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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Theissen group!

This are a couple of great guys. We have had a blast over the last four days, with one day reaching nearly 25 hookups. Fishing is of and on right now, but the water is in good shape, and the fish are plentiful, just not always willing to bite. Having a great time at Yakutat Lodge.       Great double landing!!!! Good luck out there Flymstr;

Categories: Fish | Fly Fishing | Rivers | Steelhead
Posted by FlyMstr on Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:18 PM
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Here we go again

Well these four guys can't get enough. As a guide for Yakutat Lodge, I have seen a lot of types of fisherman, but these guys are great. They are fisherman, not people that just go fishing. We caught a ton of fish today, and I have the pleasure of taking them for the next two days. Another one of the Yakutat Lodge guides (John),has been teaming up with me in the last couple days, and I can't say enough good stuff about him. With John and I joining forces, these fish don't have a chance. I like to use the line, "Let's catch every thing in this hole, and leave it empty", well with over 500 hundred fish in the hole, this maybe a stretch, but we put a big dent in them. Also I caught a large king on my fly rod today, and the got a great release vid of this giant. This king was only 2 minutes out of the ocean, and looks like he had a scrape with an otter on the way in. Here are the pics, and the vids.. Enjoy,,,,,,, More to come. All pics are of different fish.     Good luck out there. Flymstr;

Categories: Fish | Fly Fishing | Rivers | Salmon | Streams
Posted by FlyMstr on Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:25 PM
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Fish on! Fishoff!!!

I have been out fishing the last couple of days, and there is few fish to be had. I did get into 4 fish today, but they all left in huff. I can't seem to bank any of these beauties yet this year. I will be on the creek almost everyday from here on out, and I hope to have some pics for all of you real soon.   Good luck out there. Flymstr;

Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:22 AM
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Long distance releases

    I have been to the creek now twice since the last posting, and the fishing is getting better, ( for the fish). I have been into 6 fish now, and as you will see, there is absolutely no pictures. I have had my hands on two of them, but they squirmed away, no thanks to Indy. She released two on her own, by jumping to soon. It has been awhile since she has been able to get ahold of a good fish, so she is has a bit of buck fever. She will calm down as the season progresses. Hope to have some pics for you tomorrow. It has begun to snow here, so the conditions will dictate this week, wether I will be able to get down to the creek. Hope it's not to bad. The snow will not stop me, but the ice will put the breaks on the driving.         Good luck out there.   Flymstr;

Posted by FlyMstr on Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:41 AM
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Silvers and Chinook on the Fly

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;

Posted by flymstr on Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:14 PM
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