Well I have a fishing rpt. My fishing partner & I decided to go fishing at the Sky late this am. As we approached the area we wanted to fish (2 bit) he got his 4 wheeler stuck in the mud. Tried to find some one with a heavy duty rope/chain to give it a little jerk while he tried to get it out. It amazes me how many people including my partner that don't have any thing to help in situations like this even though they drive in areas where a little slip or something can get you stuck or worse. I always have a tow rope and a light hand mode come-a-long in my small truck plus a fold up shovel (military style). They have come in handy several times for me or other people. Any way after screwing around with that he finally called his son and had him come out with another truck/shovel/tow rope and help us out the mud.
We finally fished from around noon until 3:30 or 4:00. Water was high but visibility I thought was really good and maybe a little to good. Touched nothing and all the people both fly & gear that we talked with on the bank (about 10 or 12 over 3 - 4 hours) also had the same luck we had. But all the boats did real good and they where crowding some of the folks on the bank as the steelhad where in close. Heard of a couple of bank fishermen, down lower on the river, catching fish probably plunkers but not sure. 2 interesting things we noticed all the fish hooked never broke water until they where about to be netted and most where caught in much slower water than you see most steelhead in or at least where most gear/fly guys don't normally fish. The boats were boondoggling (I think this term is correct) down the river and all the ones we saw hook a fish hooked it in the slow water above 2 bit. Nothing was caught on a plug, it appeared almost all where caught on eggs/bait. I have never seen so many jet sleds on the Sky like I did today. Told my partner now I know what it would be like to fly fish in the middle of I-5 and his response was it would be easier as most drivers on I-5 stay in their lanes and the traffic is better organized than the jet boats. In one good slot of water we like to drift or fly fish near the 2 bit boat launch there where 2 guys trying to plunk. They got chased off the river as all the sleds would come flying up within a few feet of the bank and literally drove them off the water. I didn't see it but apparently a couple almost went over their lines. Except for all the traffic and wakes most of the sleds tried to avoid the bank fishers as much as possible even though they would fish the same water as the bank guys. It will be combat fishing for sure this Saturday & Sunday as the river is still dropping and there are fish every where according to the guides & other people in boats we talked with. Of course I was thinking today was probably combat fishing to! Especially with all the big inboard sleds. Ray :-)
