Ending the Season with some good friends and fish

The last who-raa of our 2016 lake season! Yes there are some lakes that will still open, but on Thursday the 27 I go in for surgery to have my knee repaired. Now we know for sure that there will be no North Central Washington Steelhead season.

So a few of my good old fishin Buddies from the Wetside came over to hit up a couple of lakes with me as a last Who-raa.

After spending the day over in the Winthrop area fishin Big Twin 3/4s of the day and getting in a short time at Davis before the wind came up. The catching was there but few and far between. It wasn’t just us, others we had talked to were doing just about the way we were. SLOW

So after a adult beverage and leaving the Methow Valley I made my way bac over the loop. And was thinkin of where we can catch some fish for our last fun full day of fishing.

I sent Gary and RB a text and let them know what was up, then it hit me They have never fished Rat lake, It’s close to RBs and I hadn’t fished it since the rehab.

Back to the phone and the fingers clickin out the texts to the fella’s Rat Lake above Brewster you in?

Rat Lake 10/22/16 48@10am water temp 51-2 overcast with big fluffy cloudy all day and slight wind most of it. 54@2pm

We all had a fine time at the Rat!! The water was just right and the bite was on lots of 12-14 bows some 14-16 and yes there were some in the upper teens. 

1 of Jeff's hogs

Oh I'll be still be chasein tail and rippin lips.
Just now I have to go farther.
Soon it will be Rocky Ford Creek time!