Round Valley Reservoir, a stubborn place during the winter, yielded my son and I no trout this afternoon, after we spent more time on the road than anticipated. Zach Merchant's shop was closed, and perhaps he was out fishing. We backtracked to the Sporting Life to buy our 2019 licenses, not playing any music on radio or other device, just talking fishing in that slowed-down way free of ordinary distractions. We got to talking deeply at the reservoir, too, the last half-hour leading to 4:00 pm Lot 2 area closure taking us by surprise. The ranger came driving down, that barking sound of the truck's alert signal going off to remind us it was time to go.
I was told at the Sporting Life some rainbows and even some lakers are getting caught. A lot of Binsky bladebaits are selling, lake trout hitting those.
What a long way up the road since I used to fish here two or three times a week on lunch breaks. It's been four years now, as of January 15th, since I left that job.
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