Well got to go up and fish the Eel and Van Duzen this year for 8 days. Such an awesome place to go fishing no matter the numbers you catch. Just to be out there and spend time getting to know the rivers makes it a fun trip! The first day my brother and I started fishing the South Fork Eel and not much action. So I thought to myself maybe its just me and no fishing the water right but then again it seems like this addiction of steelhead hunting has turned into the fish of a million casts. Especially if rain timing is not good and with the decline in fish.
Anyways day one started up on the South Fork we worked our way down to the confluence and along the way got to talking with lots of people in boats and others that where bank fishing. I guess the rapid increase of water from that first major rain really brought in the fish and because the water was draining at a really fast rate it makes the fish not hold much at all in the lower or middle section of rivers. So I tried all kinds of patterns and colors of flies but not one grab. Either way is was a great experience to fish the South Fork and see the river in its beauty of color.
Here are some casting pics
Day two we then started to fish the main stem of the eel on the second day. The main stem at the time had lots of water and was off color just a tad bit. But either way fishing and going down I had a couple of grabs but no hook ups. But this gave me hope that there were some fish going around and willing to take a swung fly. So my brother and I kept going down river and finished with out a fish in hand on day two.
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