Capt Andy Guibord and I did a little scouting in his jet Lowe today down in the lower river. We didn’t find any shad be did notice that a lot of spots that should have good current at 4K were very...
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Capt Andy Guibord and I did a little scouting in his jet Lowe today down in the lower river. We didn’t find any shad be did notice that a lot of spots that should have good current at 4K were very...
Don’t get worked up because I haven’t been out looking for shad this run but it will be soon. This year the river conditions (4K cfs and 54 deg) are more conducive for them to make the right turn...
I’ve rowed Bruce’s Boulder Creek drift boat and I would get one if I needed a bigger boat. I’m still waiting for Bruce to sell me his Metalhead jet sled!
I targeted shad this year almost strictly from a boat this run due to the higher flows. I did wade for them a few days but had my most success from a boat. It was not a lot of work once you figured...
I fished 53 days for shad this run averaging 15 per day. Typical years I fish 70-90 days per run. I caught my first shad on May 25th which was a month late. I was expecting more shad this year than...
Floated this morning and I was the only one out fishing. Only got one nymphing the slack water. I think it’s over for the upper river. I’ll provide a summary of this run in a day or two once I tally...
Solo float and it was dead. Not a single grab swinging and nymphing the big hole. Saw a bankie land one and Johnny’s client land another downriver nymphing a Bloody Maria. I ended up with 3 swinging!
Solo float and it was dead. Not a single grab swinging and nymphing the big hole. Saw a bankie land one and Johnny’s client land another downriver nymphing a Bloody Maria. I ended up with 3 swinging!
Had a chat with Andy last night and he confirmed that it is good only during the last hour of light. So if you want to catch some shad you have to get there early enough to get a good spot to anchor...
Another solo float today. Got a late start and there were two boats in the big hole (one was Bill Quinn) and a couple of guys wading to their arm pits to fish the drop off. Bill told me between them...
Just got home from a solo float. It was absolutely dead. Didn’t get a single bump swinging the big hole. One broke me off nymphing the slack water. Landed one swinging further down river. Looks like...
It was dead slow for me this morning. In the first three hours I LDRed only one. There were a couple of other boats and they got a few. I bailed down river and had to put in some work to get double...
Floated with Earle today. It wasn’t on fire but we got double digits to the boat. The highlight of the day was a wild halfpounder in the net.
I don’t think it would have helped Bill.
Another solo float today. Got a late start and there were already 3 boats in the big hole (Rod, Colt, and Steve Sylvester). There were a lot of fish in the hole but like yesterday they had lockjaw....
Just got home from a solo float and it was brutally slow. I only landed a handful in 6 hours of fishing. It was slow for Rob also. The only guys getting fish were the bankies who were running their...
Solo float today and it was a grind but I did get into double digits. Swinging Andy’s secret guide fly did the trick. Float tuber Tom was getting quite a few stripping his fly in the slack water. The...
Went out with Cookie Cardinez in his 1448 Lowe jet this morning to show him how to run the upper river. We stopped to fish and he discovered that he had a rod but no reel so that cut our trip short....
I don’t fill out my steelhead card when I fish for shad.
I floated with Earle again today. We got into double digits but Earle caught most of them outfishing me 3:1. They are starting to ball up...
It’s definitely slowing down. Wading you might get a handful a day but if you can get into a boat double digits are probable.
Floated with Earle today and it was dead slow for the first hour. We moved around a lot and finally found a spot where we started hooking fish. We ended up in double digits. C Joe came down rowing...
Floated today with Earle. Eric was already anchored in his spot and Andy was with Mark Merrill in the run below. Rod later showed up and anchored next to Eric. They hooked a lot of fish. Earle and I...
I personally think it more your location in the river than the fly. Having drifted almost every day so far I do find them more in the middle of the river during the day.
I wet waded today mid...
Slow day for me. I only got a handful and was off the water by noon. I think I had a case of too much sun yesterday and I couldn’t get many bites where I was anchored. Andy called and told me he was...
Solo float and I wasn’t expecting much. Got to the big hole and it was dead slow. 3 other drift boats (including Mary Ellen and Joe) and Greg Hogg in his power drifter. The guides nymphing in the...