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January 20 Steelhead Report Posted 20 Jan 2010 IN: General BY mhadmin
Greetings fellow mykiss hunters!
Hope everyone got what they wished for Christmas. As I sit down to write this report, it is about a week old, but since the last time we heard of any fishing reports the river has been blown out. Fishing has been decent considering the week of the “Pineapple Express” hitting our west coast hard. Torrential rains caused the rivers to rise considerably, but luckily Mother Nature dealt us with a favorable hand. Close to zero snow pack on the mountains helped the rivers to come back into shape almost immediately. During these short periods of favorable conditions, fly anglers have been reporting success in certain parts of the rivers using heavy sink tip and weighted fly systems. The colors of the flies vary but majority of the successful hook ups are in the pink “rockstars” and intruder patterns tied in black and purple colors. I expect this to change when the river comes back into shape and the colors to have in your fly box will be in the orange colors! Pressures on the rivers have eased off immensely as regulations of “zero retention” fish policy kicked in a couple years back. There have been sightings of seals way up in the river system and I think they are doing a number on the fish populations. I am bringing this issue up with the local CO and hope that they will do something about it!
As I sit on my desk writing this report, the updated water levels look like the river is coming back into shape. Enough said! I am dying to try out my new delta long bellied line! |
