Support our Sponsors! Click on the Banner Ads to learn more about their products and services.

Fishin' Reports

Report Archive

Skip Navigation Links.
ExpandTreeViewImage 2024
ExpandTreeViewImage 2023
ExpandTreeViewImage 2022
ExpandTreeViewImage 2021
ExpandTreeViewImage 2020
ExpandTreeViewImage 2019
CollapseTreeViewImage 2018
ExpandTreeViewImage 2017
ExpandTreeViewImage 2016
ExpandTreeViewImage 2015
ExpandTreeViewImage 2014
ExpandTreeViewImage 2013
ExpandTreeViewImage 2012
ExpandTreeViewImage 2011
ExpandTreeViewImage 2010
ExpandTreeViewImage 2009
ExpandTreeViewImage 2008
TreeViewImage 2007
Reports > 2018 > August > Thursday 16
Thursday, August 16, 2018
 
By Eric Granstrom
 
For FishingMagician.com, I'm Eric Granstrom. The smoke in North Central Washington is making life miserable for a lot of folks. I was in Chelan the other day and saw very few people outside, and the ones who were didn't look very happy. Can you imagine? Sometime last year, Mom's and Dad's circled dates on a calendar for the family to take a vacation in Chelan, or anywhere else in North Central Washington. They found an air B&B or condo to rent for the week, made their non-refundable deposit and were good to go! Then, summer in Eastern Washington comes and it seems the new normal is for forest fires to break out along with it. So the Johnson's unwittingly pack up the family suburban in their Western Washington driveway and head east over the mountains. The further they drive, the more they realize the cloudiness is not clouds, it's smoke. Then the hoping and wishing begins while clutching the steering wheel that it won't be that bad where they're going. Only to realize it's worse. The whole time they're here on vacation, the air is thick with smoke. I understand the dour looks on faces. Well, there's October! Until next time, Good Fishing!