Many of you may remember Gordon Stimtez who owned Big Wallys for many years and was very active in walleye tournaments and held annual event on Banks Lake every May. I was fortunate to know Gordon and spent a few afternoons in his shop talking walleye fishing, boats and other topics that we shared interest in. Every winter he would remind me that this was a great time of year to catch the big rainbow trout that inhabit Banks Lake. He told me that he and his friends would flat line black Wooly Bugger flies and had great success. A few years ago, I got a call from one of my followers, and I apologize to him, I can’t remember his name. That happens with me sometimes. He invited me to join him on Banks to fish for rainbow, as he was sometimes catching limits of them. So, I met him at the launch at Northrup, and we headed over to the first canyon in Devils Lake. This where I see the whitefish fleet and the bottom was covered with them on his fish finder screen. For some reason the trout liked this area, too, and we caught some dandies.