COFFEE BREAK
6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021
Adult daughter still has to check in with parents
do I feel like a child. It’s not as though
they are in a position to help me if
something did go awry. I would be
forced to handle it myself, regardless.
I have tried reasoning with them,
Dear Abby: I am a 30-year-old
but it hasn’t worked. Can you please
married woman. My job requires a lot help me explain to them what a
of domestic travel, which I love. My
normal adult-child relationship looks
parents continue to ask that I “check like, so we can stop arguing and I can
in” whenever I fl y, and often text
feel like the capable woman I am? —
or call asking me where I am, even
Capable Adult in Pennsylvania
though I provide them my schedule.
Dear Capable Adult: Your
I feel this indicates a lack of confi -
parents appear to be having trouble
dence that I can take care of myself.
letting go of their parental role. If
They frame it as “they love me” or
you are providing them with your
“they care,” but, to me, it feels like a
schedule and itinerary, you are doing
constant putdown. I know it doesn’t
enough. One way to win an “argu-
take long to respond, but every time I ment” is simply not to argue. If you do
TROUT
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(And a Band-Aid container stuffed
with red wigglers in my canvas creel as
backup.) Unfortunately, I’m stuck with a
pair of wet hackle fl ies that trout show no
interest in.
A half-mile hike warms my bones and
leads me to a 50-yard-long, low-gradient
pool that grandson Liam favors because
it’s always good for a brace of keepers.
My latent casting skills improve. Trout
usually look up for something to eat, but
not today with dark clouds overhead and
a smattering of rain. Grandpa Harry was
a smart man. “Let me know when the
river comes down,” he always said, as an
excuse to not bring his fl y rod out until an
insect hatch was on the water.
Much has changed since I fi rst wet a
fl y from streams that fl ow from the west-
ern fl anks of the Blue Mountains. What
was once a 10-trout harvest limit is down
GIFTS
not wish to check in, don’t do it.
Dear Abby: A relative has
recently, through no fault of his own,
lost a signifi cant amount of money. I
would like to help him out with a gift
of money, with no expectation that he
would repay the money. However, he’s
very proud, and I’m afraid he would
be insulted if I offer him the money. It
could also damage our relationship,
which has always been very good.
Can you offer any words that could
persuade him to accept this gift? You
often have a tactful approach that can
help to maintain a positive relation-
ship but still allow a person to ac-
complish their desired goal. — Proud
in New York
to two, where take is allowed. Opening
day shifted forward from late April to
late May and the minimum catch size of
rainbow trout was increased from 6 to 8
inches. Both measures help increase the
survival of steelhead smolts tardy in their
seaward migration. Although these con-
servation practices have been in effect for
more than 20 years, trout and steelhead
populations remain low.
Two hours later I fi nd myself 50 yards
up a nearby tributary creek, on my
hands and knees to maneuver past a ma-
jestic fi r uprooted by the force of raging
fl ow. Rainbow trout often seek temporary
refuge in headwater or “feeder” creeks
when mainstem discharge is high. I
hooked a dozen small trout dabbing a fl y
in a quarter-mile stretch of the creek’s
stairstep pools one spring. Washtub-size
boulders now stand on end. Shoreline
vegetation is laid bare, leaving a path
of loose cobble 20 yards wide. Lacking
recent rainfall, the creek runs low in a
• Rattlin Traps.
• Frogg Togg rain gear.
CLOTHING
• Compass.
• GPS.
Outdoor clothing is a
• Ruger 10/22 rifl e. The
big market and there are
10/22 is the most popular .22 some good products on the
market.
rifl e ever made.
• HAELEUM Shirts:
• MYTOPO Maps.
• Riton 10x42 binoculars. They offer a multitude of
T-shirts that repel ticks and
FISHING
mosquitoes. About to start
Fishing equipment can
testing them.
be very specifi c, according to
• 5.11 tactical pants. They
what species that he likes
offer a lot of models
to fi sh for, where he fi shes
• Heybo fi shing shirts.
and what time of year. So
They have cool ones.
ask him what he desires or
• Irish Setter boots. Irish
inquire what is popular at a Setter offers light weight
local outdoor store.
hiking boots on up to tall
• Jigs.
heavy duty leather winter
• Plastics (Mr. Twister
boots. They also have some
makes good ones).
nice offerings for wearing in
• Flies (I get mine cheap
town.
from fl ydealfl ies.com).
• Hiking socks.
• Fishing rod/reel or a fl y
• Kryptek: I’ve just start-
rod/reel. Ask him what kind ed testing their gear but love
he prefers or he might not
it. I’ve got a couple of their
like it.
