Good.....thanks.
Good.....thanks.
Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
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Cell: 530/753-5267
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Hey it was nice bumping into you a few times. I’d say there may (or may not?) have been a few factors that were negatively impacting the overall amount of action: change in the weather being one, added numbers of anglers, etc. I got the distinct impression more than once that the fish were ON THE MOVE. Regardless of the factors, real or imagined... overall it was a great trip for me. I did have lots more action on half pounders on my previous trip, on the other had I had more and larger adults on this trip. Not exactly a lot of fish to hand, but I can’t complain too much about getting a solid tug (or more) out of pretty much every single riffle I fished.
I did have to work a lot harder for the grabs I got, but I kind of like the challenge anyway. I did manage to have good action from well below Orleans to well above Happy camp... so yeah, they are there. Sometimes grabby, sometimes not. I’d say it’s well worth covering a lot of water if you aren’t getting grabs, perhaps even a bit more so than “normal” steelhead fishing? I hope to get up there once more before fall turns to winter, but time flies by so fast who knows if it’ll happen.
JB
"Lord help me to be the person my dog thinks I am"
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Nice meeting you as well Jason. I was wondering if you were on this board. You definitely covered some water.
I got home Thursday evening tired and a little bit defeated but by noon on Friday I had the streamtime map out and was planning my next assault. It won't be long.
In November, maybe 25 years ago, Bob Quigley reported to me that he was annually fishing the Klamath river up in the Seiad Valley.
He said he used a sink-tip, shorter leader and weighted winged sparce purple fly.
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Upper Klamath river guide Mike Folden said he guides up as high as the mouth of the Scott river.
I would guess that in November it would be best from Happy Camp up to the Scott River?
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Al Perryman, Jason Hartwick, Dennis Lee, Jim Zech and Gary Anderson have been fishing in November up in the Seiad Valley area.
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Only thing about November is that many will be on the Trinity river and the weather could turn very ugly.
Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
Certified FFF Casting Instructor
Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
Cell: 530/753-5267
Web: www.billkiene.com
Contact me for any reason........
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Hey Bill,
Whats your set up on the Klamath?? Rod, line recs etc?
If any of you all interested I only have 7 days left available until the second week oDecember. Im expecting to bo booked solid within two weeks or so! Hit me up it's been good!
I just use a single handed fly rod or a small Switch rod, floating line, tapered mono leader the length of my rod to about 1x tippet.
Then any classic Steelhead fly, wet fly or nymph in size #8/10.......barbless.
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Chasing Shade? In August/September it is more important to fish in the low light levels of morning and evening.
Or in the shade with the sun off the run or water the fish should be in.
We were taught many years ago by veteran Klamath river fly fisher Joe Shirshac......he started up there in 1952.
He gets out extremely early and fishes hard for the first 3 hours of light.......with a dark fly.
Joe taught us to take the afternoons off to eat and take a nap.
Then we would go out about 3 hours before sunset and fish hard right up till dark.
Late in the Fall, Oct/Nov, when it is over casting and raining you can fish all day in the low light levels.
Clear skies, bright sun mid-afternoon is not good.
Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
Certified FFF Casting Instructor
Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
Cell: 530/753-5267
Web: www.billkiene.com
Contact me for any reason........
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Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)
567 Barber Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
Certified FFF Casting Instructor
Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
Cell: 530/753-5267
Web: www.billkiene.com
Contact me for any reason........
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