tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70998618243665411472024-03-04T23:13:14.621-08:00f2f Fishing BoardFamily Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-83525403255867134212011-06-10T10:42:00.001-07:002011-06-10T10:44:13.734-07:00They have arrived. Get your king on!Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-40723416301294003852011-05-18T12:48:00.000-07:002011-05-19T15:17:29.027-07:00A memorable father/son swim on Fish LakeRecently I got a new float tube. I passed my old one down to my 7 year old son Lien who naturally, has been itching for me to take him out for the inagural float. A few days ago we got a glass smooth wind window out on Fish Lake and decided to give it a go. Within 5 minutes of being on the lake my son had water creeping into the back of his waders. Lien's frame was a bit too small to fill the Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-57450432275003111072011-03-29T10:58:00.000-07:002011-03-29T11:12:48.472-07:00A great day to end a great season.Jim and I had a great day on the water yesterday. Good conversation encouraging each other as husbands, fathers, friends... the sun was shining... the fish were biting. Jim got to break in his new fly rod and reel, unfortunately that steelhead straightened the hook on him as he brought it to the boat. He got his revenge later on though. Notice the "game face" in the second photo, that fish was Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-61433442997757771802011-02-18T09:59:00.001-08:002011-02-18T10:29:21.961-08:00Good day with good friends!Another beautiful sunny cold day on the water with steelhead on the line! Good memories with good friends. Thank you Tom and Doug, for your friendship, for the ways you love your kids and encourage others to do the same, and for another great day of fishing together!Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-86987423659735886652011-02-14T16:07:00.001-08:002011-02-14T17:04:13.931-08:00What a day! Took Andy and Mike out on the boat Saturday. The day was nothing short of miraculous. The mission was to get each of them their first steelhead to the net. We had tried back in November, we had a couple chances but lost each battle to the strength of the steelhead (see video on November 6 post). As we put on the water we sent up a prayer that went something like this; "Jesus, we're asking you Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-730528507213717492010-11-27T23:52:00.000-08:002010-11-28T00:05:59.087-08:00Mission Accomplished! Frank and I set out today with the goal of getting each of our boys their first steelhead. Mission accomplished! What a gift today was. Memories that will last a lifetime. You can see some video footage and more pics on our Family Lines facebook site. Click on the link in the lower right corner of this blog page.Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-31581128744482927172010-11-26T10:53:00.000-08:002010-12-06T10:54:45.392-08:00That's what I'm talking about... Now we're steelheadin'!Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-22326378183746867452010-11-15T11:41:00.000-08:002010-12-06T10:02:19.124-08:00Get yours!Wenatchee steelhead fishing has been good, they are throughout the system now. Black, blue, pink, purple, red, orange, flies, jigs, they all have been working. Switching your stuff up isn't bad as long as it isn't so often that you're never in the water long enough to catch anything! The key ingredients as always are location and presentation. If you're drifing a jig or a fly off an indicator Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-18097992265065406762010-11-06T20:27:00.000-07:002010-11-06T20:55:54.614-07:00Heartbreaker!!Good times on the Wenatchee this morning. Water was up a bit but we decided to throw the boat on for a few hours. Good news was that Mikey hooked up his first steelhead just shortly after catching a nice bull trout. Bad news was that it ended up being an LDR. Next time Mike... that fish is yours! We'll be back.Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-1715133809828124762010-09-27T22:03:00.000-07:002010-09-27T22:25:51.061-07:00Steel Alas!Last Thursday I got to take my dad out for a day of steelheading on the Wenatchee. It was a fun day; we hooked 5 but only got one to the boat. They were all strong fish and the consensus on the river seems to be that we're getting a good batch of hefty wild ones right now. The best part about the day (besides just getting to hang out with dad) was seeing dad call his fish. As we watched the floatFamily Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-7298953666271359462010-09-18T21:57:00.000-07:002010-09-18T22:06:26.210-07:00FrankenstickSince we're still waiting for the Wenatchee to heat up for steelhead, Frank C. and I headed westward to fish some tidal water for fall run kings. Frank has spent the summer building a rod specifically for this trip. He named it the "FRANKENSTICK" and it lived up to its name on a few of these fresh out of the salt fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-85910228796538811172010-09-08T12:15:00.000-07:002010-09-08T17:01:32.526-07:00Steelhead Anyone?? Well we did an early drift this morning, had to make it pretty quick so we never worked any particular section of water for too long. We put on the water at 6:00 and hit the take out at 9:00. Our final tally for the morning was one whitefish, one small trout, and no steelhead. Not exactly the HOT opening day action we were hoping for. We talked with a F&W staff who said he'd surveyed 30+ Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-10686422365580042752010-09-07T16:33:00.000-07:002010-09-08T11:11:39.830-07:00Steelhead Opener on the Wenatchee Tomorrow!Rigging the boat up for tomorrow morning. Floating with Andrew C. and Frank C. May be crowded out there but it should be fun! Any day on the water is a good day. And a day on the water with good friends is even better. Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-65288698754453158772010-08-13T11:58:00.000-07:002010-08-13T12:43:47.775-07:00More Sockeye! View at www.familylinesnetwork.blogspot.comWe had another fantastic morning out on the boat today. Captain Sarah and lead rigger Jeb nailed it and we limited out with 8 fish in two hours. Niiiice! I think the best part for me was to share the time with my little "L-man" who was able to both reel in and net his first sockeye salmon of his fishing career. Thanks for another memory maker Butler fam! Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099861824366541147.post-70225773579411790122010-08-10T21:50:00.000-07:002010-08-10T22:29:19.369-07:00Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishingJeb and Jon using the old "hold your fish closer to the camera to make them look bigger" trick. Thanks for a great morning on Lake Wenatchee Jeb!Family Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007349461639801182noreply@blogger.com0