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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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    Truth in advertising

     (The following statement is not entirely accurate.) FISHING IS GREAT, COME ON OUT!                                                 Employee of the month  … 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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    Good weather for spring

    I don’t know, I like a nice big spring storm, something to wash away the last of winter. Right on time, just about the time you start seeing Spring Chinook in the lower sol duc in places you can maybe … read more »

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    Springer fishing

    Springer fishing is now, and soon maybe some very interesting steelhead fishing. Spring Chinook fishing here on the peninsula will peak between the second week of May and the first week of June.  By the third week of  May there … 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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