Trout Fishing on the McKenzie

November 3rd, 2009

Trout Fishing

photo of Shawn by Tiffany Haugen

The Bob’s Red Mill tour I went on last year was very influential for me. I learned about the stoned ground process (here’s the post) and I met Tiffany Haugen. Tiffany had just released The Power of Flour, a cookbook endorsed by Bob’s Red Mill, and she happened to take the tour the same day I did. After the tour, we got to talking and I discovered that not only could she cook fish, she could catch them, too.  I expressed my desire to learn how to fish and she expressed her desire to learn more about photography, and a trade was born.  Finally, this past September we made it happen and I went down to Springfield, OR to fish on the McKenzie River.  Tiffany, Scott, and their sons Braxton and Kazden, took me out on the river. Besides fishing, I was able to take some photos of this beautiful and fun family outing.

Towards the end of the gallery you’ll see photos of the trout I cooked on a cedar plank, which Tiffany taught me how to do from her Plank It! Wrap It! cookbook. Tiffany and Scott have lived around the world and are a wealth of information. They share their knowledge by writing books and articles. I recommend checking out Tiffany’s cookbooks at www.tiffanyhaugen.com and you can learn a lot about fishing and hunting from Scott at his website, www.scotthaugen.com.