On May 31st I was joined by Bruce Breitling and his grandson Jake Sandors. Jake had been given a new fishing rod as a Christmas present and then, for a birthday gift, his thoughtful grandpa hired me for the day to help him break it in. It did not take long. The three of us launched my drift boat at Hendricks Wayside and Jake caught a nice fat Trout on his very first cast. Yahoo! Our good fortune continued throughout the day. We caught a couple of oversized Rainbows, a bunch of average sized Trout(Cutthroats & Rainbows), and then about 2:30pm Jake made the cast heard up and down the McKenzie Valley. 25 hard fought minutes later Jake landed the fish of the year... so far. A 15 lb. Spring Chinook Hen. I cant think of a better way to celebrate. Happy Birthday Jake. Check out the photo:
