Had a free afternoon today, decided to hit up the infamous Lake Up the Road. The waters around where I live have been a bit goofy all summer - got some long fish stories - so it's nice to have a fairly normal experience in my own back yard. Alas, the call of staging October browns is growing louder, and I will drive 35 minutes to go catch them at some point this weekend. But today was more of a 10 minute drive kind of a day.
Another free sunny October afternoon - I thought about chasing pheasants, but my dad said he wanted to go get into some trout today. I think he's just trying to get out of the walking exercises he's supposed to be doing. Anyway, we got into some good rainbows, brought a couple home for some smoke action. They're starting to color up, so this is probably the last round of rainbows from the Lake Up the Road for the season.