The last week was the best of the entire steelhead spring season!!! So that confirmed my suspission that the steelhead where late this year. I have seen in in 2007 when we had a similar snow pack and spring. Max was our only client last week and the fishing was very good. He lost several big fish but we lost a Buck in the high twenties close by the net. We had to chase this fish a couple hundred yards down the river. At this moment there are still a lot of steelhead coming up the river, but now they will have a break. So you never know when they show up, they have there own agenda and we just have to deal wit that. Sometimes it is frustrating when you know there is no fish, you come back a week or so and there they are! There is nothing so unpredictable as spring steelhead because they do not stay in the river like there summer run causins.
No we are looking forward to our Chinook salmon salmons (king) and that is my favourite time of the year. We will see broken rods, reel, backing, lines etc. This is the time it looks more like big game fishing then fly fishing! But before we start i will be making a pilot trip to our new guide destination here in BC. What can i tell you about this secretive trout destination? Not much. But it is a super remote lake close to the Yukon border where we have giant rainbow trout! So when we get back, a nice trip report will follow on our blog with info and booking dates. It is a small window that we can catch these big trout so space is only limited to 8 anglers!
I landed the last fish of the season.
