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Ok, I did a little fishing today ! I never fished the Santiam before.. and today was the first time. I fished 3 spots and caught 5 fish in all. I had fun and discovered some new places today.
First, I went to Buller-Miller county park which is South of Stayton. There I hiked approx .5 miles on a trail from the landing area to the river after a sharp bend. There I threw out my lures, and caught 4 fish in total ! They were rainbow trout but not very big. I threw them all back. I lost my only wedding ring lure there. I used lures with bait at the end - it seems like they were really biting on my worms ! I tired power bait eggs, as my worms kept getting so beat up.. but no bites on those.
I went to the store and picked up a couple more lures and headded East on hwy 22 to Santiam State park which is just north of Mehma. There I couldnt find any good spots to cast. I did spy a couple good holes, but one was occupied by swimmers and the other I needed a watercraft to reach. I turned around and went west to Mehma.
I hit John Neal county park in Lyons. There I found some nice water to fish just east of the boat dock at that park. I caught one little trout there.. lost a new wedding ring, one rooster tail lure. As the sun went down.. the fish were starting to jump ! I wasn't catching anything.
I had fun. I need to figure out a couple things. While wadding in this river.. my tera river sandles just slip on every step on the rocks in the water. I was bashing my toes into rocks.. and it sucked. Are there good wadding shoes out there that wont slip like I experienced ? Next.. I think I need a pontoon boat ! So I can float this river ! Finally.. I think I MUST learn to fly fish for good ! Loosing lures was no fun, and I figured I wont catch any fish if the fish are rising, and my lure is down below. I need to get my ass in gear and train myself to fly fish. I found this website on google. It lists some flies to use in this river. I think I'll stop by sportsman outlet in Salem and try to hunt down some of these flies.
First, I went to Buller-Miller county park which is South of Stayton. There I hiked approx .5 miles on a trail from the landing area to the river after a sharp bend. There I threw out my lures, and caught 4 fish in total ! They were rainbow trout but not very big. I threw them all back. I lost my only wedding ring lure there. I used lures with bait at the end - it seems like they were really biting on my worms ! I tired power bait eggs, as my worms kept getting so beat up.. but no bites on those.
I went to the store and picked up a couple more lures and headded East on hwy 22 to Santiam State park which is just north of Mehma. There I couldnt find any good spots to cast. I did spy a couple good holes, but one was occupied by swimmers and the other I needed a watercraft to reach. I turned around and went west to Mehma.
I hit John Neal county park in Lyons. There I found some nice water to fish just east of the boat dock at that park. I caught one little trout there.. lost a new wedding ring, one rooster tail lure. As the sun went down.. the fish were starting to jump ! I wasn't catching anything.
I had fun. I need to figure out a couple things. While wadding in this river.. my tera river sandles just slip on every step on the rocks in the water. I was bashing my toes into rocks.. and it sucked. Are there good wadding shoes out there that wont slip like I experienced ? Next.. I think I need a pontoon boat ! So I can float this river ! Finally.. I think I MUST learn to fly fish for good ! Loosing lures was no fun, and I figured I wont catch any fish if the fish are rising, and my lure is down below. I need to get my ass in gear and train myself to fly fish. I found this website on google. It lists some flies to use in this river. I think I'll stop by sportsman outlet in Salem and try to hunt down some of these flies.
