A week ago I went Ice fishing at Fish Lake near Lake Wenatchee with the group of folks in the picture below. The group is part of the Family Lines "Family" and my friend Jon pulled this gaggle of folks together for some fun on the ice. We all gathered to get ready at another buddy's home on the lake, thanks Dave Nier, We got the fire going and burning well for those who needed warmth, hot dogs and smores. Another neighbor brought in his Honda powered auger to cut the holes which was great because we moved once and hole cutting was a done in a flash. The kids and dads, grand dads and significant others showed up boiling over with energy. We got the set up and the first fish caught was a nice 14 inch rainbow and that started things off. There were a couple more trout and lots of perch caught before the weather shifted and it got windy, rained, sleeted and then at the end snowed on us. I was shocked, most of the kids were die hard fisher folks with water dripping from their hair and eyes, runny noses and lots of shaking going on but they stuck with it. After a couple of hours we went in and I have never seen so many hot dogs contending for fire to get cooked. After hot dogs a Perch Curling contest was held on the ice. Jon said after the contest got going, "I am not sure that these kids may get a bit traumatized", because the fish were still alive as they were being used for the contest. The last thing to do was to cook up the smores and then everyone was on their way home to get warm.
A great day with the Family Lines group. If you want to learn more about them they have a website at familylines.org and if you are so inclined help them out with a donation or if you have a child that you would like to get interested in fly fishing connect with them. They have a great program of building your own rod, tying your own fly and then going on outings.
If you are interested in ice fishing do it fast because the weather is changing and the stability of the ice is starting to come into question.
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