Floated High Bridge to Sultan yesterday. Ran the full gamut of winter steelheading conditions... snowing, raining, windy, freezing rain, partially sunny, full on sunny and even a pitch black wall of death cloud that let us know it was time to get off the water. The water visibility was unlimited and low (I didn't think I'd be throwing the summer weight stuff at the beginning of January). Pressure was low, I think we were one of maybe three boats on the water and only ran into about six other guys on the water. The fishing, well it stunk. I went 1 for 1 on a tiny summer run nate (maybe 5 pounds) in full spawning regalia. Edit: 'twas a late Coho not a Steelie: I had no idea those little monkeys were still around, thanks for the ID help guys! Tup: Hit it on a pink and white jig, got a quick shot of the head and uncorked it. My oar-monkey finished the day with an 0-fer which was odd, because normally he's money (he's been fishing the place since the dawn of time). Which leads me to believe that some guys must have had a great weekend because the fish just weren't there. The eagles were though. Probably the most I've ever seen on the Sky at one time (I don't know if that means there isn't enough for them to eat on the Skagit/Sauk). For those of you who haven't floated it since the high water, there's a sweeper all the way across the left channel below Ole's Hole, so take the middle line. We also stuck to the right by the wing walls before the mouth of the Wallace and unfortunately smacked bottom right by a guy trying to fly fish (sorry dude) and probably shut down any fish in his area. The middle line would be your best bet here too. So, that's it... slow day, but nice to be back out. On a bright note, I started tying my own jigs while hanging around waiting for my son to be born and one of those jigs did the trick for me. Good luck all, T
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