Hey Lavaman & Scott,
Overall we had a good trip. The weather was great... we never really saw any rain and the temps were comfortable. However, everyone else must've thought the same because it was pretty crowded out there. Bob went 3 for 5 and landed 2 decent Steelies and a Brown, and I also went 3 for 5, landing 2 Browns and a Steel-head. We both lost a couple BIG fish
...Mine was a heart-breaker...I hooked into a big chrome steelie that was about 15lbs...He hit hard and skimmed across the surface about 10ft giving us a good look at him...I fought with him for 5-6 minutes, when hit wrapped himself around a big rock...I was able to manuever him back around and keep him on, but then he ran for the faster water down-river....I kept him on, but he kept peeling out line...Our guide Tom was going to have me hop out of the drift boat to chase him down stream but didn't realize how much line he took out as he was at least 200ft down river....he had the momentum going and I couldn't really do much with the drag pretty much tightened as much as it could go with out snapping...We were just about to chase him down river in the boat when he broke off on a rock, and the line went slack....
I was quite disappointed to say the least...
The conditions were great for wading, but as I mentioned it was crowded with many people taking advantage of the low water flow...Bob and I focused on fishing the lower end of the river where it wasn't as crowded...I can't see how someone would enjoy fishing shoulder to shoulder with 30-40 other guys like they do below the hatchery? (Altmar)...Granted there is more of a concentration of fish up there, but what a circus....Just my opinion
Here's a few pics from the weekend and a video of Bob landing one of his very first Steelhead....
Click to watch video...
