03-08-2010, 02:59 AM
It was supposed to be cloudy with rain today , perfect steelhead conditions .
Instead it was bright and sunny on the river with the shadow coming from the stair side of the coffer . I arrived at 11:30 and descended the sled run where the stairs were supposed to be , to my amazement I had the whole coffer section all to myself .
I used several presentations from one end of the coffer to the other with the same results , Brown trout on every second or third cast . The best set-up 4" off the bottom with a 3' leader line . The water is cold so strikes were short and fast . I did not see or hear of another fisherman getting a cromer while I was there and not one sign of fish being brought up the stairs , no blood scales or spawn on the packed snow at all .
There hadn't been much time passing before other fishermen started to fill the line , with each fish I caught the closer they came to my area . I'd move up , they would move up , I'd head down , they would follow .
While up top just past the jutting tree I managed to get my spring baptism in , I'm glad that annual deed is done and hopefully over with .
Next weekend maybe , the weekend after definatly there will be fish .
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Instead it was bright and sunny on the river with the shadow coming from the stair side of the coffer . I arrived at 11:30 and descended the sled run where the stairs were supposed to be , to my amazement I had the whole coffer section all to myself .
I used several presentations from one end of the coffer to the other with the same results , Brown trout on every second or third cast . The best set-up 4" off the bottom with a 3' leader line . The water is cold so strikes were short and fast . I did not see or hear of another fisherman getting a cromer while I was there and not one sign of fish being brought up the stairs , no blood scales or spawn on the packed snow at all .
There hadn't been much time passing before other fishermen started to fill the line , with each fish I caught the closer they came to my area . I'd move up , they would move up , I'd head down , they would follow .
While up top just past the jutting tree I managed to get my spring baptism in , I'm glad that annual deed is done and hopefully over with .
Next weekend maybe , the weekend after definatly there will be fish .
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