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California Rain-a’comin?
POTENTIAL TO BE THE WETTEST PERIOD SO FAR THIS WET SEASON.  MODEL CONFIDENCE AND RELIABILITY ARE ABOVE NORMAL...  INDICATING SOME 3 TO 7+ INCH AMOUNTS OVER INTERIOR NORCAL...

Oregon Steelhead Photos

Alawys Be Closing (PA)
PS: I have the flies that work

More Self-Promotion (White, AR)
Everyone is friendly and the slow pace is addictive.

Prick Slick (Madison, MT)
The slick in front of his house was renamed Prick Slick, because of how this guy treats anglers who walk the bank (below the high water mark).  In fact, I was there the night this name was conjured up…

Smut-Like (Bighorn, MT)
Streamer fishing has been best in the deeper trenches of the river... A sinking line is necessary to get the streamer down to the fish.

Spawning Cycles (Colorado, AZ)
The spawn is very weak this year. I figure that this is a “compensatory response” due to the fact that the spawn and recruitment has been so successful the past couple of years. This is a natural response by the fish and I have seen it many times over the years and next year will likely be different.

Skwala Orgy Photos (warning: graphic content)

Great Steelhead Porn

Rising Water = Downed Trees (Au Sable, MI)
there are trees down everywhere.  I know that the river is impassable from Wakeley to Townline.  I would suspect that the North Branch and South Branch are also impassible (ditto the Manistee).  This was the kind of storm that rearranges the river.  Which I think is great.  You know the old saying, you never step into the same river twice.  Well this year it’ll be a bit more profound.  As our river swells with spring run-off the deck will be shuffled, as steelheaders are fond of saying, and there’ll be new fish residing in covers that weren’t there last year.

Spring Fever

Catskills (MI)
Everyone is getting the bug to fish

Frying Pan (CO)
Spring is popping!

Au Sable (MI)
Time to get excited boys and girls.  Spring is in the “ten day”.

Au Sable (MI)
Major melt down is happening right now on the Au Sable River.  When is it time to start spring streamer fishing?  The answer is right now!

Au Sable (MI)
it is spring.  The steelhead are spawning on the steelhead rivers.  The rainbows are starting to spawn on the Au Sable.  There have been small hatches of midges and stoneflies on both rivers, and I’m certain that by next week someone will have found an early riser.

Not So Fast (MI)

Early Spring Hatches

Stonefly Blizzard (Penns, PA)
Black Stonefly hatch that was like a blizzard.

Stoneflies, But No Hendricksons Yet (Catskills, NY)
Occasional little black stones will get an occasional rise,but not frequently enough to really get anyone excited.  …water temps are still (mercifully) cold,so we’re not worried about Hendricksons popping as of yet.

Hendrickson Hatch Trip – Sold Out (Central PA)
Enjoy the first large mayfly hatch of the season. We will also have Grammons in the air.  We plan on fishing Big Fishing Creek (Friday) and either Bald Eagle or Penns Creek on Saturday.
Troutnut.com Hendrickson Photos

Hendrickson Anticipation (Au Sable, MI)
Another week closer to Hendricksons!  But then the snow came yesterday.

“March Browns Just Around The Corner” (Deschutes, OR)

Profound Advice (Frying Pan, CO)
Do it to it!