I have been fishing with my friend Jim Passage for many years, and he is very generous. Back when we had steelhead seasons, he would treat me to a guided fly fishing trip on the Methow River. We had many great days floating the river and catching steelhead with this favorite guide Jeff Brazda. The past few years he has taken me to a private lake that is managed by Darc Knobel at the Desert Fly Shop in Ephrata. The 40-acre lake is loaded with rainbow, and we have a blast trolling flies up there. Jim takes his 14-foot Lund with an electric motor, and we cruised around the lake landing rainbow up to 21 inches on our last trip. I always snap a photo or two, and one of my favorites was taken last year. It shows Jim happily reeling in a nice fish—while it was snowing! We never seem to run out of things to talk about, and that’s the best part of these trips. We never seem spend enough time visiting with good friends, these fishing trips are a great way for us to get caught up and share recent events in our lives. Thanks Jim!