How many of you would rather fish all day for one fish and not see another angler than fish where you now you will get multiple hookups, But you will have to fight the crowds?
I can handle crowds while Im after salmon. When Im steelheading I would rather fish in solitude. This past week my dad and fished for 3 days and landed 5 fish. On the first day we saw 1 boat and 4 bank anglers. We ended up hooking 4 and landing 2. The second day we fished a differnt river had the whole drift to ourselves, we didnt see another person until we reached the take out. We ended up with 1 fish. The 3rd day we put the boat in a differnt river and floated about 3 miles of virgin water. My boat was the first boat to float that stretch of river all year. We got 1 nate and hooked and lost other. This river flows into another river that gets a lot of pressure. Most of the days floatilla had already gone by when we finally got there. We ended up getting a fat hatchery fish.
3 days, 5 fish and we only saw 2 other boats and a total of 6 bankies. I have to say that was my best steelhead trip i have had in a few years.