Lets watch Matt in action....

Rigging up after getting a look at the river conditions...

Lets see, what shall we use this morning?

Good fly choice...Scooping the first of the day...

Followed by a high five....

The grip and grin...and repeat...no one does it better....

A few flies from the shop for our low clear water conditions...
movement, sparce, and not to much flash...

The more I steelhead fish and run the shop the more I realize that we as steelheaders like to complain about anything we can....be it weather, stream conditions the water is to high or to low, its to clear, to dirty, to sunny, not sunny, to many anglers, posted property, had to work, no fish, to many leaves, and the list goes on and on. I am not saying this is a bad thing, it is kind of a common thread we all have in common and can commiserate with together about.

Speaking of which the water is to low and clear and there does not seem to be any new fish pushing into the rivers right now, the middle of the week fished pretty well but as we got closer to the weekend things came to a halt. Some anglers had a little bit of success but overall it has been very tough the past 4 days. Bright sun had the fish a little spooky and anyone fishing mid day struggled to hook anything at all, early morning and evening anglers fared better and i expect this trend to continue for some time as it looks like there is no hope for rain in the near future. If you are going out fish early or late and look at the flies i posted in the pics as these are the types of offerings to be fishing right now for the best chance of success. Normally this is when i would post all the rivers and flows but i don't think it is necessary, just know that everything is low and clear and fishing has been tough, if you are getting into a couple of fish you are doing better than most. Again be on the water at first light and evening to increase your odds and stay away from mid-day. I can't recommend any one river over any others at the moment, the Grand has the most water which is always a plus, the others all have fish but not much flow, my advice would be go to spots you are familiar with and know how to best fish, use lighter (3x) fluorocarbon tippets, run only one fly and keep split shot as far away from fly as you can while stinn getting it in the zone.

Tight lines as always...The guys from the shop....