I have wanted to introduce the terrific fishing for Lahontan cutthroat to my friend Jim Passage for years. We finally got our schedules together this week and planned a two-day trip to this big lake on Colville Reservation. We launched and ran around the corner into the north embayment and put out a couple of fly rods while I set up the downriggers and put the trolling rods together. We caught a few fish and then I ran to shore so Jim could use the outhouse. I dropped him off and moved the boat just off shore. I looked up and saw Jim running down the road. I thought maybe there were bees in the outhouse, but no, there was a bear! He got back in the boat we made the run down to the bottom end of the lake. I was trolling in about 80 feet of water, and we could see lots of fish at 60 feet. We put a variety of plugs and lures at that depth and were very busy. The cutthroat we landed ranged in size from about 14 inches to 19 or 20 and landed two that measured 25 inches. I’ll tell you about Day Two on Friday.