Sonora Hoodies. They’re like
• Dip net.
a base layer with a hood.
Dennis Dauble is a retired fi shery scientist,
outdoor writer, presenter and educator
who lives in Richland, Washington. For
more stories about outdoor adventure,
including fi sh and fi shing in area waters,
seeDennisDaubleBooks.com.
Dennis Dauble/Contributed Photo
Long, wide shallows and bare
cobble shorelines remain in Blue
Mountain streams as evidence of
the massive February 2020 fl ood.
FISHING
BACKPACKING
• Backpacks. Alps Moun-
taineering offers a big line of
packs.
• Alps backpacking tents.
• Alps sleeping bags and
pads.
• Fire-starting gear.
• Aquamira fi ltered straws
and fi ltered water bottles.
• Hiking socks.
• Benchmade Claymore
folding knife
• Backpacking chair like
the Alps Dash.
• Bushnell solar panels.
• Backpacking meals.
• Adventure medical kits.
And if you don’t have any
money (or even if you do) the
all-time best gift that you
could ever give him is three
free passes that you will go
fi shing, hunting, camping
or backpacking with him. I
guarantee you, that would be
the best gift that you could
ever give him!
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you watch for fi sh. If you have fl ies in your
hat it implies you have fi shed before and
rejected those patterns for something better.
Continued from Page 1B
Hang out in a fl y shop
Wander around, buy a fl y box and a few
trout fl ies, look at the recommendations
of where to fi sh that are usually posted on
the wall. Listen to other anglers. You need
to pick up a few buzz words to know what
they’re talking about. Lines, line weights,
rod actions, leaders, tippets, wet fl ies, dry
fl ies, nymphs. There is a lot to learn, but it is
easy to pick up.
Read a comic book
This is important. “Curtis Creek Mani-
festo” was written in a style that appeals to
the 11-year-old in all of us. Pick it up and
read it cover to cover. Other options: “The
Secrets of St. Anthony’s Creek” by Michael
Rahtz or “Get Started Fly-fi shing” by Craig
Schuhmann. All are available from Frank
Amato Publications and can be found in
any fl y shop. Either book will help to lay a
foundation for a fl y-fi shing future.
Astoria
Longview
Kennewick
61/69
St. Helens
Vancouver
62/70
64/73
62/82
Condon
64/84
64/73
60/71
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Mostly sunny
and warmer
Mostly sunny
and warm
Mostly sunny;
not as warm
Plenty of
sunshine
52 89 53
88 52
83 46
79 44
Eugene
4
6
9
60/69
88 55
77 46
81 49
4
10
8
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
9
4
56 88 55
Comfort Index™
8
78 43
75 48
4
9
8
4
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 111°
Low: 13°
Wettest: 7.81”
65°
47°
68°
43°
70°
45°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Trace
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.47
Year to date
2.23
Normal year to date
5.00
0.00
Trace
0.61
5.90
8.41
Trace
Trace
0.70
14.21
12.62
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
35%
E at 6 to 12 mph
6.9
0.26
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
Elkton
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17% of capacity
82% of capacity
47% of capacity
91% of capacity
50% of capacity
86% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
3350 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
72 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
97 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
87 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1070 cfs
Powder River near Richland
48 cfs
Roswell, N.M.
Bodie State Park, Calif.
Greenwood, Miss.
OREGON
High: 74°
Low: 28°
Wettest: 0.48”
Hermiston
Crater Lake
Rome
WEATHER HISTORY
A strong storm brought fl ooding to the
Pacifi c Northwest prior to June 12, 1948. A
fl ood along the Columbia River yielded the
highest water levels since 1894.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
SUN.
5:04 a.m. 5:04 a.m.
8:41 p.m. 8:41 p.m.
6:41 a.m. 7:40 a.m.
11:02 p.m. 11:42 p.m.
