Record spate coming down the
upper Columbia Pend Oreille ,
carrying topsoil from the Flathead & Pend Oreille valleys, is dang near
like chocolate milk. The river is flooded into the trees & there is a
concerning amount of logs & debris coming down the American Reach-Columbia
mainstem.
The nutrients carried in the
spate will replenish the reach. Too bad they can’t make it past the dams to the
sea where they are necessary in the chain of life. If we were to be made truly great
again, then imagine the great wealth & job-creating project it might be to
remove the dams, restore the fish, & get going providing the grid for
sustainable, low-cost power. If it is really true that “Americans can do
anything,” then why do we continue to support the world-destroying status quo? I’m
afraid we’ve a long, long way to go toward greatness from where we are now.
The U.S. & Canada
Columbia River Treaty is up for re-negotiation in Washington D.C.
Once in a while in a
fisherman’s life he must fish.
And fish have to eat. No
matter how high or dirty the water, no matter how inane & short-sighted the
policies of men. There are places where the determined can hammer it out. The
bugs haven’t really got going yet, so I’m swinging things large-ish in visible
colorations. The old Mickey Finn is a good one. I love bucktails. Bucktail has
great action & allows a large pattern that is easily cast, the material
providing the illusion of mass without actual bulk. Everybody knows the
dressing. I like UV treated bucktail for these.
