Played a little hooky from work this afternoon and headed with a buddy up to the Blue Creek hatchery on the Cowlitz. Wading out and casting night crawlers, the fishing was hot immediately, well at least for my buddy. I began floating a crawler under a bobber, but the trout weren't having any of that offering. About the time my buddy had his sixth trout drifting a crawler with no bobber, I ditched my bobber and followed suit. I immediately began getting fish on and the bite kept on until we had to leave. Had a few get off the barbless hooks, but we were C&Ring anyway and it was still fun. What a beautiful day on the river! Weather was shirt sleeve and not a cloud in the sky. In the end we C&R'd over a dozen between us.