Recent content by junk4jones

I've been waiting for that question. Sadly it was not my call. I take full responsibility as a father. Your rhetorical question has been translated into a lesson. Thanks for the link!

My son and I were way out of our usual waters today, down in a Philomath park on the Mary's River. My son caught this guy. He saw a bunch of 12- to 16-inch fish hanging in shallow water and cast a worm under bobber to them. They were eager feeders at first, then spooked after this one got...

I choose to believe you're joking. Now I will laugh. As for the stealth, I was busted by the time I saw them. No going back in that situation?

Spent all morning catching micro-trout on a coastal river, then saw a few steelhead in a really slow pool. The best I could get them to do was to move away from my fly. I know, I know, presentation. At another, heavily-fished, -swum, and -camped-on hole, 15-20 steelhead were holding at the...

Is it still a rant if it's all true? Thanks for the help. I found it. Nice water; I do wish I could hike/fish through more of it, though. 'Heart Attack' seems a tad hyperbolic, don't it? Cheers!

How do you get to the Heart Attack Hole? I keep reading about it but can't seem to piece together exactly where it is. I'm thinking somewhere between the hatchery and the S curves; do you drive across the bridge at the hatchery hole and follow that road?

Location is somewhere in the Clackamas drainage. So what do you guys mean by 'small'? Last time I talked to an experienced fisherman on the water he was shocked that I was trying some nymphs on long #10 hooks--he thought they were too small & I'd never hook a steelhead with them. I'd be glad...

I was fishing some small water yesterday and saw several steelhead holding in a narrow, shallow pool. I must have cast at them off and on for over an hour. Nothing doing. I tried most of my fly box, all kinds of presentations, and they absolutely ignored everything. At first I don't know if they...

Nope. Silver Ford Ranger.

I know it's 'supposed' to take many days and hours to 'earn' your first steelhead. Guess I need some reassurance, maybe some help. I've been wading and nymphing with my 9-weight fly rod whenever I can on the upper Nestucca (3 weeks ago), Little North Santiam (last weekend), and Eagle Creek...

Really? I thought it was all trout above Big Cliff. They plant steel above the reservoir?

I went to church at the river this Sunday morning. God's country on the Little North Santiam. Beautiful, crystal-clear water, and nary a fish in sight. I fished anyway, assuming I probably see less than 5% of the fish that are there anywhere I go anyway. No strikes. One person on this forum...

Excellent! That's both good news and a reliable endorsement from a human user. Thanks!

Dude, you're the Go-To Guy. You're right--the specs are beyond me, at least until I become enough of a gearhead to keep up. I think I understood this part, though: Thanks for the response!

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