The Summer Steelhead of Canyon Creek (Film)

[Salmo_g]

amazing film isnt it? I have probably watched it 15 times and find different stuff each time to marvel at. Running a prop boat up that water must take BALLS. Coupled with the fact that they brought a whole production crew there.

We catch a lot of fish that look like the same condition in Sept on the CW and then Oct/Nov in GR and Snake. I would imagine the thermal block that happens at the confluence wasnt as pronounced as it is now through Sept.


also, I tried this. Missed the timing and almost took my teeth out. Be careful I tell ya!

Yeah, I was kinda' shocked to see them launch that boat in the Snake. There wasn't a lot to go on, but I think "steelhead junction" is at the confluence of the Salmon River with the Snake. Different scenes show them fishing from both left and right banks, but that seems like the general location.

 

[skyrise]

Another interesting read is Enos Bradner's "Northwest Angling", 1950. Some sights into the steelhead rivers and fishing in the 1940s. The Chapter on the Washington (or Oregon) steelhead rivers was of a particular interest to me. The chapters on Pass like, the cutthroat ponds (Dave) and the fly fishing for steelhead in that era could be of interest to many here.

curt

I still have a copy of “Fish On” by Enos. Probably will bum most of us out to read that and see how good things were ! And those s stilly fish were great. Didn’t the cascade river and the upper Sauk have summer runs too ?