[pct-l] Fishin' the JMT

[jjolson at uwyo.edu (Jeffrey J. Olson)]

On a cross country hike west of the John Muir trail we stopped late in 
the afternoon at the west end of Thousand Island Lake at what looked 
like the main inlet.  As we lounged, a fellow came down off the mountain 
and started casting his fly rod.  This was about six, a couple hours 
before dark. 

It seemed he caught a fish with every cast.  He stopped after ten 
minutes or so, with five 12" - 15" trout.  He said he did this every 
evening and morning, that he, his wife, and his four year old child were 
spending the summer above the lake.  He said not many people made it to 
that end of the lake. 

He did't really want to talk and after gutting the fish headed back up 
to his family... 

Jeff Olson
Laramie WY