The Lower A is picking up already......

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Doug Duncan has pick up one fish each for the last 3 days.

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Mark Kranhold sent me this note and picture of a recent fish:

"Denis O'Reirden with his first fly caught steelhead on the American. On a swung fly as well, nice way to break into the addiction!"

**This is a nice hatchery buck so lets not go bananas on this guy for not taking the photo under water or something like that.

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[kelly]

Nice catch!

[Mark Kranhold]

That buck was harvested, and he said it had very red meat. Hatchery fish are for eating, and DFG wants you to keep them. I just don't care for the taste, I personal like white meat ocean fish myself. I had 3 fish on Monday and lost them all, the two I saw were bright chrome and in the 6-8 lb range.

[STEELIES/26c3]

Good for the smoker and bad for the gene pool.

I know exactly where that photo was taken...

Hope not too many others do~;)

Congrats!
M

[donkeyhunter007]

Lets not go bananas ..........LMAO!
From what I understand of evolutionary biology, Hatchery fish suck!

[Garrett S]

Good for the smoker and bad for the gene pool.

I know exactly where that photo was taken...

Hope not too many others do~;)

Congrats!
M

I think I know ;)

Nice fish! I still haven't been out this year

[bassakwards]

I don't think that is such a secret spot

[Mark Kranhold]

You may think you know:-k

[flyguy1]

It's the most secret spot on the river and very hard to access, so just don't bother trying to find it.

[Steelie-Stalker]

For everybody thats curious I can tell you that that fine steelhead was caught in washington a 14 hour drive away. You can probably catch this push of fish if you leave now...


Haha good to see the A kicking out some nice fish again.

[STEELIES/26c3]

Hahaha

Funny that... Now I'm thinking one of two places so you're right... I only think I know or thought I knew... lol

No matter. just cool a fish and a guy's first swung up steelie...

Paradise!

Not to be confused with Paradise beach...

M

[lee s.]

Grand piscatorial specimen!
Several guys from the RRFF'ers did an outing over there on the American last weekend. All tangled NUMEROUS times daily.....however.....mostly they got their butts kicked and only landed a few of the hook-ups.
Oh well....they thoroughly enjoyed your country. :-)
.....lee s.

[Mark Kranhold]

Damn it Steelie 26c3, why did u have to say Paradise beach? How did you know, was it the girls in the background swimming around in there bikinis? Bikinis... Not to be mistaking for Kiene's :D

[dpentoney]

Of course there was a time when the girls at Paradise Beach didn't wear bikinis........

[Fish Guru]

Hey mark on closer inspection it is exactly where we talked about yesterday, same place that produced three for me with gear

[Mark Kranhold]

Fish guru. It couldn't be , that is fly water only area[-X:lol::lol:

[flyguy1]

easy Mark on what you say. I think you might open up a whole can of worms regarding fly water only vs. gear and bait chucking water. I agree that this water is only good for fly fishers though.

sk

[Mike R]

...right into the smoker. Nice work with the rock shampoo!

Fillet and release hatchery steelhead.

Mike

[STEELIES/26c3]

Hey mark on closer inspection it is exactly where we talked about yesterday, same place that produced three for me with gear

Yep, but ABOVE, rather than below the small Alder grove... The stripped, red willows and freshwater clam shell litter give it away...

OK i think we've exceeded the gear guy posting quota for the winter.

:-#

[neck fat]

How big fish. Hold fish with fengertip not too big? what spot on a sectet walk river. All respect du.