On Apr 24, 1:35*am, riverman wrote:
On Apr 21, 5:06*pm, DaveS wrote:

Didn't hear from you. The weather was rough a few days before we went
out on the spit, and extremely windy for most of that week. Not many
hikers came out. Looked like new snow down pretty low on the Olympics
from our perch. Spectacular skies, clouds etc.. Lots of naval action
in the straits. Eagles. Where did you end up?

Dave

Hey Dave:
Yeah, the weather turned bad (torrential rains) on our drive up from
Portland along the coast, so we changed plans and went over the
Cascades to Eastern WA. Found a couple nice places to cast on the John
Day....landed a couple small trout (enough to christen my new rod and
justify hauling it halfway around the world), but the vision of a nice
two-day immersion fishing event vaporized into road miles.

Ahh. Too bad but hope your sojourn in the Oregon steppe helped.
Whenever i travel in Europe or to East Coast I get this boxed in
feeling, claustrophobic. Sometimes only burning a tankful in wide open
country is what it takes to feel right again when i get back home..
Next time you consider the John Day i would let it be ROFF-known, as
there are a couple of Roffians who know this river pretty well. I am
not one of them. Take care.
Dave