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Lewis River Lavender – Maker of Organic Essential Oils and more.

We are starting a new chapter towards retirement. We have decided to grow lavender on our property for both aesthetic appeal and hopefully generate a little income. Our family organic lavender farm will produce dried flower bundles, essential oils, soaps, lotions and much much more. We are located in Ridgefield, WA just off the Lewis […]

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2021 Springer Fishing – An Epic Week

I am sure many are relieved to put 2020 behind them and look forward to 2021 and beyond. From the pandemic to all the inconsistent rules and guidelines about masking and social distancing. The most outrageous of all the restrictions was the fishing closure. How much more social distant can you be when fishing by […]

Early Boat Limits

Early Boat Limits

Who does not like an early boat limit of nice sized coho? People who fish like fishing, but they do not necessarily want to spend all day doing it unless they are just out to catch and release. This was not one of those days. We pulled away from the dock just after 7am. Executed […]

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Ocean Opener 2020

When the ocean salmon season opened up a week ago, I was reading a number of reports about early limits of both chinook and coho. Due to weather and ocean conditions, we decided to wait. It was a hard week of anxiety for sure. It was finally time. Had an early wake up call and […]