Hey Matthew,
I wasn't with these guys on Saturday but managed my 2nd and 3rd
steelhead of the year as well as one coho and two chums. As far as
access goes if you want to fish the uppper river you need to at least
drive 20 minutes past Arlington. Once you are up that far you should see
mumerous places to pull off on the road with decent river access. There
are also a ton of small roads you can drive down and find access but I
will let you find those on your own :).
I have never found the lower north fork to be that inviting to the
wading angler and that is why I always head upstream. Also the water is
a lot clearer the farther you get past deer creek and I like to fish
water I can see fish in.
Good Luck,
-sean
Matthew wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of hitting the stilly on Tuesday but I've always had
> trouble finding access. Where abouts were you guys?
>
> Matthew
>
> On 5 Nov 2000, at 23:20, Richard Embry wrote:
>
> > Wes, Tim, and I (all participants on this list) a fishin' went on
> > Saturday morning. We visited the Stilly, and like Mr. Petersen's
> > findings, discovered steelhead that were actually 'biters'! I hooked
> > a big un right away that did what he wanted to do for a couple of
> > minutes before breaking me off on a snag. Wes not long after caught
> > the first fish, a 6+ pound chunky hook nose coho. We had numerous
> > bites and hookups during the course of the day. The bite action
> > seemed to come in flurries, but really was relatively steady all day.
> > We lost several more fish (of course, Tim claimed the largest one,
> > which, again of course, broke him off - but that's Tim). <grin>
> > Final tally: we went home with 4 steelhead, each fish averaging 8 +/-
> > pounds, and probably lost (break offs, coming unbuttoned, straightened
> > hook, broken hook, etc.) another 6 or so (we quite counting). Great
> > fun on 6 weights!
> >
> > Get out, they're in!
> >
> > Richard Embry
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> > t out, they're in!
> >
> > Richard Embry
> >
> >
> >
> > .
>
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> Matthew W. Kaphan
> Bremerton, WA
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