Well the coast was the venue again today, and it did not let me down. Although the fishing was good today, the hooking was also good, but my landing ratio went way down today. I hooked up with two fish right off the get go, and promptly lost them both, one of them being a Steelhead. Today I had along for the ride, a fly fisherman by the name of Doug. I met Doug while fishing Eagle creek last winter. Doug moved here from Arizona last year, and is getting acquainted to fishing bigger fish. Doug has been fishing for Trout most of his life, but I will try to convert him to the "dark side", ("Winter Steelhead Fishing").  Doug belongs to the Clackamas Fly Fishers club, a very well established group of fly fisherman, dedicated to preserving the species, and teaching or learning the art of Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon. Today Doug had a bit of a slow start. While I was hooking fish, Doug was unhooking from the bottom. After I hooked up with about 6 or 7 fish, 3 for sure being Steehead, and landing two Steelhead, and losing the rest, I left the hole to Doug. I went just below him, and hooked 2 more fish. I lost both of them, one being a very large Chinook. I then headed on down river a couple hundred yards and let Doug have to entire area. About 15 minutes later I hear a holler from upstream, and Doug is holding a massive Chinook Salmon, the biggest Doug has ever landed on a Fly rod. We got some great pics of this behemoth. Also a great shot of the one Steelhead thathung around long enough to have it's picture taken. Another great trip to the Oregon coast, and the Trask River.

Good luck out there!!!!

Flymstr;

Another eventful day at an Oregon coastal stream. We left early this morning, and took the two hour drive down towards the ocean.  Arriving around 8 am, we started out in the same area that we have fished the last couple trips. Today the line up consisted of myself, Matt, and Steve. I started out pretty hot today, while Steve and Matt we snake bit at the start. After hooking up several fish, and landing a few, I left the hole to my fishing partners to see what they could do. They did not disappoint. In less than thirty minutes, Matt hooked up with 3 fish, and Steve hooked up about the same, and landed a nice Chinook. I then headed back into the slot to fish with them. Steve and I had back to back doubles, and one brief triple, with Matt hooking up the third for just a minute. All in all it was a great day, and the fishing was great. Spending time with these two fishing partners of mine over the years, has taught me the value of friendship, and I would like to think it has made me a better person, but most of all, "a better Fisherman". At least better than them. HA!!

Good luck out there!!!

Flymstr;

I took another trip to the Oregon coast today, and the results, although slower, were great. Matt and I fished the same run that Steve and I had fished 2 days before. The fish seemed to have congregated in the deeper holes, and the sun was making them alittle spooky. I was able to land 3 big Chinook, although they were all fairly dark, they still put up a great fight on the fly pole. The Silvers seem to be alittle less willing to bite, but we were able to get into a few nice ones. Here are some pics, and a Video of Matt landing a nice Silver on his fly rod. He was using some rubber eggs, they seem to work well for him today. There is also another video embedded in this video. After watching the first video, there will be a choice of related video's. In the second video, Titled "Rock Slider", I show the route a fish took when I hooked it. This fish took three jumps right at me, and then landed on the rock ("Three feet above the water"), slide down the rock and into the pool behind me in the rocks. Crazy fish. Enjoy.

Good luck out there!!

Flymstr;

Well it took me awhile to get off the couch and really go out fishing.

Today I went down to the Oregon coast to seek out some bright Coho, and Chinook Salmon. I found a bunch of them. We fished the Trask river, just this side of Tillamook, and the fishing was great for the fly rod. I went with my buddy Steve, and again I had to show him how it was done. Steve spotted the first fish of the day, on a quick stop along the side of the road to pee, he looked down and saw two nice Chinook. We got our gear together and went in for the slaughter. It took abit of time to get things in order and to start getting into the rhythm needed to successfully fish. After about 15 minutes worth of warm up time, we started hooking up. I got into four fish in the first hour, and Steve hit into two. That was the last I heard from Steve almost the rest of the day, but I had just begun. We headed up river, and found another location, where we could see fish. We got the gear out again, and now it was really time to start hooking up. In the next five hours, I hooked approximately 20 fish or more, landed about 11, and Steve touched one, and got another one to the bank.  Tough day on the Steve man!!!. It was a great day, and the best was the 35 pound Chinook on the 8 weight fly rod and 10 pound test. Here are the pics from today. Steve is holding the one that he was able to bring to the beach, the rest are the ones I talked into giving up. We did not retain any of these fish, for they were all natives.

Good luck out there!!

Flymstr;

Well as I promised, here are some pics from the last day on the Situk. These two guests of the Yakutat Lodge, were great guys to fish with. Although the one gentlemen with the ugly stick in his hand, started out alittle skeptical, he finally came around and caught a ton of fish in one day. These guys really were alot of fun to fish with, and I hope to hear from them again soon, hopefully next Silver season for sure.