Save yourself from yourself…put those rods in the holders and wait until the line is ripping off the reel!
Salmon and steelhead plug bites: wait, wait, wait! from Fish with JD on Vimeo.
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November 2007
Kevin Pohley of Auburn, CA sent in this Smoker of the Year Contest entry — a fish from the Feather River, near the infamous Thermalito Afterbay Outlet Hole, where the season was an absolute bust. He pretty much summed it up with this:
“The 2007 salmon season….Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
Hurry and get those Smoker of the Year photos into us…the deadline for the 2007 season is Dec. 15. At that point, the judging will begin!
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Okay, on to the mail bag…here are some questions from the readers. If you’ve got a question for me about fishing — or anything else — zip me an email.
Hey J.D., Saw the picture of your drifter and now I don’t feel so bad. LOL! Anyway, I need some new sticks — what do you have and do you like them? Thanks, Jerry
Jerry, I saw something on the news today that really made me feel old — the band Duran Duran is having its 30th anniversary this year. Wow — I’m sad to say that they were really popular back when I was in high school!
Anyway, for those of use who lived through the stuff that’s now called “retro,” the best way to go with oars is wood shafts — the continuous fibers of wood flex better than the hollow tube design of composite shafts. That forgiving flex of, say a Sawyer Lite wood shaft, is easier on our aching –and aging — joints. Add some Sawyer Dynelite carbon-fiber blades and you’re in business.
Watch for the February 2008 issue of Salmon Trout Steelheader for an article I did on changing out the old blades, which you may want to do if your shafts are still serviceable.
JD, I know how to tie a sliding hook rig for mooching/trolling but am not
sure how to tie a fixed hook rig for the same purpose. THANKS!! Capt. Salmon
Hey Capt. Salmon….thanks for the email! Check out the “Videos” section of the webpage and click on “Pimped out Egg Loop”…that will show you the steps.
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One day, I’m gonna fish with this guy…he’s awesome!
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It was one of those moments that you never forget…Big Fred, our good buddy Nick and me…having one of those epic days of fishing when all the planets were in alignment. We hooked something like 35 or 40 steelhead…on the fly…that day. It was absolutely sick! We caught ‘em on nymphs and dries and I had an unreal session in the middle of the day in which I hooked three steelhead on three consecutive casts….three times! That kind of fishing just doesn’t happen…
The highlight occurred when we managed to accomplish this rarest of rare steelhead fly fishing feats — the triple header. After that epic day of days, Nick asked us if we wanted to go back to the same spot the next morning.
We decided not to — there was no point in trying to one-up perfection.
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Alright, all the fluff chuckers in the house…this school o’ bones should put a little lead in your Crazy Charlie!
Cast…Three O’Clock! Strip…Strip…Strip….SET! You got him! ZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!
Sorry, just a little Bahama dreamin’ on a cold, cloudy November night….
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On a warm night recently, the boys and me decided that it might be cool to give topwater striper fishing on the Delta a go. After all, I’d been getting 12-20 topwater blowups per morning on my guide trips. On a nice calm evening, I reasoned, we could put the serious hurtin’ on the fish…
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Watch as trusty side-kick Reilly finally makes a good cast…
Coho Hook-up from jd richey on Vimeo.
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