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Easy limits once again on the Peninsula (6/3) Many large (5") and Jumbos (6"+) this season. I've never seen so many "necking".....there was well over a hundred necking at any given time in our dig area. Last day of the WA spring razor season is June 7

Wheels up at 4:30AM from Vantucky CFB (Clam Force Base) Destination Long Beach AO

With a running steelhead you have to backreel like a madman.

Jerry McGinnis of the Fishin' Hole (ESPN) did a show on the Columbia in the John Day reach. They targeted smallies with jigs. He was in direct the whole time with a spinning reel, back reeling as the fish ran. It got my attention.

No, not exactly. There is no pawl, those are in the old school reels that had the "happy switch" where you could switch them from on the drag to direct. Fishing spinners in fast water, I loved those old reels because I need to be in direct to control spinner blade RPM. As of about 1990, all...

Shimano 200/201 is "steelhead size". We run 10# and 12# on them for steelhead and occasionally tangle with Chinook. Those are good line weights for that frame size. Drag is not the issue because you supplement drag with your thumb. It's about capacity because you'll want a reel that is better...

They are moving in greatest steelhead highway in the world as I type this. Looks to be a great year and about time for me to make my first foray... River Levels http://levels.wkcc.org/?P=Oregon.html Fish Counts http://www.fpc.org/currentdaily/HistFishTwo_7day-ytd_Adults.htm

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Here's another one.... Frayed Knot I like the dual meaning stuff. Or triple meaning.... Time Being not a very good boat name though.

Star Wars peeps would like it. Maybe Millennium Falcon or Death Star ?

None of the above. Need more sophistication. Through history boats/ships were referred to in the female gender. "She went straight into Harm's Way, on that moonless night." So.... Miss Behavin' Miss Stress (or Mistress) Off Duty (let folks wonder about what you do) Cops might look the other...

Those are Mustards. Channel Cats are the big dogs and they don't generally monkey around in ponds. They like flowing water (rivers). The Snake River has a good population. You don't hear much about them in the Metro area.

Yes, Cottonwood is the new state park on the former Murtha Ranch. A very good starting point. Bank access is certainly not "almost everywhere" in that canyon. Roads don't generally follow the river and there is lots of private land. Access will be at "points". Get a good map (BLM or Road Atlas)...

Mini-Springers ! Beautiful fish.

The fame, the movie contracts. Are you sure ?