Steelhead on the Fly

HOW TO CATCH GREY GHOSTS

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Aaron Shook is an expert Steelhead fisherman. He spends spring and summer in Yakutat Alaska guiding for the Yakutat Lodge and winter and fall in the Pacific Northwest(Oregon). If the fish are in the river you will find him there.
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Water even higher, but cleared up nice.

Today was suppose to be me and another fisherman, that I met last year, during the trout opener at Lake Lenice. Seems as though Todd came own with the flu, so I went at it solo, not even my dog went today. Indy stayed home due to the rain. She got real wet and cold the day before, so she refused to get out of bed this morning. I was expecting the river to be high and muddy, but instead it was still high, but had cleared up real nice. I did not see allot of fish moving through the creek though. I was positioned in an area that had a very good view of anything moving up stream. I saw only a few fish move through, a total of five to be exact. These five fish moved up and sat in front of me the entire morning, so the fish are holding up in this high water, which means as soon as it starts to drop, they will haul fin upstream. I was able to get into four fish and land two of them, before the water started to rise even more. There were two fish today that drove me crazy. These two fish positioned themselves under some branches that were hanging down into the water. Just the tips of the braches were in the water, but the fish were directly underneath them. I tried for hours to get these fish, and all I did was lose 8 flies on that dang tree. This is the first time I can remember, that I was not able to get fish that I could see. If the water was just an inch lower I could have drifted under and into those fish, but it was not to be. Here is the pics from today.

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Good luck out there!

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:49 PM
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From one extreme to another!

Well the water went way up today. Maybe 9 inches, and turned a chocolate brown. I can’t believe this little bit of rain could cause this to happen, but it did. I was able to get into four fish today, before the water went brown, but after that it was over. Here are the pics from today, also I am a gluten for punishment, so I will go again tomorrow in hopes that the water will clear a bit tonight.

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Good luck out there.

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:59 PM
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Water up, and fish in!! YeeHaaaw

It’s about time!! Today the water level was on the rise, and the fish were on the move. I saw more fish in the first hour today, than I have in total the entire year. I was able to get into about 20 or more fish today, and landed a meager 7 fish, but what a day I had. I saw fish from the first minute to the last today, I am very excited about the next two weeks. The rain is suppose to hit good tonight, so I am hoping they are wrong and the rain will just hit in small spurts throughout the next week. The creek came up about 3 inches today while I was fishing, but stayed relatively clear. The rain has stopped for now, and I am thinking I have one more good day if the rain does come, before it may blow out. Here are the pics from today.

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Good lick out there!!

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Monday, February 23, 2009 7:12 PM
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Low clear water

I went down to the creek this morning, and I did find some fish. The water is really low and clear, so I had to go about fishing a little different than normal. The other day I had a hard time getting to the fish before they would just scoot away. Today I spent more time looking ahead, and spotting fish before I got on top of them.By doing this, I was able to position myself in a better spot to fish and not be seen by the fish. It worked out ok. Between Steve and I, we hooked up with 8 fish, and landed one apiece. Not a bad day in all, but as I keep saying, it is going to get real good sometime soon. Here is some fish porn for all you Steelhead lovers!!

 

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Good luck out there!!

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:21 PM
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Real low water!!!

Well I have been a bit dissapointed with the water level in the last week. The water is so low, that you can hardly even fish. The current is almost gone, so there is no drift in most areas. I was going to go today, but I knew it would just be a struggle to keep fish from spooking away." I am being a wimp!! ". I will go tomorrow for sure, and hopefully have a good update for you all.

 

 

 

See ya tomorrow..

 

Aaron;


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