I am blessed to live in a place with access to beautiful, somewhat desolate areas. After work Friday I decided with a gusting southwest wind on the Snake to hike down into the Palouse canyon from Palouse Falls and cast a line. This is a hike for sure footed people. It is steep and there are a few spots of loose scree you have to scramble up/down (see picture of Keta).

The river was pretty protected from the wind. Was hoping some bigger bass would be holding up near the falls for pre-spawn but no such luck. Casting curly tails in smoke, brown and chartreuse I caught three smallmouth and three pikeminnow. Fish were in the tail outs/back eddies of faster runs. Biggest smallie was ten inches, so not quite big enough for the frying pan as I've instilled a 12 inch minimum this year. Missed a couple other small bites, probably just pikeminnow. Nothing picture worthy, the trip was more of a chance to get the dog out on a good run, enjoy some nature and simply get a line wet and feel that tug.

Tight lines all!

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