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Late Summer Blueback - Sea Run Cutthroat Fly Fishing
August-September, 2008 | Siletz and Nestucca River
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drift boat on shorline at first light fog lifting off siletz river beautiful src trout 17" harvest trout
The morning bite has been excellent and we rarely miss it. That means putting in at 0:Dark-Thrity and getting up even earlier. A downstream river view of Siletz Tidewater. So very quiet and peaceful first thing in the morning. A beautiful example of a sea-run cutthroat trout. This fish struck a #8 B & O. Good rain the third week of August pulled lots of bluebacks in from estuaries. The time is now for great Sea-run cutthroat fishing.
chrome bright sea run cutthroat trout casting in a riffle native cutthroat trout
On a cloudy day in late August on the Siletz, Ryan landed this awesome blueback. Extremely chrome and fresh from the salt, this fish didn't even have cutt marks yet. Working a riffle on the Nestucca for cutthroats and steelhead. The steelhead were a no show on this day, but the Sea-runs were very active. The cutts aren't all of the sea run variety this time of year. Shane boated this classic resident coastal cutthroat working the dry line swing.

Clackamas Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing
August, 2008 | Clackamas River

jon with a classic summer steelhead close-up of summer steelhead deer standing in clackamas river
Jon shows off a classic Summer run Clackamas steelhead he landed during the middle of a Summer day. Jon's fish struck hard in a boulder strewn tailout. This was just one of five fish hooked that day. A resident Clackamas deer looking to cool off by standing in the shade and in the river. Smart deer.
close-up of summer steelhead summer steelhead with river and rocks
Close up of a typical clackamas hen steelhead, taken in late August. About 28" and 8 pounds, spot on average for this stream. Jason with an early morning hen steelhead. This fish took hard in 3' of water and jumped an amazing 8 times!