History repeats itself, only a little cheaper this time.

In the early 80's my Mother, two sisters and one Brother -in-law came to Oregon to visit. Wanting to show them a good time I inquired of a friend about the possibility of some place to take them on the Rogue River to fish for Salmon. The Rogue is famous, and I was sure that it would please them if nothing else to catch some Trout. To cut to the chase the Salmon were running hot and heavy, and I caught three with an old "Fenwick" fishing Rod. The fish were big enough that I ended up breaking the rod bringing the last one in. Before the summer was over I had bought a Drift boat, motor and all the accoutrement's needed to fish for Salmon. The only problem with all that besides the expense was that no one else knew how to row and survive on the Rogue, so I was always on the oars. I think in the time that I had the boat I only caught one Salmon, since I was always rowing. I figure those Salmon were worth somewhere in the neighborhood of about 1.5 K per fish.

I have fought the urge to buy a Kayak ever since I moved here. Truth is that there are few places where even a kayak is of use here in the Desert.

I don't think that I made very much if any of the fact that the migrant Ducks that come in here bring with them some kind of parasite that burrows under the skin and itches like crazy. The first night after my first fishing trip was pretty interesting, and now even after all that time, my legs are still pretty sensitive, and are perfectly willing to itch like crazy with any errant touch.

I first thought about getting some big girl pantyhose to wear the next time I needed to fish. Of course some of the people that I mentioned this to, were quite happy to make fun of me. However once again I had an "itch" for a Kayak again.

I checked Amazon- 1-2 month delivery time, Cabela's didn't have one in stock. So I checked Craig's list. Nothing but touring Kayaks there, but there was a nice old town Canoe there for $250.00. I called the guy and told him that I would take it and would come into town and pick it up in two days.

On the day that we were going into town the guy called my cell phone and told me that he had sold it to another guy. I hope his mother is proud of how her little boy turned out!

I had to go into Sportsman's Warehouse any way and what do you know, the Kayak that I had been looking for was there. What the hell, I've been a good little boy, I deserve a little spoiling every now and then.

So Karen and I drag it home on top of the Subaru, and she suggested that I try it out in the pool. I was lucky and the only witness to my coming humiliation was the dogs, and I have them securely sworn to secrecy. Let me say that getting into a Kayak in deep water can be tricky and damn they are heavy when full of water.

So today dawned full of smoke from the fires in Nevada and Calif. so flying was out of the question, so I guess the only reasonable thing to do was go fishing again.

The Kayak handled quite well, and moved with little effort on my part. A bit too well, so an anchor is next. It was really the wrong time to go fishing, but I did manage to hook three fish, with one of them jumping sky high and throwing the hook.

It was nice to see that there was a nice covey of Chuckars using the pond.

Dave, Reuben and Elsie were moving a bunch of Cows back to the ranch past the pond. I came back in to chat with them for a bit, and decided that two fish was enough for the first time. The cost for the Kayak is going down. These two fish only cost $300. bucks each.

There has been a bit of discussion as to what these fish are. Red Band - Bull Trout. This one had a bit of color under its gills as well as a little blush to it gill cover. I really do not know what it is, but I do know that they taste good and fight like crazy.