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mikeee2362
Had a great day on the Sandy today! Up long before the sun got to Cedar creek hatchery and was on my rock and ready to fish by 6. As soon as I could see my bobber, I started floating a Nightmare jig...2nd cast got the first fish, a nice little buck.
Fished for awhile longer, and had a couple takedowns, but couldn't hook up. The guy just upstream landed a pretty nice native, then lost a nice fish to a rock about a good 5 minutes into the fight...bummer for him. At about 10 I realized it was the last day of smelt season so I packed it in and beat feet for Troutdale to try some dipping. Beautiful day and Mt Hood was looking pretty glorious off in the distance on the hike out.
So I got to Troutdale about 11:20 and joined the circus. And I mean full on Barnum and Bailey action!
I did manage to squeeze in between a couple of hardcores up to their chest...with no waders dipping away semi-successfully getting a couple here and there, and managed to get in the last 20 minutes of the season, and scooped up about half a limit. Haven't dipped smelt in like 25 years, it was fun, and I wished I had thought to leave Sandy earlier.
All in all a great day on the Sandy!!
Fished for awhile longer, and had a couple takedowns, but couldn't hook up. The guy just upstream landed a pretty nice native, then lost a nice fish to a rock about a good 5 minutes into the fight...bummer for him. At about 10 I realized it was the last day of smelt season so I packed it in and beat feet for Troutdale to try some dipping. Beautiful day and Mt Hood was looking pretty glorious off in the distance on the hike out.
So I got to Troutdale about 11:20 and joined the circus. And I mean full on Barnum and Bailey action!
I did manage to squeeze in between a couple of hardcores up to their chest...with no waders dipping away semi-successfully getting a couple here and there, and managed to get in the last 20 minutes of the season, and scooped up about half a limit. Haven't dipped smelt in like 25 years, it was fun, and I wished I had thought to leave Sandy earlier.
All in all a great day on the Sandy!!