River flows are decent, water clarity is high, however, steelhead are around. Fish caught throughout the day including a few salmon. Weather conditions were ideal with light rain in the morning and progressively cooler temps throughout the day. The highlight of the day was a customer boiling a steelhead on a skated dry fly.
Vern Olson catches a steelhead on fly while fishing the Klickitat River on one of my recent trips to Hood River. My introduction to steelhead fishing. Although, I realize the sporty way to catch them is by “swinging”. We did not get any that way.
Fly fishing the Klickitat River, Washington for steelhead. Music : “How Long” by Fanno Creek – http://fannocreek.bandcamp.com Klickitat Steelhead from Norman Hersom on Vimeo.
Travis Wallace swinging for steelhead on Klickitat River, Washington Swinging The Klick from Norman Hersom on Vimeo.
The fishing over the last few days has seen a real improvement. Both the swing and nymph fishing have improved with some new fish that have moved into the system. the fishing pressure is way down making for some really enjoyable days on the water. The Klickitat river and many others have gone to a […]
