I wish I had known about the clean-up, as I would have helped. Blind boy here missed the notice, I guess. How did you find out about it? How can I get on a list for the next cleanup?
Richard Embry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:54 AM Subject: Three Cheers for Worley Bugger (Yak report) > Steve and the guys at the Worley Bugger in Ellensburg deserve a big round > of thanks for organizing last weekend's river clean up on the Yakima! We > gathered at Ringer and I counted about 40 altogether. Probably 10 or so > with boats. Coffee & donuts (and lots of trash bags) were provided, and we > all signed up for pretty short stretches from Ringer to Roza. Seemed like 2 > or 3 boats on each stretch, and plenty of landlubbers hitting the takeouts > and camping areas. The boats leap-frogged their stretch, stopping to pick > up trash on beaches/bars, and of course we fished. It was cold, so stone > fly nymphs were on the menu. My boat partner switched to a 15' sink tip and > lost a couple of flies (in the right place) but picked up one very nice > 'bow that was jumper. I picked up a consolation prize, about a 17" white > fish that fought back. Saw some little ones picked up on the surface with > the bwo hatch around 2pm-3pm. We all took out at 3pm, piled up the trash > for pick up, and headed back to the shop for bbq'd burgers and a very nice > raffle (one ticket & one chance per "trasher") with a whole mess of nice > prizes. I didn't get a count of the bags, but there was a huge pile of > trash that is no longer on the river. > > Pat Bolton > > >
