First guided fishing trip I ever took in the PNW was with "Pro Guide Chuck Wicken" after watching that Satsop winter steel episode while I was still in eye-whittling school in Syracuse. Had a buddy in WA that would tape the episodes for me on VHS and send a me a montage a couple times a year to binge watch.

When I moved to Aberdeen in 1994, I just had to go look him up. He was still working for Clancy Holt at the time. Booked him MANY times to fish steelhead and salmon... Wynoochee, Satsop, Chehalis, SolDuc, Hoh, Lewis and Cowlitz... among other nameless waters. Never had a bad trip in 10 seasons... after which I bought my own boat. Continued to hire him sporadically and also occasionally jumped in with other budz who had him booked.

SUPER FISHY dude that really knew his water.
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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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