Absolutely down to.
Harriet Lake road access
- Thread starter Oliver.Luedtke
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I LOVE that sound!
I’ve heard some rumors that at least the Ripplebrook Road route might reopen sometime this year. The sooner the better. It’s been such a warm winter, we could probably be fishing it right now under normal circumstances. The 57 route isn’t terrible, usually takes me a little under two hours from southeast PDX, and this year I was able to get in as late as December. But man, I miss being able to fish there early in the season.
Oliver.Luedtke
Smolt
You’re right. I would love to fish Harriet right now, if not for the fires.
Let's never talk about that again...
You’re right, that was a cheap shot
I hunted down an update, and it sounds like the short route to Harriet *might* open up sometime this summer. If not, though, the company contracted to do the cleanup and repairs has to get the work done by December 31, 2024. So worst case, we’re looking at one more season of going up and over the mountain.
Smokey Bear
El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity
Smokey Bear
El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity
The crazy part of it was, “they were headed to Breitenbush for a search and rescue class”. They were told that the road was open. They were determined to get there so I handed them my shovel and told them I would try to make fresh tracks for them to drive through. And see what the road looks like ahead.
This is what I found. And then I winched them out.
Sometimes people just shock the hell out of me. But as the times go by, it’s getting less and less
This is what I found. And then I winched them out.
Sometimes people just shock the hell out of me. But as the times go by, it’s getting less and less
That kinda tracks
Smokey Bear
El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity
Westfly Refugee
Steelhead
We took the Estacada short route today. We asked a worker parked at the now open gate but signed as 'closed' if it was OK to proceed to Harriet? They replied OK. So we did. The northern Three Lynxs road is gated shut.
The report is...
We fished from ~10am to nearly 4pm. The wind was already up at 10am and really sucked. After early action with leeches, we did best with small black chironomids. Some other folks flyfishing had minimal success. The trout were in a dour mood and sulked deep. I'll have to post a pic of the bright yellow mayflies that came off sparsely. I am not familiar with them. I'm told they're common in the Clack. Kind of like PMD's but much larger, like #12. The duns were ignored. Hadn't been to Harriet in many years so it was an good to fish it again and see some of the post-fire landscape.
The report is...
We fished from ~10am to nearly 4pm. The wind was already up at 10am and really sucked. After early action with leeches, we did best with small black chironomids. Some other folks flyfishing had minimal success. The trout were in a dour mood and sulked deep. I'll have to post a pic of the bright yellow mayflies that came off sparsely. I am not familiar with them. I'm told they're common in the Clack. Kind of like PMD's but much larger, like #12. The duns were ignored. Hadn't been to Harriet in many years so it was an good to fish it again and see some of the post-fire landscape.
Westfly Refugee
Steelhead
An unfortunate update.... that back way gravel road by the Ripplebrook Store is closed again. Yesterday, June 1, after coming down to Harriet via Timothy Lake I tried to continue on and encountered brand new signs that the road was closed, threatening prosecution, etc. From what I saw two weeks ago, there were no significant landscape hazards, I believe they just don't want us possibly getting in the way of logging equipment.
Smokey Bear
El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity
46 is still closed to Detroit. Gate is a few miles beyond the split for Olallie Lake.
Banned user
Steelhead
This is a problem that never occurs in Chicagoland. Sure, there's snow and iced-over lakes, but what's important is that the area is flat as a pancake; with no topography to deal with, getting from hither to yon becomes much easier. Oh, and Upper Midwesterners are generally pretty accustomed to driving in snow compared to most PNW'ers.
