Steelhead S2
Active Member
Slow!
We tried for an early start. Half way there, my partner realizes he forgot his wading boots. So we wait for the store to open at eight. Good bye early start, but no big deal.
First stop: gun club. When we arrive, there is one other vehicle, and the young fella is just stringing up. We walk up to a little spot I like above the Bucket and start our morning with presentations suitable to low and very clear conditions. The conditions are not the best for my little sport, so I move back down river and bump into the young fella, in the company of his black dog. His report: nada so far.
Pretty soon we make a move. There are only two trucks at the Falls so we wander down. The gong show is amassed on the far side, but only one other angler on the near side. I chat with him (a visitor from up north) while my buddy scouts around. We worked it for a while. Saw two hooked on the far side, but nothing going on for us. So off we go.
Final stop is Anglers, and we stroll down river till we find a very pretty stretch. No fish there either. But the scenery and the solitude made it an absolute pleasure to fish.
So, this is really a conditions report more than a fishing report. Low and clear. But my first day out since March, and it felt great. Out again on the first, so hopefully this bit of rain brings them in.
We tried for an early start. Half way there, my partner realizes he forgot his wading boots. So we wait for the store to open at eight. Good bye early start, but no big deal.
First stop: gun club. When we arrive, there is one other vehicle, and the young fella is just stringing up. We walk up to a little spot I like above the Bucket and start our morning with presentations suitable to low and very clear conditions. The conditions are not the best for my little sport, so I move back down river and bump into the young fella, in the company of his black dog. His report: nada so far.
Pretty soon we make a move. There are only two trucks at the Falls so we wander down. The gong show is amassed on the far side, but only one other angler on the near side. I chat with him (a visitor from up north) while my buddy scouts around. We worked it for a while. Saw two hooked on the far side, but nothing going on for us. So off we go.
Final stop is Anglers, and we stroll down river till we find a very pretty stretch. No fish there either. But the scenery and the solitude made it an absolute pleasure to fish.
So, this is really a conditions report more than a fishing report. Low and clear. But my first day out since March, and it felt great. Out again on the first, so hopefully this bit of rain brings them in.
