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WINTER STEELHEAD - 1/7/16

Definitely some hatchery fish to be had as well as some early wild ones.   Nice to see water in our systems, with plenty reserve in the mountains currently:)

Both nymphing and swing tactics have proved effective. The little wild chromer below took  the Blue Fox Fly   on an integrated sink tip  (6 feet of type 2 and 6 feet of type 4)  at the end of the day in the Slick V of a sweet tailout...


The nice hatchery fish below were both caught nymphing egg patterns.  The young gal, Reilly,  was successful on her first steelhead adventure;  She did an awesome job sticking with it and fighting both fish and cold weather!  The other image is of Ken and one of  the nice hatchery fish he landed.