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Fished all day sunday with great success. WE took home 4 steelies and lost at least 4 more. We also had the added bonus of landing and releaseing a 2Ib. dolly vardon. What a pretty fish. We fished down below reider ponds at the cable hole. We used jigs and bobber's all day. Went back on tuesday hooked and lost 1, but the river has dropped quite a bit. Good luck and happy hunting. Rob !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I fished big eddy. 5 bait fisherman stood in my way. I got below them. 1oz cannonball and kinda long leader to not spook the fish and small black corky. Bait guys didnt get any bites. 45 min go by and felt a nibble. Set the hook and fish on!! Got me 15 pound buck!! Ha ha ha bait guys were so jealous!! My first sky king!
 
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#53 ·
picked up my limit at cable hole. left around 2 then went to reiter to scope out good holes for tomorrow. the fish are really stacked up there. there wasnt a minute goin by when one didnt roll or jump. i talked to a worker out there and he said he seen hundreds and hundreds schooling up going up and down between the boulders. cant wait for tomorrow. seen some nice size kings too with my polarized glasses.
 
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#56 ·
Fished reiter below the hatch. The water is way up and dirty making bank fishing almost impossible cuz there is now very little spots. Fishing has slowed down a lot because of the large #'s of people coming and going. Snags every where and the fish are spooked. I only saw 3 fish caught in about 5 hours worth of fishing.
 
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#57 ·
managed to make the morning show at reiter today. got there at 6:45. The water dropped about a foot. A bunch of bobber folks were in my way so I put on my 10 ft leader and size 5/0 hook and small peach corky. I was using my GL Steelhead series rod 9ft. I love this rod like bacon. 3rd cast I felt a tug and set the hook. I babied it at first but it took off I landed it. The bobber folks were so mad!! It measured 32 inches and 17 pounds. Dont know about you but I have been catching fish with my set up and I use braid drifting. I will never lose a fish.
 
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#59 ·
banked hwy 2 side about 70 yards across reeter. I got one at first lite on a pink and white jig about 10 pounds. watched 4 others get landed from both sides. got to cable hole and promptly lost 1. hour later after netting 3 fish from dudes i got my limit. all fish are starting to turn a bit but meat was red as a can be. walking back talked to homeowner said he seen over 50 fish being walked out this week alone. he said watch out for break ins. been happening a lot so be big brother out there everyone.
 
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#60 ·
got late start fished cable hole. got a dolly on a spoon and a nice native steelhead on a pink jig. later in the day i got a hatchery on a pink jig tipped with prawn. guys below and above me had fish. about 15 total. reeter looked packed but lots of nets were being used. heard of a 18 pounder caught on corky and yarn.
 
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#61 ·
Fished at Reiter today for the late morning bite and at the wallace for first light to try and get a king before the river closes. got a fifteen inch jack in the morning, and a bright chrome hatchery brat at reiter. It's slow, but steady for those who know the hole.
 
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#62 ·
Headed up up Reiter today since the water came down, for the last couple hours of light. Not even a bite for the 5 or so people that were there including both sides. Talked with one guy who said he saw nothing caught all day.
 
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#63 ·
Well I made an early morning of it today. Up at 3:30 to be at the river an hour before sunrise, trying to get one last shot at the Kings before it closes saturday. I ended up with a nice king 15 lbs. The mouth of the Wallace has changed, they hold at the tail out at the very far end of the hole, and I can get to it just use 2 oz cannonball and long leader I like to wade in the middle of the sky.

The guides pulled 8 out from under me about a half hour after daylight. Got very happy when I went up to reiter where I hooked a 7 nice steelhead. I had another giant on and it on for a while, was calm and playing it out and BAM! Broke my hook. Not my line, not my swivel, my hook. Spent a lot of time fighting with the line on the bottom, some fish came up, but I was tired and cold, I didn't bring enough layers and it rained. Blech. Reiter's consistently putting out a ton of fish for those who put there time in and know the drift I just hate those bobber guys so much. I've been up there about five times in the past couple weeks and have been doing really good almost punching out my steelhead card. I also dialed in a secret weapon that drives steelhead CRAZY. Just use black yarn and a long leader like fly guys do. If you see me on the river look for me, I will be hot in my brown neoprenes. I'll show you how I rig this secret, use 2 hooks, it's incredible.
 
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#64 ·
Fished Reiter on the HWY side and not even a bit. The pond side did have 4 fish caught though. Later on in the moring a guy pulled out a 8 pounder. Used bobber and jig. Just was not my day. Good luck all.
 
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#65 ·
Fished Reiter Pond in the morning for a few hours. Saw 1 caught and two other average fish walked out. Other than that no luck. Water was cold and pretty clear considering how high the water has been.
 
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#66 ·
water aint high running 4 thousand or so. anyways got to reiter. got my rock. 2 hours later i got my limit. not biguns but both still kinda bright. seen about 10 all morn. fished from 7- 9. my co worker went down after i did and got his limit. he said he was at cable hole and guys was slammin em there. i got mine on areo jigs friend got his on corky and yarn.
 
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#70 ·
Floated the sky started at sultan bridge all the salmon are literally by sultan the river is full with fish everywhere hooked and landed my limit fish. The closer to minroe the more chrome fish are.
 
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