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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Here we go again!

Ok, it’s on now!!. The fish are starting to show up in the creek now. If this is any indication of what the season is shaping up to be, then it is going to be a good one. The snow hit just after we left today, so tomorrow should be great for blood in the snow. Here are the pics from today. Can’t wait for tomorrow to get here!!

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Good luck out there.

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:17 PM
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Blood in the water!!!

Well all those fisherman downstream the last couple of days, probably noticed the red tinge in the water. That was all the blood being spilled out up above. Between my two friends and I, yesterday we got into 8 fish in about 3 hours. Today I got two fish in less than 15 minutes, and then it died, and we left at 11:15. Then a friend of mine called to tell me that the fish moved  in good throughout the afternoon today. Here are the pics from the last two days.

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Good luck out there.

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:21 PM
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Posted by flymstr on Monday, December 21, 2009 12:08 AM
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Frozen Fish anyone?

As you can guess, the river I fished today, was almost froze over. Eagle Creek, today was cold, "very cold". The fishing was not the goal once we reached the river. Just standing up, with 2 inches of built up ice on the bottom of our boots. We went in fast, but took forever to get out. Every step was a slip in the wrong direction. Even though the river had no fish, the temp. was low, and the water to clear, it was still an awesome morning. We had the creek to ourselves, and the scenery was fabulous. Ice is covering almost the entire creek in allot of spots, and a big lonely Beaver was swimming around in the frigid water. The Beaver was not bothered by us or our dogs, he seemed to be happy to see visitors this late in the year. Here are some pics I took from the creek today.

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Good luck out there

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:18 PM
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Good first day out!

Today I went out for the first time in weeks, and it was good. I went down to Eagle Creek, and although there were not a lot of fish yet, I was able to have a good time with the ones I found. I got into my first fish within ten minutes, and thought this was going to be a banner day. It turned out to be just a good one. I was able to hook up with three Steelhead, and one large Silver. I landed 2 of the Grey Ghosts, and also the Salmon. The river level is great, and the clarity is to die for. I spent about 6 hours on the river, and it looked as though the winter storms really cleared out the debris, that scattered it's way throughout the stream from last year. Everything looks great, and I hope the season ahead will be great for all of us who fish this wonderful place.

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Good luck out there.

Flymstr;


Posted by flymstr on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:31 PM
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