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I agree that a 13' 7 wt. will work well for OP winter steelhead. I have an Echo 3 that I have used out there since 2015. I fish unweighted flies with 4' of leader and usually a 10' T-11 MOW tip. After swinging a 13' rod all day I found that my forearm got tired in the afternoon. I'm now...

I primarily tie saltwater flies. After the 1st year I realized I couldn't remember all my "recipes" so started keeping a a running MS Word narrative on the materials to tie the patterns I use. I have SRC, feeding/traveling salmon & estuary salmon categories in my narrative. I keep flies in...

Great video! Last spring I tied up a few peach colored flies to try for my summer/fall beach fishing. Didn't get around to fishing them. Wish I had...

That was me! Interesting coincidence. I think meeting you today prompted me to write my narrative in this string. I remembered reading Chum 101 earlier and went back to it. Everything I wrote about, and what we talked about today, I learned by experience...often times having that experience...

I look forward to estuary chum, either as a bycatch when targeting coho or when specifically targeting chum. My last hurrah in the salt before I turn my thoughts to winter-run steelhead on the coast. I've been fishing estuaries in the fall for 5 years. My thoughts after catching & releasing...

A few years back I photocopied a magazine article about that trailer hook technique thinking I would try it out. In STS I think? I then forgot all about it but stumbled on it again last year and decided to try it out. I used size 1 octopus hooks on 2/5 & 2/3 oz Pentac spoons. I swung up...

Are you sure? I was in there a couple weeks ago. I don't see anything on their website other than that they are closed until 10/12. I assume that Bill is running some trips now in Montana? Bill, and other's in the shop have been very helpful with introducing me to beach and estuary fishing...

I had a close encounter with 2 orcas Sept 7th. I saw their dorsal fins on the edge of my peripheral vision as they were rounding the point I was fishing. They then submerged. I immediately backed out of the water and striped my fly line in. I then got my cell out of a ziplock bag in my wader...

Nice concepts on those 3 flies. Will there be a study with statistics on how they perform? Material questions: What's that intermittent clear and purple lateral line material? Looks good! Is that yellow bucktail or a yellowish chartreuse bucktail on the 3rd fly? My color vision could be...

I subscribe to Northwest Sportsman. Received the August copy 2 days ago. "Fly Fishing On Steroids" article is on page 47 with a crazy pic. Great article! I've seen Northwest Sportsman for sale at local Safeway.

I have a Reddington Hydrogen 11’6” 4 wt. Trout Spey. It casts lighter presentations best with 27’, 300 grain Rage Compact Head + polyleader. It casts heavier presentations best with 13’6”, 275 gr. Commando Integrated Head + T-8 tip. I don't fish it a lot. 2 trips to Madison in West...

Amazing country! What an experience for the two of you!

Hard to justify big $ on high end rods with my casting ability...still have room to improve with my current rods I spend on good boots because I do a lot of bushwhacking on OP during winter steelhead season I spend on good rain gear Under $200 for waders because I tear them up and usually...

I felt like I was walking and swinging the runs with you... Wonderful pics! Thanks for posting! I've had similar "other angler" experiences on the OP in the winter

Tent camped at Mora campground in Forks area last Wednesday and Thursday. Swung flies on sink tip and twitched jigs looking for springers. Didn't find any suicidal fish... It rained most of the time I was there. I have a big enough tent so I can sleep on a cot and have a chair to drape wet...

Curt, good idea on providing comments on the WDFW's NOF site! I just put my 2 cents worth in... Jim

I've had a similar experience. I started gear fishing steelhead on OP in 2010 primarily fishing jigs under a float with spinning rod. I added swinging wet flies on sink tip with Spey rod in 2016. From 2016 - 2019 I was more effective swinging flies than float fishing jigs for hours fished...

While living in MN in 80's I ate smelt. Local restaurants got them from commercial fishermen on Lake Superior. Whole smelt dipped in beer batter and deep fried. Very tasty! Smelt also make good bait for ice-out northern pike. At the time a bunch of us would fish tributary mouths in early...

Good to know, thanks!

From the article: WDFW reports it will be able to replace 71 percent of more than 3.5 million chum fry lost at a Hood Canal hatchery that was hit by big flooding early this week. Kinne said that 1 million replacement chum fry will come from surplus fish at McKernan Hatchery outside Shelton and...