September 11, 2005
Fishing Chilliwack Lake
Yumi and I worked all day yesterday (Saturday) and this morning, clearing the decks of several translating and editing projects. Done by noon, we decided to reward ourselves with an afternoon trip to Chilliwack Lake.
There were only a few people on the beach, and we tried some fishing from the shoreline. The water was amazingly clear, and while we didn't catch anything, we were able to see an occasional trout following our lures.
We started out in rubber boots, but when Yumi snagged her lure, I trundled back to the car and got my chest waders on to rescue it. With the obvious advantage of being able to get closer to the drop-off, I kept them on and in the hour we fished my legs got pretty cold!
There were quite a few people fishing the Chilliwack River for salmon, however we don't have the proper gear, so we didn't try.
This was my third fishing trip in as many weeks after a 20-year hiatus, and I'm really enjoying it.
