Got out with Winter steel today and conditions were really good. It was high overcast with only a half hour sprinkle in the morning. 3 ft visibility in the mid river made us pretty confident. W.S. got a nice hatchery chromer around 10:30am and just when he thought it was his for sure it spit the hook just when a helpfull guy was reaching for it at shore. We stopped at a hole that we've been passing up till now, and we noticed its become a great spot. After 5 min there my float shot down and I had a good sized steel on, it gave me some strong head shakes and as it was showing itself thrashing on the surface it spit the hook!
Last stop was at Lickman, no luck there but I did finally meet Chris Gadsen. ( yes he's still around) he said he has been busy lately so not out fishing much. he was out scouting the river though so I think we can expect a report here soon.
BP