What an amazing season of Winter Steelhead fishing thus far!!! December began with no rain and severely low clear water. I did my secret rain dance at the holidays and boy did I ever over shoot the goal. While there has been a lot of water this January there have been absolutely fantastic opportunities with possibly my best catch numbers ever. Remember that small streams like the Kilchis, NF Nehalem, Eagle Creek and others clear very quickly. These streams typically fish best when larger streams are still off color and too high to fish. For those of you wondering what to do this weekend, other than watch superbowl commercials, you may consider heading to the Oregon Coast. Rivers like the Wilson and Trask will be at fishable conditions. These rivers have rarely been fishable in January and are loaded full of chrome Steelhead right now!!!
Saturday I taught a Winter Steelhead class in Tillamook. Those who attended got a lot of great information about the area rivers and were shown a few of my favorite sweet spots. Two class participants joined me for a half day on Sunday. It is alway a treat for me to guide anglers into their first ever Winter Steelhead. Brett got things started with this beautiful chromer.
Not to be out done, Eric added a few more as we managed to hook 7 with 4 magnificent fish to hand.
For those of you who attended this class, all of these fish were caught on the Trask River in the area I told you was the transition zone.
Good luck to all and I look forward to fishing with you soon,
Gil Muhleman
Water Time Outfitters
541-419-7778
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