Howdy,
Those of you that have followed this blog for a time may have seen a handful of articles written that reference the Yakima River and my good buddy, fellow guide, fly pattern co-developer and all around great guy Derek Young . A non-fishing trip a few years back took me through that area and that started a chain of events chronicled here and here.
Howdy,
My winter steelheading is about to come to an end here on the Little North Santiam. The fish will be pairing up and starting to spawn next month. That’s my signal to leave them be so that we will continue to see good runs in future years.
It’s been a great season. Beginning in late November, the Little North dropped into shape and some steelhead moved in. As usual, a summer hatchery fish or two followed the winter natives in and I was able to mark my tag and put one in the freezer.
Hatchery Steelhead
Howdy,
With the holidays approaching and winter creeping upon us, I’ve got the itch for Winter Steelheading. This is my time of year to fish. The phone at the guide service stops ringing and fly anglers sit down at the vise to tie up their own (instead of ordering flies from me), so it gets a little slow. I couldn’t ask for anything more. I like the free time. It gives me a chance to work on new patterns AND a chance to test them.
a January 2011 Winter Steelhead
Howdy,
It’s time to call it. The Coho run this year was a bust! Not that 3,000 + fish is that bad, but it’s not the kind of number to really heat things up. I’ve heard rumors of a Coho caught here and there, but nothing like to two previous years. I wasn’t able to connect with a single Silver this year in my few attempts at targeting them. Compared to the past two seasons when I connected with 3 or 4 on each outting.
Howdy,
A little over two years ago I wrote a blog article [ here ] about Lori & I’s trip to the Gorge Amphitheater to watch a Dave Matthews Band concert. It wasn’t really a fishing related story, other than the mention that I wished to return to the Yakima River someday and fling a fly or two. The trip was a birthday present from Lori (a really good one) and since Lori was pregnant at the time, it was timely. We’d soon have a new baby and the opportunity to hop in a car and drive 300+ miles to see a concert wouldn’t come around all that often for a while.
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