MOON PHASES
First
Jun 17
Full
Jun 24
Last
Jul 1
New
Jul 9
62/75
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
53/89
Paisley
52/84
51/79
Frenchglen
51/89
62/81
Klamath Falls
49/79
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Hi/Lo/W
65/54/sh
81/53/sh
97/63/s
60/52/sh
88/50/s
63/55/sh
68/55/sh
91/55/s
87/55/pc
69/57/sh
94/63/pc
82/62/sh
90/56/s
89/52/s
89/54/s
94/64/pc
79/51/pc
82/48/s
Hi/Lo/W
67/51/pc
72/51/pc
94/64/s
60/49/c
88/50/s
67/50/pc
72/51/c
93/56/s
88/55/s
73/53/c
91/61/pc
77/58/sh
89/59/s
85/54/s
90/54/s
94/64/pc
76/47/pc
80/46/s
58/101
Lakeview
48/82
McDermitt
51/90
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
53/93
55/91
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
51/88
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
62/97
62/77
56/60
53/93
48/81
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
52/88
49/82
Beaver Marsh
Ontario
59/96
Burns
Brothers
47/75
Roseburg
Huntington
51/83
58/70
Coos Bay
55/91
63/95
Seneca
55/81
Oakridge
Council
52/89
54/89
55/79
Bend
Powers
55/93
52/79
John Day
54/82
Sisters
Florence
58/63
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
56/60
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
Monument
54/88
58/68
Newport
Enterprise
56/88
56/87
58/65
62/69
60/63
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Corvallis
60/72
91 54
Elgin
55/87
La Grande
56/78
63/88
Idanha
Salem
Partly cloudy
56 87 56
62/90
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
61/91
Hood River
59/90
TONIGHT
La Grande
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Walla Walla
66/94
Maupin
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Gary Lewis is the author of “Bob Nosler
Born Ballistic,” “Fishing Central Oregon”
and other titles. To contact Gary, visit www.
garylewisoutdoors.com
Buy a funny hat
Stick a fl y in it. Stick another fl y in it. You
need a hat anyway, to shade the eyes while
58/65
TIllamook
Comfort Index™ 10
Get a fi shing license
And not just a day license. Don’t wait for
Free Fishing Weekend. Get a license for
the whole year. You’re either a fi sherman or
you’re not.
Last summer my youngest daughter
bought her fi shing license and we packed
the canoe in the back of the Ford. At the
lake, I made her leave her spinning rod in
the truck.
“It’s time to continue your fl yfi shing
education,” I said.
She frowned when I handed her a
3-weight fl y rod. But she remembered what
she knew about fl yfi shing and caught and
released nine trout.
“You have a fl y rod of your own,” I re-
minded her as we put the boat back on the
truck.
“Yes, I should use it more.”
That’s what I was thinking.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
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Baker City
example, I have only my name on
my checks. When I sign for things at
work I always add RN to the end of
my signature. The rest of the time I
do not, which brings me to my next
question: When should I put the
BSN part in there? I tend to never
use it. It is on my name tag for work,
but when sending faxes to doctors or
clinics, I have been leaving it off. —
Nurse Needs To Know
Dear Nurse: Because you have
earned both degrees, you should use
them. In the world of academia, the
college degree is used fi rst. However,
since you are not in that environ-
ment, whichever one you prefer to
use fi rst will be all right.
newly carved channel. There’s not enough
water to hold a trout longer than 4 inches.
I come up empty but vow to return on
a summer afternoon when the river has
settled down and wild trout eagerly rise
to the fl y. The pleasure of opening day is
not so much measured by the number
of trout put in the creel as it’s a welcome
reminder the best days are yet to come.
• XGO base layers.
Continued from Page 1B
Dear Proud: If it were my rela-
tive, this is the approach I would
take:
“Uncle Charlie, you have been
wonderfully supportive of me over
the years. (Be specifi c about a couple
of instances; they do not have to have
anything to do with money — in fact,
it’s better if they don’t.) You would be
doing me a great favor if you would
please accept this because this past
year has been so diffi cult for so many
people, and I have been concerned
about you.” Then I’d cross my fi ngers.
Dear Abby: I am an RN with
a bachelor’s degree in nursing. My
question is, when is it appropriate to
put BSN, RN behind my name? For
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
91/66/s
69/58/sh
86/55/s
81/62/sh
60/53/sh
66/55/sh
96/65/s
92/63/pc
90/59/s
73/60/sh
66/56/sh
82/53/sh
75/58/sh
69/58/sh
82/60/pc
84/62/sh
82/50/pc
90/61/pc
Hi/Lo/W
90/65/s
73/54/c
87/54/s
77/57/pc
61/50/pc
71/50/r
96/64/s
91/62/pc
88/58/s
72/58/c
72/51/pc
76/52/pc
74/54/c
74/54/c
85/59/s
80/63/c
81/46/s
87/60/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Warmer
Sunshine; warmer
62
44
82
48
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Sunshine; warmer
Warmer
72
53
92
61
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny; warm
71
46
76
47
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Warmer
Mostly sunny
89
54
86
56
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Warmer
Warmer
89
53
87
56