Thanks for the offer, Sage_Flyguy. I live in Dallas... and I'm pretty tied down here with work for the time being. But, I'll let you know if I decide to take you up on that someday (at least the directions).
Well, my brother and I went up to the Little Luckiamute early this morning for a few hours. Hiked up past the white gate quite a ways. And... I caught my first trout! Then three more followed (not to mention 3 or 4 missed bites). Used the same orange stimulator for the entire morning. Released all of them; all were native cutthroat and only one was legal (measurements were 5 and 1/4, 9, 6, 5 and 3/4). Beautiful fish.
Had a great time... my brother says he did as well (even though he tragically snapped off the tip of his fly rod and caught nothing)! Got a few bites, though.