My neighbor is the 13-year-old that organized the kids fishing event at Blackbird Island in Leavenworth, earlier in July. Calder is a well rounded angler, with experience in fishing for a wide range of species. He fished Hawaiian waters growing up, has fished many nearby lakes and streams and has also fished several times out of Neah Bay. It had been a few years since I had been able to get his family out on Lake Wenatchee for sockeye, and it turned out that he and his Mom, Holly, could go last Friday. These two have no problems with early-morning departures and we left for the lake at 5 a.m. There was a pretty good breeze blowing when we left the dock, so I headed for the top end of the lake to get out of most of it. There was a fair sized fleet working the water up there and while I put out the gear I was watching for any nets scooping up sockeye. Not too many as it turned out. I had my usual frustrating day, and Calder only got to reel in a couple of fish. He was happy, though, any day fishing is a good day for him.