Bill Kiene semi-retired
08-17-2008, 09:45 AM
Some day I will not spend much or any of the month of August in Sacramento. After spending 63 summers in Sacramento it will be nice to go somewhere nice and be cool.
I will be on the Pacific coast of California, Oregon or Washington where the air is cool and clean.
We have relatives who are retired and spend several summer months RVing up on the Oregon coast at Winchester Bay. They want us to join them so maybe it will be possible some day. We would like to take a week off next August and inspect the north Pacific coast more.
They have better rock-fishing, crabbing and clamming than we do down here in Nor Cal.
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My fascination with the Pacific coast started some time back.
About 30 years ago one September, Craig Ziegler (now famous AK guide) and I took off and headed north and fished for a few weeks all the way to southern Washington Coast.
First we stopped at 'Ice Cream Riffle' on the Klamath River above Orleans where we landed some nice fresh Halfpounders.
Next we headed to the tide water of the Lower Eel River near Fortuna, CA looking for some early salmon, sea-run cutts and/or half-pounders. We fished from our prams for two days and had no success. We did see some small schools of King Salmon but none would bite. We found fly fishing veteran Ted Lindner at his trailer near by and he said he had fished it for the last two weeks without a grab so we did not feel too bad.
We took off and fished our way up the Oregon coast checking out many rivers. The Siletz was on of the prettiest. We fished the lower Nestucca River and caught one small Steelhead around 4 pounds.
In the tide water of the Nacanicum River in Seaside, OR we found a school of Silver Salmon which also had no interest in our flies. A 12 year old boy came over to area and cast a sinner for 5 minute and landed a nice 10 pounder that he immediately took home. Oh well..........we did get two limited of Dungeness crabs that we snagged from our prams in about four feet of very clear water in that tidewater.
There were also 3 types of ripe berries on the banks of these rivers. We fished and eat our way up those rivers.
We fished all the way up to the Humptulips River on the WA coast with little success because there had been very little rain that September.
We stopped in almost every coastal village where Craig sampled their coffee and I sampled their clam chowder.
It's a beautiful part of the world especially in August..........
I will be on the Pacific coast of California, Oregon or Washington where the air is cool and clean.
We have relatives who are retired and spend several summer months RVing up on the Oregon coast at Winchester Bay. They want us to join them so maybe it will be possible some day. We would like to take a week off next August and inspect the north Pacific coast more.
They have better rock-fishing, crabbing and clamming than we do down here in Nor Cal.
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My fascination with the Pacific coast started some time back.
About 30 years ago one September, Craig Ziegler (now famous AK guide) and I took off and headed north and fished for a few weeks all the way to southern Washington Coast.
First we stopped at 'Ice Cream Riffle' on the Klamath River above Orleans where we landed some nice fresh Halfpounders.
Next we headed to the tide water of the Lower Eel River near Fortuna, CA looking for some early salmon, sea-run cutts and/or half-pounders. We fished from our prams for two days and had no success. We did see some small schools of King Salmon but none would bite. We found fly fishing veteran Ted Lindner at his trailer near by and he said he had fished it for the last two weeks without a grab so we did not feel too bad.
We took off and fished our way up the Oregon coast checking out many rivers. The Siletz was on of the prettiest. We fished the lower Nestucca River and caught one small Steelhead around 4 pounds.
In the tide water of the Nacanicum River in Seaside, OR we found a school of Silver Salmon which also had no interest in our flies. A 12 year old boy came over to area and cast a sinner for 5 minute and landed a nice 10 pounder that he immediately took home. Oh well..........we did get two limited of Dungeness crabs that we snagged from our prams in about four feet of very clear water in that tidewater.
There were also 3 types of ripe berries on the banks of these rivers. We fished and eat our way up those rivers.
We fished all the way up to the Humptulips River on the WA coast with little success because there had been very little rain that September.
We stopped in almost every coastal village where Craig sampled their coffee and I sampled their clam chowder.
It's a beautiful part of the world especially in August..........