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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The fishing on the river has been on fire. My cousin Chris (Mission Viejo) came to visit the same time my Dad got back from his cruise and along with Conner, the trio caught and released 95 Steely Trout. They had non-stop action most of the three days we were on the river. Saturday, we had a high of 42 fish...
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The Steely trout bite is red hot. My clients Don and Jim caught and released 35 fish today all while backtrolling a hotshot worm combo, in the upper stretches of the Klamath River. Most of the fish were 1/2 to 11/2 pounds, but we did land a couple 2 plus pound Steelies. We had one 5 pounder that we nearly landed...
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