Methow Steelhead

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Methow Steelhead

Postby Ray G » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:49 am

We took our annual fall trip to the Methow last Sunday. Fishing was much slower than the last couple of years.
We were met with sub-freezing temperatures until 11am, that didn't stop my wife from catching a bright Steelhead on her second cast. In total we hooked a number of fish and landed 4. About halfway through the day we happened to meet up with the local fish checker and she mentioned that 2009 & 2010 were banner years on this river. She said that this year was an average Methow year and the rivers average catch rate was 1 fish for every 12 hours fished.

Our successes came near the lake at Millers Landing where all 4 fish were caught and we lost 3 that we had on and taking line. This fishery will continue throughout the month and will have its good days and its slow days. I think that a warm day paired with a little more water in the river could help the bite. All in all a beautiful fall day to be on the east side of the mountains.

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Re: Methow Steelhead

Postby stam » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:39 am

Wow.... you had good fishing, I went over there for the first time on friday, low low and clear clear... I had two bites in two days, neither hooked up, I fished much higher than you and that may have been a mistake, was fun running the raft through black canyon and seeing the new water though....

I attended the Can-Am Steelhead Camp that used to be held up on the Thompson, what a great bunch of guys, nothing like a bunch of crazy Canuks drinking whiskey and telling lies at 12:00 am.... not that anyone fished too hard, but for a total of 20ish guys I think we may have had between five and ten bites... over three days.


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Re: Methow Steelhead

Postby Brandon » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:41 am

Nice work man. I was over there as well. Pretty tough but i loved every minute of it. Ill be back for sure.
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