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The Headquarters tent was a busy spot at the annual Quincy Valley Tourism Association's Trout Derby at Burke Lake. Over 500 folks entered this year and had a blast trying to catch a tagged trout worth $2,000.00.
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I got Merle Shuyler to stand still longer enough for a quick photo during the Wenatchee Valley Sportsmen's Show. I want to thank Merle and his wife Bev for putting together this first-ever show of its kind in Wenatchee this year.
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Here is just part of the line that formed to get into the Wenatchee Valley Sportsmen's Show just before it opened on Friday, Feb. 22nd. There was a line as long or longer the next morning. Families from all over the region came to the show.
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Gust Kallas, with Hooked on Toys, demonstates his expertise with the Kendama to a group of boys at the Wenatchee Valley Sportsmen's Show. Hooked on Toys has sold thousands of these skill games since introducting them to Wenatchee.
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Here I am at the Wenatchee Valley Sportsmen's Show standing in front of the Kingfisher Discovery 2025. Thanks to the folks at Bob Feil Boats and Motors and Kingfisher I will be driving this boat to do my research for my reports this season.
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This the meeting of the Kittitas Valley Field and Stream that I spoke to recently. The group is the oldest not for profit sportsmen's group in the state. Debra Essman is the president this year. The first in the club's history!
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Here I am removing a Maxi-Jig from a big steelhead I hooked below Wells Dam. My wife Eileen wanted to go fishing so we ran up and cast bobbers and jigs from the bar. This was the only fish, but it made out day!
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This angler is working a big hole in the Tumwater Canyon for steelhead. This stretch of the Wenatchee has been open to fishing for several years. It not only offers good numbers of steelhead in the late season, but fanastic scenery.
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Scott Fletcher took adavantage of the re-opening of the Wenatchee River to steelhead fishing. Here he holds a 6 1/2-pound hatchey fish he caught the second day of the opening. He released a wild fish of 12 pounds and lost another the first day. He was fishing above Monitor.
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Phil Colyar, owner of Colyar Jewelry in Wenatchee, is obviously pleased with this whopper lake trout he caught on Lake Chelan. The fish weighed 35 pound, ten ounces, and will probably be the new state record. The fish was hooked in about 270 feet of water and took about 35 minutes to bring to the net.
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