October 6-7, 2014
Dad, Rob, Rick, and Tom all got together for two days of guided fishing on the Klickitat River for steelhead with Red's Fly Shop. Accommodations were great, at a lodge near Glenwood Washington with an expansive view of Mt. Adams. Great hosts, guides, and food.
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| View from my bathroom window (and the room if I had opened the blinds) |
The weather was great for a scenic float down a beautiful canyon - clear skies, cool mornings, afternoon temps near 80 degrees - but it made fishing tough with it being dry for the last couple weeks and low water without any significant fall rains yet. Cloudy weather with rain a few days before gets the fish moving, but we made-do with the weather we had and found some fish, both steelhead and king salmon. The guides were licensed this year to allow us to keep kings, so we brought a little meat home in addition to the fun.
The Klickitat made stream #123 for Rick, then on the last day we got off the river with just enough daylight for Rick to stop at a pull out on the side of the road adjacent to the Little Klickitat River and pick up a couple small trout for stream #124. Tom could have been there, but somehow he thought getting home to see his family after being a week away from them was more important than a picking up a new stream (he was in California for several days before the fishing trip). He's getting soft!
It was a fun couple of days. We'll have to try again next year and hope for better weather.
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| Tom and our first steelhead of the day |
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| Bright steel! |
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| Fighting the king |
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| A nice king |
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| Tom was the steelhead man this trip |
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| Stream #124 for Rick in the fading light of day |
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