Sorry for the lack of entries for the last few weeks. I have been fishing on my days off and it has been good out there. Here are some pics from the last couple of outings I had fishing with friends. One day was from winter steelheading on 12/18 with my friends Ethan Nickel and Scott Nelson. The other days were from fall Chinook Salmon fishing on 12/9 & 12/10 with my friends Ethan Nickel and Brandon Bischof. Both fishing adventures were very worth while; especially since it was during the cold spell for the salmon fishing, and during a low water spell with cold weather for the steelheading.
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| Scott with a fish that really ripped off some line on the grab, and fought a long hard battle. |
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| Ethan displaying Scott's first landed winter steelhead of the day; which took a deeply swung black and red pattern. |
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| My first official winter landed winter steelhead of the 2013/14 season. Woo Hoo!! |
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| The fins underwater on this fish show how super salty fresh this winter steelhead is.... |
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| Winter steelhead love holding in deep green bedrock slots like this one |
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| This chromer made my fly line zig zag all around the pool while running all over the place |
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| A prime example of a super salty fresh chrome bright native wild winter steelhead |
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| 10wt rods ready for fall Chinook Salmon |
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| Much better than being home in the icy cold weather that struck western Oregon's valley areas.... |
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| Ethan admiring the first landed fall Chinook of the day |
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| Clouser minnows are the go to fly for tide-runner fall Chinook |
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| Ethan on tight to a nice salty fresh chromer on the second day of fishing |
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| Brandon sipping some warm tea while Ethan & this Chinook have an enduring battle. |
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| Ethan wearing out this salmon, but the salmon is not giving in easily.... |
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| Or is the salmon wearing out Ethan....... |
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| Well it looks like Ethan won this battle with the salmon, and the Clouser minnow was the culprit again. |
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| Hoisting up this gorgeous fall Chinook salmon; so we could check it out and admire it.... |
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| Catching fish like this when everyone is dealing with a cold snap is certainly the way to go...... |
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| The little make Chinook fought hard and put some serious bend into the 10wt Helios2. |
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| Another fall Chinook that decided to attack the Clouser Minnow. |
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| Ethan was surprised when this fish took the stripped clouser, cartwheeled airs, and turned out to be a winter steelhead. |
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