On Sunday 09 December 2001 07:28 pm, Ray Wallace spoke: > All that talk about this yuppie nonsense and not one word about how you did > on the Stilly today! Come on Rob fess up!
I saw one fish taken on a bobber and shrimp in the riffle/cascade between Fortson and Picnic Table, it was a hatchery summer run. And saw some guys in the Fortson parking area with an nice winter run, I was not close enough to check for the adipose. Salmon were rolling and jumping in the Picnic Table. I fished most of the morning at Hazel admiring the new manufactured log/debris jams, and the pools that were forming. I also fished the reach above Hazel including that choice pool where the landslide is. No fish hooked, missed or seen I am sad to say. Clarity at Hazel was 5+ feet in lightly silted water, at Picnic Table was just shy of gin clear. Below Deer Creek and at Cicero was probably 1-2' visibility. I had a chat with a pretty good steelheader at a shop yesterday, who said that to get down and noticed in the winter, I should fish 1/0-3/0 spey or marabou patterns to be successful. Your thoughts? Quite frankly I was tutored at an early age, by a guy who prefered to fish for summer runs on the fly. So I really don't understand modern winter steelheading. -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
