Steelhead guide Jason Hartwick @ the Davis club......

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

......meeting this next Tuesday evening, November 27, 2012 @ 7;30pm.

The meeting will be at North Davis Elementry School at 555 East 14th Street in Davis, CA.

Jason will be putting on a presentation about "North Coast Steelhead".

Jason specialises in teaching and guiding two handed fly fishing (Spey casting) for Steelhead.

http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/ffd/pdf/FFD201211.pdf

[JBasile]

Bill,
Is this meeting open to the public?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Yes, all the fly club meetings are open to the public.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

It should be very exciting and educational too.

Some of us from the shop are going tonight.

[chromebright]

How far is it from Mendocino?

[bmcclintic]

For those of us that can't make it to the meeting tonight, will someone post any good information that comes out of the presentation to this thread? Thanks in advance.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Went to the Davis meeting tonight.....lots of old friends there who have belonged to that club for 30 plus years.

Jason did a great job with wonderful photos. Lots of beautiful rivers and exciting looking fish.

He said that mid-Sept to mid-Nov was his favorite time on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers for swinging wet and dry flies on a floating line with a two handed fly rod for Steelhead. He likes Switch rods and light Spey rods with short Scandi lines, long tapered mono leaders and classic winged flies for fall fishing. He also skates dries with lots of action in the fall with good success.

For winter fishing he guides out of the Eureka area on the Eel River mostly. He has a few other smaller rivers he guides depending on the weather. He recommended #7 and 8 weight Spey rods with Skagit heads, sink-tips and bigger flies for winter fishing.

He said Dec/Jan/Feb were the top months for winter Steelhead on average.

Jason said that October is his favorite month for swinging flies for Steelhead.......

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[bmcclintic]

Thanks Bill.