It's safe to say it's Steelhead season on the Rogue and Klamath. And man, it's been a FUN couple of weeks too. Here are a bunch of photos, in some what sequential order of lately. Many of them are first Steelhead, first Steelhead On The Swing and first Rogue River Steelhead...

Just have to add, Paul got six fish in three casts. Insane.

Dennis, bent after a morning of searching

KS Wild Dinner

The annual fundraising dinner was super fun and successful. I am really pleased to have had a trip to offer to their silent auction. Amazing local food and many great folks, organizations and businesses volunteering their time, services or trips to help an organizations that ensures we have wild places in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Check them out if you haven't. kswild.org

Klamath River

My mind is creeping a bit. The Klamath is clearer than I have ever seen right now, just gorgeous. The Salmon are surging up, still fresh, not on their reds quite now and the Chrome is just behind... It's only going to get better, and you don't have to fish T-14 right now either. Sweet.

The glassy tail-outs are filling in. After jockeying, rolling, and jumping, many of the Fall Salmon are doing what they came here to do now. They travel 150 miles to spawn and die in the same gravel that they emerged from. I make a point to stand up and observe each flat as we drift down to our next run. The Salmon's timeless ritual never gets old to me. Each day, more and more of these ever darkening torpedoes drop down from the safety of the deeper pools for one final dance.

But not all of them!

There are still some pretty damn snappy fish out there. This big guy took an intruder right on the hang down. He didn't want to move at first but eventually he came in.

Sure looks good in that http://www.pnwlandingnets.com/

We may have also gotten completely burned by a hot Steelhead a bit earlier in the day, but since that fish was having nothing to do with staying on a hook...