Today I finally caught a fish. The day started out fine, as I got plenty of sleep. I took a shower and felt much better than after yesterday. Dave, Julie, and Fred came by and once again we left for Julie's Spot.

Once there I fished in the Spot while Dave immediately crossed the river and headed downstream. Julie and Fred stayed nearby and fished also. Dave and Julie had already fished some in the morning, they had each caught two fish already, the daily limit being five trout.

After a few minutes I got my first bite. Somehow I slowly reeled it in and Fred got it out of the water. A ten-inch trout. That was quite easy, so I continued fishing. The light was a not great yet so I had a hard time seeing underneath the water, nor the line above the water. I did get another bite though, but the trout escaped before just before we got it out of the water.

After that we ate lunch. Julie's mom made some sandwiches, which were quite good. The we went back to fish, although Dave hadn't returned yet. After another half hour I started getting bored. This time I had brought my camera so I decided to take some pictures.

I have a digital camera and one of the advantages is that the memory card I have in it can hold over a hundred pictures. So I took a lot of pictures of the river, going downstream a bit to take some more shots. I also took some shots above the river (40-50 feet up on a cliff edge) and later in the day I took some pictures of Dave and Fred cleaning the fish, quite a bloody but simple operation.

For dinner we went to Beckie's Restaurant which is across the road from where I was staying. It's a nice restaurant for being in middle of nowhere pretty much. The pies are supposed to be quite good, although I couldn't really tell if they were much better than other pies I've had. Culinary discernment is not one my strengths.

After dinner Julie wanted to get her last trout; Dave having caught his five trout already. We walked to a spot nearby, sort of out of the way with some climbing over big rocks to get to it. But it was just after some rapids so it's a good place for trout to feed.

Julie fished while Dave and I watched. She did catch two or three small fish quickly, which had to be thrown back since the minimum size that you can catch is eight inches. Julie then caught a nine-incher. But since she was having a good time of it she decided to throw it back and try to catch a bigger one. By now the sun had set and we had a half hour of light left before it got dark.

Unfortunately, Julie didn't catch any more fish. So we headed back to Dave and Julie's camp (Julie's parents being in the next camp) after a long day of fishing. Final score: Dave - 5, Julie - 4, Fred - 1, Kevin - 1. Once again, it was fun but tiring. If only I didn't have to stand up all the time, but I did so I didn't fish anywhere as much as yesterday. Still, I did catch a trout.