The lower elevation rivers are still running high and the lowland lakes are kind of muddy so I headed to the mountains. It is still chilly in the morning and the water temp is in the low fifties but the water is crystal clear, skies … Read more
It’s Eddy Merckx’s 65th birthday today; the greatest cyclist of all time. If he could ride 30,000 miles a year, I can get out and ride up and down the local mountain. Almost the first day of summer but it seems more like the first day of spring. The sun was in and out of … Read more
Finally, a nice couple of days to go riding, so up into the hills we go. Even though it’s the middle of June and 75 degrees, there are still patches of snow. Still plenty of snow up on Mt. Hood as well. With all the snow and warm weather, avalanche danger is pretty high. No … Read more
The record rainfall here in the PacNW has really put the damper on late spring and early summer. Seventy degree, dry days have yet to come in any quantity so whenever the rain stops you have to take advantage of it and get out there. When the rain is heavy, it takes two or three … Read more