Category Archives: Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing Report
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Lots o chrome steelhead
A little snow melt goes along way, a couple of hot days put some color I the river and the fishing went from dead stop to full speed ahead this week. There are still fresh summer steelhead rolling in and … read more »
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First steelhead in 112 years
Fished a two-boat gear trip yesterday. We had three generations land their first steelhead. We saw a bunch of good bright summer steelhead but never really figured out how to get them snapping. Here are some pics of some of … read more »
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Done with the chinook, on to steelhead
Headed to the Kalama this week, we will see if the water there still runs down stream. The Forks area rivers are about the same, some springers, a few summer steelhead, nothing great but nice water conditions and beautiful rivers. … read more »
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Summer run steelhead time
Yes, Spring Chinook, we finally had a decent push of nice size fish. I would expect about two more weeks of good fishing for the big spring kings. Some summer steelhead are showing up here and there all over. I … read more »
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Summer steelhead Vol. 2
Judge your day by the weather. Rainy, foggy or overcast days will keep fish moving. They are good days to hit your good holes but also some of the transitional water in between. If you hook a real fresh fish … read more »
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Tips on June Summer steel head volume 1
The early summer steelhead, those fish that return from late may through the second week of July are a race of there own and really, in a lot of respects the most steelheady of all the runs. That is … read more »
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Trout fishing, Aww hell no!
Nice trout.
Proof that size is relative.
For the last six or eight weeks I have been trying not to put any fish up on this fly fishing blog unless they were better than 12 pounds and chrome bright. The other day we caught this cutthroat trout and it occurred to me that even though it was a fish to be measured in inches rather than pounds, it was a pretty cool critter.
In the last four fly fishing trips we have landed only two bright native steelhead, and no summer run hatchery steelhead yet.
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