Recent content by BayouJ

Guided trip was a success - Fished all day and it rained on us for almost 4 hours. Nymphs in the morning, caught about 4 or 5 in the 13 - 15 inch range. Switch to salmon fly and caught another dozen or so including that 22 inch. Learned so much from the guide - can't wait to do it again.

Absolutely going to soak up as much information as I can.

I have a small dry bag for my phone that I can take pictures with - though, no pictures mean the fish can grow every time I tell the story...

I'm really looking forward to it - True story, I went steelhead fishing on the Cowlitz about 15 years ago - it was just me, the guide and his girlfriend on the boat (my buddy no showed so I had it solo). Long story short, as I was figuring out how to cast from the boat while drifting, I smacked...

I learned that lesson many years ago on an inshore redfish trip. Expensive lessons usually are memorable :)

Thank you everyone for your advice - I'll be sure to post some pictures, even of empty nets. lol

Thank you!

Haha - for sure!

Doing that that tomorrow. Just curious if anyone else has thoughts. For example, bring binoculars because there is a ton of wildlife to glass...

I did some searching and didn't see an answer, so... My family surprised me with a guided trip on the Yak at the end of the month - I've never done a float trip like this and am curious if anyone has any advice on what to bring. My current list are my waders & boots, rain jacket and all my...

Is there any sort of accurate hatch chart for Washington?

Great fish and pictures!

Fantastic!

Nevermind - looks like it is closed water. But some feeder creeks are open, maybe I'll try blue lining.

I think I am going to head that way this weekend and see what I can see.