Modest_Man
Just Hatched
Hey all,
Moseyed over here from WFF, where I lurked but didn't post much.
Looking for someone who wants to ride in front of my drift boat on the Yakima. I'd like to cut down the learning curve a bit and get out there with someone who knows the river and just wants to ride up front and fish and share knowledge. The caveat being I have limited free days and have to plan quite a bit in advance. My open days for the next month are May 19th, 25th, and the 31st-3rd; almost all weekend days unfortunately. I've only floated the Yakima once, from the KOA to Ringer. I'd like to learn the canyon stretch.
I looked into booking a trip with Red's Shop but holy hell have guided trips gotten expensive ($625!? for a day trip now)
I've got 15ish years rowing experience on much more technical waters throughout WA/OR/AK. Boat is a mid 90's Koffler guide model. I'm in Enumclaw and can carpool and pay for the shuttle ($60 now as well WTF) or we can meet at the river and use two rigs to shuttle.
Not sure what else anyone would want to know before getting into a boat with a stranger. I'm 38, don't drink or smoke and would prefer the same on the water. I sling eggs for salmon and spoons for steelhead with bait-casters but prefer flies for trout. I do have a fisheries degree and worked for ODFW for several years, so if you want to yell at a former government employee about how bad our fisheries have gotten I'm game for that too.
If this seems like something you'd be interested in doing please shoot me a message
-Jamie
Moseyed over here from WFF, where I lurked but didn't post much.
Looking for someone who wants to ride in front of my drift boat on the Yakima. I'd like to cut down the learning curve a bit and get out there with someone who knows the river and just wants to ride up front and fish and share knowledge. The caveat being I have limited free days and have to plan quite a bit in advance. My open days for the next month are May 19th, 25th, and the 31st-3rd; almost all weekend days unfortunately. I've only floated the Yakima once, from the KOA to Ringer. I'd like to learn the canyon stretch.
I looked into booking a trip with Red's Shop but holy hell have guided trips gotten expensive ($625!? for a day trip now)
I've got 15ish years rowing experience on much more technical waters throughout WA/OR/AK. Boat is a mid 90's Koffler guide model. I'm in Enumclaw and can carpool and pay for the shuttle ($60 now as well WTF) or we can meet at the river and use two rigs to shuttle.
Not sure what else anyone would want to know before getting into a boat with a stranger. I'm 38, don't drink or smoke and would prefer the same on the water. I sling eggs for salmon and spoons for steelhead with bait-casters but prefer flies for trout. I do have a fisheries degree and worked for ODFW for several years, so if you want to yell at a former government employee about how bad our fisheries have gotten I'm game for that too.
If this seems like something you'd be interested in doing please shoot me a message
-Jamie
