Steelhead on the Fly

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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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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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Still working on computer

Ok I am able to sign into my site now from home. So I will be able to post again. I don't know how long this will work.   Not much tonight. This is a big Dolly Varden, and a pic of my 2 Blue Heelers, and my Photographer (Brian),and his son (Roby) . There are still a bunch of Steelies in the river, and there are a few fresh ones still hitting the river. I have also heard of a few Sockeye spotted in the lower end. Also Dolly Varden are everywhere. There are also Kings in the bay, and soon there will be some entering the river. Weather has been good, water is lowering on a daily basis.So if you are coming to YakutatLodge, then the chances for getting fish, look real good.   Flymstr;

Posted by FlyMstr on Monday, June 02, 2008 12:11 AM
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Heading Home

  Well it's about that time again. I am leaving on a jet plane on the first of the month. I will be at the Yakutat lodge around 11:30 am on Tuesday. I am looking forward to seeing most of my readers this season, and I believe it will be a great one. The snow is falling, but not to the extent of which fell last year. Steelhead fishing should be phenomenal this year and I am stoked about starting down the river on the 2nd. I will be fishing on my creek here in Oregon in the morning. I will give one last update on Eagle Creek tomorrow. See ya soon.     Flymstr;

Categories: Fish | Rivers | Salmon | Steelhead | Trout
Posted by FlyMstr on Friday, March 28, 2008 11:50 PM
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Photo's of Lenice

Here is the total photo album for Lake Lenice,, Check out the Tiger and the Browns.... Lake Lenice     These were very nice fish. Flymstr;

Categories: Fish | Lakes | Trout
Posted by FlyMstr on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:40 AM
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Second day on the lake

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Categories: Fish | Lakes | Mountains | Trout
Posted by FlyMstr on Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:42 PM
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