Thanks Charlie and Bill!
Spring-run Chinook are the coolest of all salmon. The adults are in the creeks April to October and many juveniles stay in the creeks over a year before leaving- acting...
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Thanks Charlie and Bill!
Spring-run Chinook are the coolest of all salmon. The adults are in the creeks April to October and many juveniles stay in the creeks over a year before leaving- acting...
Hi fishy peeps,
Episode one of a new video series on CA salmon has just been released on YouTube. Here is the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6e36Ki-_U
I am partial to this series for...
Hi fishy peeps,
Episode one of a new video series on CA salmon has just been released on YouTube. Here is the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6e36Ki-_U
I am partial to this series for...
No, sorry. Did not grab a water temp. Agree about the rain. In this case a dry fall will help more than hurt fishing conditions below Happy Camp…
I took a look at the river yesterday (9/30) below Orleans and did not like what I saw. Murky brown. I spent a good 5 minutes contemplating suiting up and walking into to a favorite run but ultimately...
BUMP!
Will take $190.00. thanks for looking!
Thanks for the good tip Bob G!
Seeing if there is any interest in a vintage Leonard bamboo rod from the fine folks here in Kiene Land before I list it on ebay. 8'6" rod for a 5/6 line (casts very nice with a DT #5). 3-piece with...
SOLD : Redington Dually 13'6" #7 weight spey rod. $225.00 plus shipping. Rod is in mint condition. Only cast on water a couple times. A very nice casting rod in one of the best all around length...
SOLD For sale: 10'6" #3 weight Echo glass switch rod. $200.00 plus shipping. Rod is mint. Has never been fished, only cast a few times. Casts really nice with a #5 Wulff "Ambush" line. ...
SOLD For sale: Echo Shadow 2 3106-4 Euro Nymph Rod. $225.00 plus shipping. This is a very nice Euro rod. I just picked up something different and am de-cluttering. Rod has only been fished for...
SOLD Echo 4106-4 Switch for sale. $200.00 plus shipping. Rod has been used very lightly. Some minor soiling on grip. Good lightweight switch for Valley and Klamath steelheading. I would even...
Wow Bill, very sad news.
Comforting though that Chuck lived a long full life, had lots of adventures, and experienced fishing in CA that younger generations can only dream about.
I am very...
Thanks for the replies and info everyone.
I am definitely shelving any plans to hit the Klamath until all these fires settle down. Fingers crossed that Norcal will get a decent fall rain cycle...
Hello steelheaders.
Wondering if anyone has current intel on what section(s) of the Klamath are open to non-tribal folks? A friend just called the Weitchpec Store and was told that the Yurok...
Hi Bill,
I know just a little bit about fishing in Florida (and even less about fly fishing travel in general for that matter), but have formed the opinion that given overall ease of travel,...
Hi MThompson,
I don't have a first hand report as I haven't been out for shad yet this year but know from reliable second hand reports that shad have been in the Ord Bend area for a couple weeks...
That Klamath trip with Bill and Noe was in my pre-Perry Poking days, lol!
Paul Johnson (formerly of SAGE) and I were "teaching" each other to spey cast about that time (late 1990's). Paul is...
Hi Jcolin,
Adding to Andy's great info - There should be fish spread from top to bottom in October so you would have lots of options for setting up shop. That said, arguably most of the fish are...
Hi Bill,
I went with you and Noe to the Klamath River Lodge way back in I think 1998 or 1999? The fishing was not very good but it was an awesome trip!
That private run behind the lodge sure...
John H-
Man, you take the best fish photos! You make it look easy...
Definitely a Sacramento Pike-minnow and a healthy-looking specimen who appears to have settled into his piscivorous ways...
Hi Troutsource. Nice American River "by-catch" and photos but I am pretty confident you misidentified those fish as Pike-minnow. They look like Hardhead (Mylopharodon conocephalus) to me.
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Hey Troutsource looks like you've got those juvenile bug-eating American River Sacramento Pikeminnows dialed in!
Thanks for sharing the photo. I would have bet that you were actually catching...
They could very well be small Sac Pikeminnow... Have to check that upper lip margin. Its the only sure diagnostic! I have sorted through hundreds of juvenile Hardhead/Pikeminnow back in my days...
Hi Troutsource,
Not that it really matters, but my suspicion is that you are actually catching Hardhead, not Sacramento Pikeminnow. Another California native minnow, Hardhead are very similar in...