Wednesday, August 17, 2011
These Guys Are Nuts....
GEOFISH TRAILER 3min from MOTIV FISHING on Vimeo.
I don't think I have the stones to make this kind of trip, thankfully they boys at Motiv Fly Fishing do.
Can't wait till the full length movie comes out.
Enjoy!
Monday, August 15, 2011
This Dog Should Hunt...Steelhead Caddis Edition
Taking a peek into my traditionals box, I realized I had nothing "October Caddis" like.
So I said to myself, "self, lets get bizzzzy"
Ingredients
Hook--#4 Alec Jackson style
Back and front dubbing--olive ice dubbing
Shank--gold diamond flat braid
First wing-pheasant
Second wing--Orange guinea
Let me know what you think. See any improvements I can make, etc. Send them my way and I will post updates on the recipe.
Now get fishing!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
More Crazy Spokane River "Occurances"...
A.K.A.....weird ass shit you see while fishing the Spokane River.
Yesterday I took the opportunity to head down to my home waters for a quick jaunt through the pocket water of the Bowl and Pitcher. Part of Riverside State Park, it's full of mountain bike and hiking trails...it's truly a great place to escape the city and at times can make you forget you're amongst 500,000 other humanoids. So yes, its a gorgeous place and I feel lucky to have it 5 minutes from my house.
To get to the other side of the river, there is an iconic hanging bridge that goes over the river and allows access to the best wade fishing for about a mile stretch of the river.
Now here's where it gets weird. Across the bridge I go, up the trail to where it connects to a network of main trails. Taking a right, I damn near ran smack into a car just like this. A 1992 Ford Tempo
Knowing the history of our river, I always feel like I am on the cusp of finding a body....in the water or not. I know it's going to happen. Staring back at me is this car on a trail, I thought it was my time to smell the stench.
Now a bit of background to where this car is. To get to this location, it would have had to access this particular access road from about 3 miles away, break 3 gates to get through, drive on the Centennial Trail for quite a ways and then past the night patrols of the park rangers. All in all, it took some work and gumption to pull this one off. If someone was stole it and was joy riding...I can think of about 400 other places to dump a car that wouldnt have taken near as much work.
Needless to say, I approached the car with a serious degree of trepidation. I could already see one window busted out. Was someone hiding in the bushes ready to ambush? Was Sasquatch behind this?
Turns out nothing of interest was in the car, just some kids toys thank god. I jumped on the phone to the ranger
Me--"um, do you guys know you have a early 90's Ford Tempo parked up here above the hanging bridge?"
Ranger--in disbelief..."WHAT?"
Me--"Yep, just parked here...might want to come check it out"
Ranger--"Well holy sh&*t, we'll be right there"
Off I went to fish, still in disbelief of where this prime example of American automobile engineering had made it to.
Thankfully, these guys were all I found for the rest of the day.
Any other great Spokane River stories you'd like shared here....send them my way via email and I will post it up. Thanks!
Yesterday I took the opportunity to head down to my home waters for a quick jaunt through the pocket water of the Bowl and Pitcher. Part of Riverside State Park, it's full of mountain bike and hiking trails...it's truly a great place to escape the city and at times can make you forget you're amongst 500,000 other humanoids. So yes, its a gorgeous place and I feel lucky to have it 5 minutes from my house.
To get to the other side of the river, there is an iconic hanging bridge that goes over the river and allows access to the best wade fishing for about a mile stretch of the river.
Now here's where it gets weird. Across the bridge I go, up the trail to where it connects to a network of main trails. Taking a right, I damn near ran smack into a car just like this. A 1992 Ford Tempo
Knowing the history of our river, I always feel like I am on the cusp of finding a body....in the water or not. I know it's going to happen. Staring back at me is this car on a trail, I thought it was my time to smell the stench.
Now a bit of background to where this car is. To get to this location, it would have had to access this particular access road from about 3 miles away, break 3 gates to get through, drive on the Centennial Trail for quite a ways and then past the night patrols of the park rangers. All in all, it took some work and gumption to pull this one off. If someone was stole it and was joy riding...I can think of about 400 other places to dump a car that wouldnt have taken near as much work.
Needless to say, I approached the car with a serious degree of trepidation. I could already see one window busted out. Was someone hiding in the bushes ready to ambush? Was Sasquatch behind this?
Turns out nothing of interest was in the car, just some kids toys thank god. I jumped on the phone to the ranger
Me--"um, do you guys know you have a early 90's Ford Tempo parked up here above the hanging bridge?"
Ranger--in disbelief..."WHAT?"
Me--"Yep, just parked here...might want to come check it out"
Ranger--"Well holy sh&*t, we'll be right there"
Off I went to fish, still in disbelief of where this prime example of American automobile engineering had made it to.
Thankfully, these guys were all I found for the rest of the day.
Any other great Spokane River stories you'd like shared here....send them my way via email and I will post it up. Thanks!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Things You Hear While Fishing the Spokane...
Plain and simple...The Spokane River attracts weirdos. It's an urban river fishery, but good gawd do you see and hear some funny shit.
Case in point: After finishing a particularly successful post work session on the 'Can...my buddies and I were walking from the river towards the car on a pathway when we walked by a mother and her two little kids. As we get by her, she says "Hey, you guys remind me"
Us..."really, what of?'
Lady " you remind me of A River Runs Through"
Us ---staring back blankly....not sure what to say
We waited for her to finish the full title of the movie.
"It" never happened.
So we walked away......thanked the lady for the compliment and filed under crazy shit you hear while fishing the Spokane.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Steelhead Numerology
Numbers. Steelhead fishermen and women watch the counts about as much as a day trader looks at the markets. So here's a little bit of steelhead numerology with three corresponding sets of digits
Number set 1--7747, 6972, 6518, 5975, 6229
Number set 2--2258, 2828, 3678, 3514, 3731
and lastly--221, 197, 376, 430, 601
Beautiful, oh beautiful numbers to the steelhead tribe.
Set 1--The daily passage of returning fish over Bonneville Dam, hurdle #1.
Set 2--The middle ground of the gauntlet, daily passage over McNary Dam
Set 3--The daily totals over Lower Granite Dam, the most important figures to us inland fishermen.
Notice the big spike in the past 2 days at Lower Granite. The fun has just begun kiddos so warm up your scandi lines, get your skaters ready as the greatest and most demanding part of steelhead season is upon us for the Clearwater, Snake and Grande Ronde fishermen....
DRYLINE TIME!
Good luck to all in this 2011 summer steelhead season!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Beer Bandit...40oz edition
Watch out, this man will steal your beer.
Notice the advance tactics of the fishing buff and life jacket. He's highly effective.
He also catches the shit out of fish.
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