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lilsalmon
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Sooooo, Bigsteel and I spent the day on the Santiam with Dave Carpenter of Oregon Outdoor Excursions. This was my birthday present from Bigsteel...what an awesome guy...Thanks again Dave.
We met at Mehama and floated to Stayton Bridge. Right at the bridge in Lyons a guy (can't remember his name) in a boat anchored at the launch caught a VERY NICE nook. That got us really pumped although we were pretty much targeting trout.
We started out with the first many minutes of the float with no bites and no luck....We anchored on a little island and fished the water behind and Wham...lilsalmon got the first fish....My biggest trout on a fly at 17"....Yeehaw....it was a beaut!!!!!! and fought in and out of the water.... After playing with a few bites we got back in the boat and headed out again....I had "hot hands" kept bringing in the trout on a fly that Dave, the guide, made and hasn't named yet...it was a caddis emerger. Dave had a lot of bites but had a little trouble setting the hook...(a little about that later or he can tell you about that one
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We stopped for lunch of awesome steak, mac salad and yummy cheesecake. While lunch was being prepared Dave and I wandered a little channel by a huge log jam. I had no luck but enjoyed the beauty and found a $7 lure (which later found its way stuck in my arm)...Dave got 4 in a nice little pool there...yay!!!!
So after lunch we head out again and because I had the "hot hands" I got the big weapon as we were in steelhead waters.....it had a fly on that Dave, the guide, had made that I had never seen before....we zigzagged the water and I felt a bump bump but messed that one up...grrrrr.
I had on a goddard fly (not sure of the name...I am a year older and the memory didn't get any better...hehe) and started slaying them with that. Dave put on the goddard and wham....he got the hot hands while I played with the steel.
All in all by the end of the day we caught well over 20 fish between us....sweet...
Going over the dam was exciting although I missed most of it as I was OFF exploring trees and bushes.....hehe.
The day was perfect.
The above sequence of events may not be in actual order and I hope Bigsteel gets on here and corrects and adds anything I have forgotten.
Dave Carpenter was an excellent guide. He said my trout put me in the top 5 as far as size of trout from his boat....:dance:
pics arent in order of course, I still havent figured that part out.
We met at Mehama and floated to Stayton Bridge. Right at the bridge in Lyons a guy (can't remember his name) in a boat anchored at the launch caught a VERY NICE nook. That got us really pumped although we were pretty much targeting trout.
We started out with the first many minutes of the float with no bites and no luck....We anchored on a little island and fished the water behind and Wham...lilsalmon got the first fish....My biggest trout on a fly at 17"....Yeehaw....it was a beaut!!!!!! and fought in and out of the water.... After playing with a few bites we got back in the boat and headed out again....I had "hot hands" kept bringing in the trout on a fly that Dave, the guide, made and hasn't named yet...it was a caddis emerger. Dave had a lot of bites but had a little trouble setting the hook...(a little about that later or he can tell you about that one
)We stopped for lunch of awesome steak, mac salad and yummy cheesecake. While lunch was being prepared Dave and I wandered a little channel by a huge log jam. I had no luck but enjoyed the beauty and found a $7 lure (which later found its way stuck in my arm)...Dave got 4 in a nice little pool there...yay!!!!
So after lunch we head out again and because I had the "hot hands" I got the big weapon as we were in steelhead waters.....it had a fly on that Dave, the guide, had made that I had never seen before....we zigzagged the water and I felt a bump bump but messed that one up...grrrrr.
I had on a goddard fly (not sure of the name...I am a year older and the memory didn't get any better...hehe) and started slaying them with that. Dave put on the goddard and wham....he got the hot hands while I played with the steel.
All in all by the end of the day we caught well over 20 fish between us....sweet...
Going over the dam was exciting although I missed most of it as I was OFF exploring trees and bushes.....hehe.
The day was perfect.
The above sequence of events may not be in actual order and I hope Bigsteel gets on here and corrects and adds anything I have forgotten.
Dave Carpenter was an excellent guide. He said my trout put me in the top 5 as far as size of trout from his boat....:dance:
pics arent in order of course, I still havent figured that part out.
