Jeremy Westlake, 14, of North Bend, hooked several beauties Saturday, May 3, during the Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s annual fishing derby, using scented bait. - Seth Truscott / Snoqualmie Valley Record
Seth Truscott / Snoqualmie Valley Record
Jeremy Westlake, 14, of North Bend, hooked several beauties Saturday, May 3, during the Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s annual fishing derby, using scented bait.

Families learn to fish together at trout derby


October 2, 2008 · Updated 6:14 PM 

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Parents and grandparents passed down the skills, thrills and patient lessons of fishing to their little ones last Saturday, May 3, during the 51st year of Mount Si Fish and Game Club’s annual children’s fishing derby.

“He’s actually teaching me a few things,” Snoqualmie resident Joe Richter said of his son Luke Joseph Richter, age 4. “He’s a natural caster, so I’m

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