The last few trips have been quite the mix of weather; of course it has all been on the cold side. It has definitely been Winter Steelhead on the Klamath River with temperatures ranging from 20 to 40 degrees as well as rain and 3 inches of snow mixed in. Despite the tough weather, my clients and friends and I managed to...
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Today was one of those days it would have been very easy to just stay home on the warm couch and enjoy pre-Turkey day, but it was a good thing we chose not to. Conner, Dad and I bundled up and got on the water at 1pm. We waited thinking it would warm up a bit this afternoon, wrong, it was still...
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You have to love when a teaching lesson is rewarded. My client Tom Stephenson (Costa Mesa and Hornbrook CA) hired me to teach him how to fish and row the Klamath River in his new Willie Drift boat, today. Tom is a fairly new resident of Hornbrook and has a great house right on the river, Tom also fished with me over 8...
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It was a frosty morning on the upper Klamath River yesterday. My clients Jeff Howard and Russ Hickley of the California Fly Fishers Association drifted and swung some frozen flies in the early part of the morning but by lunch time the sun was out for a while and warmed everything up. The guys landed some nice Steelhead before and after lunch,...
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It was another 30 plus fish day on the upper Klamath. My clients caught over  30 Steely Trout again today, although the fish were all 1/2 pound to 1 pound they put up a good fight and are in great shape.  The weather has been all over the place the last few days, we have seen lots of rain some snow and very cold...
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The weather was ugly but the fishing was great. My clients Ej and George landed over 30 fish today, despite the morning snow, and the all day cold rain. The guys landed 5 adult Steelies 4 wild and 1 hatchery amongst the 30, with George taking big fish honors, landing a 22 inch 5 pound wild steely. We will be back at it tomorrow hopefully the weather...
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