I have been every weekend for the last 5 weeks, up and down the Clackamas. Granted some of those trips were early, but fish are being caught according to pics and posts on forums. So I kept going. I have spent a ton of money and time to get out there and last weekend spent a lot of time climbing, falling, and finally getting to the hard to fish spots where not a lot of people go and I too have had zero success. Looking at the numbers so far, the run isn't huge and we all know the Clack isn't where the numbers are strongest. I have had run in's with some real a holes on the river too. A lot of bank guys take things WAY too serious out there, and I am not in to combat fishing. I don't do hog lines in my boat for the same reasons. Fishing for some, is an excuse to be rude and for me and my kids it is fun without equal and memories we will have for a lifetime. I am not going to give up my quest for steel, but I may slow down a bit and if I don't get fish because I choose not to fight for position or climb a mountain to find them, I am okay with that.
Discouraged but still trying. I can't wait for springers and then the steel will be completely erased from my plans until summer and I hear summer steel is easier fishing. I hope?
Cheers,
Chris