Author Archives: Jim
Low Water but good fishing
The water is really low and clear and the weather is bright
and beautiful and we still seem to manage to land a couple of nice steelhead a
day. Fish are moving cautiously
into the lower ends of all the rivers and not much farther. Towards the end of last week and
through the weekend it seemed like about fifty fifty mix of hatchery versus
native fish but I think we weeded the last batch of hatchery fish out now and
its mostly native steelhead in the 9 to 14 pound class. The pressure is mostly …
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Bid here for the trip for sam
Well this will be the last post before the final day of the
auction for Sam. Many people have
contacted me about making donations, you can mail a check made out to Sam and
Renee Kennedy to Kennedy, C/O Katrina Henry PO box 563 Forks Wa 98331
In case you missed the previous posts here are the details.
My good friend and fellow fishing guide Sam Kennedy has been
very sick with cancer for some time, and despite good health insurance it has
predictably put his family on the ropes financially. There is a benefit
dinner for him here in Forks …
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Nice day yesterday
I am going to lead with this again. I am leaving the trip auction open
until the 7th, there has to be some one out there willing to open
the bidding at one dollar.
My good friend and fellow fishing guide Sam Kennedy has been
very sick with cancer for some time, and despite good health insurance it has
predictably put his family on the ropes financially. There is a benefit
dinner for him here in Forks on the 7th and lots of guides including
myself have offered to donate trips for auction. I have decided instead of
donating a trip I …
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Steelhead benefit auction
Well,
My good friend and fellow fishing guide Sam Kennedy has been
very sick with cancer for some time, and despite good health insurance it has
predictably put his family on the ropes financially.read more »
Good conditions, big steelhead
Well I fished with Chris yesterday, the lower Sol Duc was in awesome shape, maybe a tiny bit high but the color was perfect, I know there are a fair number of big fresh steelhead in there but we only … read more »
Once again delivering the news you need
Well I just got back but here is what I know; all the rivers
are in good shape and look good, and I heard reports of decent numbers and some
nice sized steelhead from yesterday.
You should probably go fishing.
Baja was awesome; I fished a little and mostly caught little
fish. We snorkeled, hiked in the
desert, drank, ate and hung out with good friends.
Although it was not the season I beach fished for roosters,
caught some really little ones and cast at a few decent ones. I think I would like to try …
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Sink Tips for Steelhead Fishing Vol. two
Sink Tips cont.
O.K. Read here: Sink Tips for Steelhead Fishing, Vol. One, if you missed the first article.
So here is a quick and dirty way to make a line loop that will never break and is pretty smooth. It won’t loop the end of your Skagit line but its fine for your compensators and tips.
Take the end of your line and double it over about ½ an inch. Now just take a fly tying bobbin loaded with Fine/clear Uni-mono fly tying thread, and make a wrap or three around both legs of the line and back over the thread to hold it securely, just like you would begin tying a fly.
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