Well the coast was the venue again today, and it did not let me down. Although the fishing was good today, the hooking was also good, but my landing ratio went way down today. I hooked up with two fish right off the get go, and promptly lost them both, one of them being a Steelhead. Today I had along for the ride, a fly fisherman by the name of Doug. I met Doug while fishing Eagle creek last winter. Doug moved here from Arizona last year, and is getting acquainted to fishing bigger fish. Doug has been fishing for Trout most of his life, but I will try to convert him to the “dark side”, (“Winter Steelhead Fishing”).  Doug belongs to the Clackamas Fly Fishers club, a very well established group of fly fisherman, dedicated to preserving the species, and teaching or learning the art of Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon. Today Doug had a bit of a slow start. While I was hooking fish, Doug was unhooking from the bottom. After I hooked up with about 6 or 7 fish, 3 for sure being Steehead, and landing two Steelhead, and losing the rest, I left the hole to Doug. I went just below him, and hooked 2 more fish. I lost both of them, one being a very large Chinook. I then headed on down river a couple hundred yards and let Doug have to entire area. About 15 minutes later I hear a holler from upstream, and Doug is holding a massive Chinook Salmon, the biggest Doug has ever landed on a Fly rod. We got some great pics of this behemoth. Also a great shot of the one Steelhead thathung around long enough to have it’s picture taken. Another great trip to the Oregon coast, and the Trask River.

Good luck out there!!!!

Flymstr;

I took another trip to the Oregon coast today, and the results, although slower, were great. Matt and I fished the same run that Steve and I had fished 2 days before. The fish seemed to have congregated in the deeper holes, and the sun was making them alittle spooky. I was able to land 3 big Chinook, although they were all fairly dark, they still put up a great fight on the fly pole. The Silvers seem to be alittle less willing to bite, but we were able to get into a few nice ones. Here are some pics, and a Video of Matt landing a nice Silver on his fly rod. He was using some rubber eggs, they seem to work well for him today. There is also another video embedded in this video. After watching the first video, there will be a choice of related video’s. In the second video, Titled “Rock Slider”, I show the route a fish took when I hooked it. This fish took three jumps right at me, and then landed on the rock (“Three feet above the water”), slide down the rock and into the pool behind me in the rocks. Crazy fish. Enjoy.

Good luck out there!!

Flymstr;

Well as I promised, here are some pics from the last day on the Situk. These two guests of the Yakutat Lodge, were great guys to fish with. Although the one gentlemen with the ugly stick in his hand, started out alittle skeptical, he finally came around and caught a ton of fish in one day. These guys really were alot of fun to fish with, and I hope to hear from them again soon, hopefully next Silver season for sure.

Well the wireless was down the last week that I was in Yak, so that is why no updates in the last week or so. I will putting up all the pictures I have not done for the last Yakutat Lodge clients of the season. I am sending out a Sorry to Paul Zimmerman for not taking a single picture. Paul is by far one of the clients that I really look forward to Seeing every year. I had a great time with Paul just before I left, and I hope to see you (Paul), and the newly weds, next year. To all those who have been looking for their pictures this last week, I will be getting to that tomorrow. So look for them here. And I will also now be posting from Oregon, on Silvers, Fall Chinook, and most importantly, WINTER STEELHEAD!!!!!.

See ya all soon.

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Good luck out there.

Flymstr;