RE: where have all the reports gone?

[Brenden Portolese]

Funny... I actually use the reports as places to avoid... as in the Yak Canyon. When the weather is great, and the steelhead are moving in, and on monday I DONT hear about the Sky... Guess where Im heading next weekend...   Sometimes no report is the best indicator.  Sometimes bad reports are also good indicators:   Heres how I generally interpret reports:   "Caught a few" - Got skunked "Did Great!" - Caught a few "Most on Dries" - One on dry "Was in the upper <insert river name here>" - Stay outta my spot in the lower <Insert river name here> "Saw the <insert river name here> on the way to work and it looked blown." - Im fishing the <insert river name here> after work.   Size chart: "6-8"  -  Dinks "10-12" - 6-8 "13-14" - strong 10" "15-17" - 13-14 "20+" - Biggest fish of the day, can range from 10" - 14"     (This posted in the spirit of  "Lighten up dude! Its just fishin'" )   Brenden