After lightening strikes twice for early winters, I can't get the trifecta

12/1, I gave up on the Clack for a bit while a buddy and I hit the rivers during the downpours and fished around in the mud soup. From the chocomilk, I hooked/lost a coho and my buddy landed one. Today, back on the Clack in the sub-30s and wind, freezing my extremities and praising the joys of winter steelheading , found another one...where's my steelhead?

Not too shabby, I'd feel fine about your predicament!

Best,

Nice fish Chez. What did you get it to bite? what ever it was looked liked it choked it !

Throbbit _Shane said:

Nice fish Chez. What did you get it to bite? what ever it was looked liked it choked it !

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You're right, it totally inhaled a size 5 spinner.

What part of the river were you on?

smoky said:

What part of the river were you on?

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This time of the year, I like to get down to where they first come in...way down low.

I was gonna try and throw some jigs by high rocks on sunday.was wondering if they should be around there

That's a heck of a shiny ho for this time of year! I'll take a ho over a steelhead anyday

Sure that's not a summer steelhead....

Ahaha. Beauty!

Ahh, the first few weeks of December are my favorite on the Clack. Not much pressure and every fish you hook is very rewarding. Feb-March can just be too easy .. Lol

Tight Lines

JeannaJigs said:

That's a heck of a shiny ho for this time of year! I'll take a ho over a steelhead anyday

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Yeah, it's interesting. Evidently there is what's considered a 'late run' of Coho on the Clackamas that comes in November - January.

In fact, last year on 12/16, less than 100 yards from where I got the recent one, I caught a cousin on a similar #5 spinner:

Nice job was fishing up at McIver didn't see anything and no bites

Oh my sweet, sweet Lord! You're catching them and still complaining about not catching enough (or not catching enough different ones, to be precise about it). I thought so highly of you back in October... now that I'm back, I may need to re-evaluate.

Good job, Chez. You're still my steelhead hero.