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After bombarding Robbo and Big T. with live time text photos from each catch from yesterdays summer King opener on the Skagit (Sorry for the data usage Big T. ) I owe to my Broheim a posted report here.

June 1st, 2012: Definitely one of the best openers in a long time!! Brought back some memories of guiding up on the Nushagak River in AK and watching the Kings roll their way up the river as the push came in and moving the boat just ahead of the moving fish playing leap frog long enough to catch them on their way up. That was yesterdays opening day on the Skagit. River was on the rise and the fish were flat hauling arse upriver. Honestly can't remember how many we hooked into yesterday but it was a mix of Hatchery and Wild Kings and Wild Steelhead as well. We fished Jigs, Side Drifted Bait and Plugs all day off and on (Johnny like the new Looney Lure plugs!! )

June 2nd, 2012: Back out there again this morning to a high and very colored Skagit. Maybe 2-3 feet of visibility at over 9,000cfs. Definitely had to change up today to some high water techniques fishing totally different water than yesterday. Basically had to find some fish hiding spots away from the high flows and debris. Cascade River was puking today!! Managed to hook into 3 nice Kings again today... They're here!!... Let's just hope here today and not gone tomorrow, especially for our "Wounded Warriors In Action" trip scheduled for next weekend. Hope to see some of you there June 9th at "Howard Miller Steelhead Park" for our WWIA Chili Feed and raffle!! We have some great raffle items donated from "Ted's Sport Center" ,"Lamiglas", "Three Rivers Marine", "Holiday Sports" and more!!

Here's some of the fish porn I bombarded Robbo and Big T. with yesterday along with a couple pics from today's fish:

The first text came in at 4:12 a.m. Alaska time on a morning when I would've liked to have slept in. I rolled over and checked out the fish photo...nice king...cool...back to sleep

4:21 Another bubeeep with a king photo

4:29 Bubeep...king photo

4:45 BUFRACKINGBEEP...king photo

5:03 Son of a bleeep-a-dee-bleeping bleeper BuBeep...king photo

...and on and on it went. I finally got out of bed and went to work just after 5:00. Figured Coho was up I might as well be up to. I know damn well he was laughing his ass off each and every time he hit the "send" button. After I woke up I got a good chuckle out of it too

Great to see some kings in God's country Johnny and hope you continue to put the schwackin' on'em. No more texts though brother...every 5 minutes of sleep counts up here

Rolling On Floor Piss Rolling Down Pant Leg .... Now that's some funny shiznit!!! Really laughing my arse off now... Only because I totally forgot you're now an hour behind us time wise up in AK.

OK... I'm sorry Brotha! ..... NOT!!! Who loves ya?!?!?

Because 5:12 a.m. is so much better

Reminded me of you flyfishing River X with some guests some years ago while I was on a gear trip down the street. I think you sent me around 100 texts that day while you were watching the paint dry on various gravel bars. At first it was funny, then it was annoyoing, then it was really annoying, then I got pissed, and then I pissed down my pant leg laffing my ass off

The texts...they just kept coming!!!!!

Robbo wrote:The first text came in at 4:12 a.m. Alaska time on a morning when I would've liked to have slept in. I rolled over and checked out the fish photo...nice king...cool...back to sleep

4:21 Another bubeeep with a king photo

4:29 Bubeep...king photo

4:45 BUFRACKINGBEEP...king photo

5:03 Son of a bleeep-a-dee-bleeping bleeper BuBeep...king photo

...and on and on it went. I finally got out of bed and went to work just after 5:00. Figured Coho was up I might as well be up to. I know damn well he was laughing his ass off each and every time he hit the "send" button. After I woke up I got a good chuckle out of it too

Great to see some kings in God's country Johnny and hope you continue to put the schwackin' on'em. No more texts though brother...every 5 minutes of sleep counts up here

Jeez, Robbo, Thanks for typing all of that... you saved me the keystrokes!!

Johnny! Great day Bro!!! I'll split the cell phone bill with you!

Right on, awesome report.

I use to love sending fish pics when friends were at work or sleeping. Now i work way to much and it's been happening to me. Pay back is a bitch I guess. Lol

There was a crap load of people at the cascade. Way more than last year.

Hell ya man! I love it.