| I was able to make another quick trip down to | | | | they weren't. It was a nice day on the river |
| Riggins Idaho Wednesday I knew before I left | | | | though the wind was very light and the sun |
| that fishing would be tough but I just needed | | | | was shining and it actually got quite warm. I |
| to get out for awhile. With high pressure | | | | tried all my tricks hoping to get lucky and |
| setting up and the cold nights we have been | | | | when I got the first hit I was watching some |
| having expecting any more would have been | | | | deer up on the hill steelhead one fisher 0 |
| total optimism on my part. | | | | (#1- Rule be ready! opps!!) |
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| The drive down from New Meadows was relaxing | | | | I fished for about another hour and half |
| and I was glad to see how much the snow has | | | | before I switch to a small Crappie jig some |
| been receding on my way down. There were a | | | | times using these small jigs will produce |
| number of deer and elk out and it is always | | | | fish. After fishing with this for about |
| nice to see them. If you have some good | | | | thirty minutes I got a hit and hooked into a |
| binoculars or a spotting scope and want to | | | | steelhead well I knew that this small jig |
| see a real nice bull stop at the rest area | | | | meant that I needed to be careful after |
| just this side of Rapid River and look to the | | | | fighting the fish for several minutes I was |
| west, there is a real nice bull hanging out | | | | sure I was going to win the battle and then |
| up there and he is well worth stopping and | | | | it was like some one was throwing rocks at |
| looking for if you enjoy watching Elk. He has | | | | it, any he turned and headed back to the |
| not yet dropped his antlers put that will be | | | | Ocean and it didn't matter what I tried he |
| happening some time soon. | | | | was going. Well it didn't take long for the |
| | | | light hook on this jig to straighten and now |
| Any way back to steelhead fishing I only | | | | the score is steelhead 2 fishermen 0. |
| fished two holes Shorts bar and at the Park | | | | |
| in Riggins. I notice quite a few steelhead | | | | I fished for about another hour but I never |
| roll in each of the holes but getting a hit | | | | got another hit I hope to make it back this |
| proved to be another story you know how | | | | weekend with a rain storm coming in it should |
| steelhead are they are either hitting or they | | | | be better fishing as long as the wind will |
| are not. Well as I suspected with the weather | | | | stay down. |