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Trip to the River of no return
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03-21-2009, 12:00 AM
I hate to be posting, because that means i'm back. The fishing was very slow, plus rain then mud, but like I said I can catch steelies out of the bathtub, I only landed one on my drift rig, and caught three and lost one on my fly rod, which i'm a newby to, so all and all it was steelhead fishing at it's finest, and can't wait to get back up for next weekend.
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03-21-2009, 01:02 AM
[fishin]Can catch steelies out of the bathtub???? Man i need a tub like that.... lol anywho good job nice pix.
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03-21-2009, 06:28 AM
nice fish.i want to try with my fly rod next time but i never have done it before are you just using split shot to get the egg pattern down to the fish
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03-21-2009, 02:21 PM
Thanx. Yah, just one or two of the smallest is all it takes. I seen you was fishing dutch oven a couple of weeks ago, I haven't fished that hole for years, but I hear it has changed, what seems to be the best part of it these days.
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03-21-2009, 02:43 PM
Nice fish RB1! Wish I could have stayed and fished with ya. Looks like you did pretty good on the flyrod! I should have taken mine it looks like. Did you hook all those in that same spot? If the water's low, it can't be beat!
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03-21-2009, 02:53 PM
Yah I think you know the spot pretty well. I wished you could've stayed to, it sounds like mid april till the both of us can go.
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03-21-2009, 09:44 PM
dutch oven is alright if you dont mind a ton of people its pretty good on the lower end of it now any where from that rock popping out in the middle down.
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03-22-2009, 12:24 AM
I haven't fished dutchoven for years! When I used to fish it there wasn't a hole below that rock. When I was about 13 I had a 38+ incher break my line swinging my fly right above that rock. It was a good hole, caught alot of fish there, then I figured out I could fish the rest of the river and do pretty darn good without all the people.[
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03-22-2009, 01:41 AM
hey, we're pretty much neighbors, if you would like i'm going sat. if conditions are good you're welcome to join. Its 20 a night. I'll show you how i can catch them out of a bathtub lol.[laugh]
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03-22-2009, 04:25 AM
You should have stayed longer. The lower river was in good shape Friday and Saturday. Four of us (all rookies) landed 14 and we didn't fish very long on Saturday. By the way where is Dutch Oven?
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03-22-2009, 04:51 AM
I am still not going to believe it until I see the evidence (pics).[cool] J/K
I am just jealous I had the chance to go with you guys and couldn't get away. Windriver [signature]
03-22-2009, 04:52 PM
Ya, where's the pics?[sly] Sounds like a good day! Dutchoven is in the canyon about 200 yards upriver from X-hole which is where all the trailers are parked w/ a bathroom there.
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03-22-2009, 05:19 PM
Thats where we were fishing. A guy that has fished that hole since he was a kid told us it was the Falls Hole, and down river there are some rapids that are called dutch oven. I guess every hole on the river has more than one name depending on who is fishing it.
I have attached a picture of the 8 fish we brought home, we let the rest go. The picture is not very good but Windriver will at least believe we caught some fish. The biggest fish was 32 inches and the highlight of the trip was the guy who caught it has been trying to land a steelhead for years and finally this trip landed four. One of the other guys had a 30 plus inch fish on but it took him under the rocks and cut his line after a long fight. Like I said all of us are rookies. I caught my first steelhead last year and one of the other guys caught his first last year. The other two guys caught their first this year. SteelFisher [signature]
03-22-2009, 05:22 PM
Nice pic! That's a good trip. You were camped right next to us it looks like. Springcreek?
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03-22-2009, 05:41 PM
Yes we were at Spring Creek. I wish we would have met you, we pulled in Friday afternoon were you still there at that time? Here is another picture of the biggest one we landed. I am about to the stage to start learning other places to fish the river. There are too many people competing for the best holes in the narrows. We left Dutch Oven probably by 10:00 AM so others could fish it. I have a drift boat so I will start floating and fishing some of the spots up river from Spring Creek.
It seems like you need to catch a fish or two to get the confidence to try holes that are less popular. SteelFisher [signature]
03-22-2009, 05:54 PM
We pulled out of there at 10 am, we was where that yellow tent is in the artic fox trailer. Nice catch'n, was that friday or saturday, I fished fri. mornin and didn't get a bite.
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03-22-2009, 06:21 PM
We pulled in Friday afternoon and left Saturday by 3:00 PM. I caught two fish Friday in the daylight and the rest were caught after dark from midnight until 8:00 AM Saturday.
We could have held the hole all day Saturday but we were all satisified and content to let some others have it. I didn't even wet a line after 8:00 AM Saturday. I had landed 5 fish and had quite a few others on plus I have been sick so I took a nap until everyone else was ready to go. It was a great trip for us and we all learned alot. I learned that I need to buy better hooks because I had alot of fish get off after fighting them a while. I bought some Eagle Claw Laser Sharp salmon/steelhead hooks and a guy told us it is better to use a finer wire hook because it will penetrate better. I did alot better until I ran out of the Gamakatsu hooks. What hooks do you guys have the best luck with? Thanks, SteelFisher [signature]
03-22-2009, 06:39 PM
I like those gamawhatever[laugh] 1/0 octipus, they seem to sink deep. That hole we call the jig hole (falls hole), the next hole down is dutch oven.
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03-23-2009, 12:12 AM
I have fished with you enough to believe you [laugh]. I am just sorry I'm not going to get out much for another month. After that I will start putting in my fishing time.
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03-23-2009, 02:20 AM
Congrats. My Dad and I are planning on going next weekend. It will be my second trip (didn't catch any last year), and my Dads first steelhead trip. We are planning on going near Ellis thats where I went last year and I have all the right gear that the people who actually caught some fish were using last year. But I didn't know people fished for steelhead after dark. If you are willing to let me know the night time techniques I would be very interested. I have all the helgies, pink worms and corkies and the normal steelhead stuff, does this stuff work at night as well?? Any ways I just hope I at least catch one this year. PM me if you want. THanks
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