Jimmy and Gary. Two rad dudes booked for two days to get some “fake” steelhead at the start of the Thanksgiving week after the Bomb Cyclone storm. The storm had bumped the flows a lot so the boys couldn’t have timed it any better as we were fishing a drop. Nice to have some fish finally moved around!
We fished in a very cold rain on Monday and Tuesday was BEAUTIFUL . It was the first sun I had seen in over a week. Much needed. Doom and gloom is great for steelheading but a little Cali sun can uplift the spirits a bit.
A lot of tangles and smaller fish to the net Monday with only one big dog to Jimmy’s hand. She was PROPER. A big ole’ fish well over 25″, I would guess 27 or 28 inches but who cares anyways. Ha. A lot of people do. I wonder if I do but I don’t feel like it matters. It was a big girl. Jimmy was so stoked and I was so happy for him as he deserved it. He had the steelhead buzz going after she was released and he is still buzzing today as I write this. So rad to see people who really appreciate the opportunity to battle one of these amazing fish. Congrats Jimmy! She was very slippery and fresh so she flopped off the side of the boat when we tried to capture her soul for the interwebs and this was the only shot we could get of her.
Celebration chug!
Gary was the hot stick on day 2 and got his first adult steelhead to the net right out of the gate. Gary is very new to fly fishing and watching him improve from one day to the next was so cool to see. Great work Gary! And yes, a bit further Gary.
The boys walked away smiling and happy. What a great couple of days on the water with these Bay Area Boyz. Hearing their stories about growing up in San Francisco is pretty rad. The conversations on the boat with great people are priceless. Catching the fish is just a bonus when you have great company and such a beautiful scenery.
Back at it this next week and excited to see if the fish are still willing to play. We were around a few boats for a weekday so I am expecting the weekend to be packed. All good. Everyone should enjoy this beautiful place.
My calendar is looking like it’s getting full with just a few more open spots.
Dec 18, Jan 16, and a bunch of days in Feb.
Appreciate all of you and hope you are enjoying your holidays.
-Mario
Now let’s talk David. Haha. Just kidding David. Well see what happened to David is proper “steelheading”. Hooking them, then saying goodbye to them before they get to the net. And it happened a few times. I won’t say publicly how many times but let’s just say a few. HAHA! Love ya David. But he did get a sweet ass fish to the net! A couple of them actually!
I am loving this new lens on my Sony. Having a blast with it.
Simply put, these two had an amazing day on the water. Super stoked as the weather showed up again and we got rained on.
And then I finished the week off with a birthday float with Cody! Happy Birthday dude and congrats on all the rad fish you got to the net. Kurt also got his first proper adult and finished the day off with an even bigger one. Wow. What a week.
Now as I type this, the big “BOMB CYCLONE” is just off the NW Pacific Coast and it looks MEGA. And when it hits CA, we are going to get some rain. A LOT OF RAIN! They will take the weir out at Evans bar and hopefully move some fish around the system. This is the rain event we need for a good push of the winter fish down river and the fall fish that are sitting down in JC. December is looking to be a great month if the timing is right on your trip. Keep on eye on the flows and stay safe out there.
Also, they are expecting to do a pulse flow because the Clear Creek tunnel is being worked on so all the water that will have to come out of the lake will come out of Lewiston Dam. This means the river might come up HUGE and they also stated without notice…weird.
I have some days available and after this storm and it should be awesome! The tribs will be going and the fish down river will start pushing up. I haven’t seen a big event like this in November in a minute. LIKE A MEGA STORM. Excited to see what the river does.
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Dec 2 & 3 are looking gooshie so grab one of those days and let’s rip!
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Hope you enjoyed this post! Have a great day.
– Mario
