Grand Ronde photos

[Rick J]

Here are a few shots from the trip



John H with steely



Clyde from Georgia with 33" steely - biggest of the trip



Gear raft!!!



The guides and Willow (dog)


Floating the Ronde

[Lee Haskin]

Hi Rick,

Nice report. Beautiful water.

Were you skating flies? What patterns worked best?

Cheers,
Lee

[Rick J]

Hi Lee,
Tried skating some but not much luck - did have a few boils on top and Bill hooked one on a damp muddler.

Most of the time we were using either floating tips with weighted flies or type 3 tips. Generally we are fishing a main fly with a small trailer. Most of my fish came to the trailer which was mostly a size 8 bead head moss back (my favorite Klamath fly)!!

[Lee Haskin]

Rick,

Sounds good. Were the fish smaller than usual, or were they about average? Was there much competition on the river?
Looks like a great trip.

How many fish could you expect in a day?

Lee

[Rick J]

Fishing was pretty tough as not much rain and not many fish had come in out of the Snake. I also think the runs may have been off a bit - the fish probably averaged a bit larger than normal - several 7 to 9# fish which were probably 2 year salt fish while most fish are usually 1-year fish of 4 to 6#.

I managed to hook 9 and land 3 - went a day with no grabs and on the last day had 4 fish on - when the fish are in you can expect very good fishing - in one week when it was on they had 101 steelhead hooked - so that can give you an idea of how it can fluctuate