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Autumn winds & Wild Brown Trout

With Steelhead runs really starting to pick up on some local rivers I did the unthinkable: I went chasing 8” Wild Brown Trout in ankle deep water. I could almost hear anglers in passing cars yelling out: “You’re going the wrong way!” as I sped away from the coast. Fall is such a grand occurrence [...]

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Feast or Famine

As the Fall 2009 Steelhead Season stutter steps toward our door we spend early mornings starving on the lower branches of our tributaries and then retreat to honey suckle summer upper branches to tango with little wild trout. Some men speak of “last outings” and “hanging up inland gear for the season.” I love those [...]

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Last Steel of 09′

Another great Steelhead season is all but in the books for our region. With a nice little bookend we hit the olde “Catt” just one more time and I landed what will most certainly be my last Steel of 09′. Fitting she came near twilight. I wonder what 2010 will hold for us?

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FromTheForum: Champy’s “dSLR Hunt 2 Cents”

My 2 cents…. I’ve been shooting dSLR for about 5 years now. My first camera was an 8MP Olympus E-300 that I trudged around the country, through rainforests, dropped in mud, almost fell down mountains with. It was a 2005 model, older camera, but it took wonderful pictures and was wonderfully rugged….Here’s a couple of [...]

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Of Big Fish and Big Rivers…

There is something so magical about fishing big rivers. After a long winter of trampling through backyards, fighting barking dogs, and yanking flies from overhanging brush it’s soothing to take a deep breath and stand waste deep in a huge rushing river. The sun and wind washing away instantly those long dark winter days. From [...]

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April 09′ Erie Steel “2 Ways!”

As a guide I’m usually very conservative. I rarely book a trip unless I’m sure I can put my clients into fish. Chris actually says I take this to a fault. Of course, this is a playing field of partial luck and many of the calls are completely out of our hands as Mother Nature [...]

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Secret GPS/Google Maps of Steelhead Rivers

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