WIZ!!!!

I Just finished my week's fishing with Wiz and Ranae on the upper NU. We have finally had our first big winter rain just as March comes to an end. Along with our high water came a good batch of fish out of the lower river. We are seeing a mixed bag of colored fish that had been living in the Main and new fish just out of tied water. Wiz saw one of his best days ever with me on a day when he went 4 for 8. His tally included a big buck that was 13-14 lbs and a huge hen that tipped the scale at 16-17lbs. They were both amazing fish that put up epic battles. His hen finally came to hand after 20 minutes of chasing her thru two different pools. Congrats Wiz!!! We'll see you this summer. Remember - you're only welcome back if you bring Ranae with you!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE!

4 of Ranae's beauties!

It has been a while since I have gotten around to a post. Things have been busy and our fishing remains good. I spent the day with Robert "Wiz" Wissmar and Ranae Holland. Ranae tore 'em up! She went 5 for 5 today on the Upper North Umpqua - not bad for her first trip steelheading! She's a natural. We had rain the last 2 days and it finally pumped our river up a bit. This seemed to shuffle the cards and bring some new fish from the lower river. The river was dropping all day and should fish equally well again tomorrow. It felt good to be back on the Upper North - I am sure we will be back up there again in the morning.

SHIZ AND JUDY!!!

Shiz and Judy with some winter chrome!

Despite the fact that our water level continues to fall, the fish have been snapping well. I just finished off a 3 day trip with Shiz and Judy Nakawatase where they went 11 for 16. Today we got 7! We ran into a big pod of fish at the second run of the day and went 4 for 4 in just over an hour of fishing. It is that time of year when the ladies show up. I haven't seen a buck in the last 20 fish I've beached. We will still see a few fresh males show up but most have already made their way thru the system. I have been begging for rain and now that we have some in the forecast, I don't want it. I am on some great fish right now and I don't want the conditions to change. If in fact we do get some weather, it should put us back on our coastal streams. A change of venue wouldn't be bad either!

GREAT DAY!

Dave with 2 fat hens from the NU!

Our fishing has been a bit off and on lately. We are getting fish everyday but we are not consistently seeing the numbers my clients have come accustomed to. Today Dave Souther had 7 with me on the NU. He got a couple real beauties!

We had a dose of rain at the end of last week but the water on the NU just barely wiggled. The fish continue to come but we could use some high flows to get fish spread thru the system and put some grit back in the water. Unfortunately, no big rain in the forecast.