Fished the Lower Queets on 3/5/02 with Levi Sandstrom we hit it just right and had a 13 fish day. Some chrome bucks and hens 10-14 lbs.A few spawners mixed in, and lost some hot fish that just tore up the river and spit the hooks. Also picked up a 18-20" native trout...?? He had 1/2 his tail bit off! The bite was healed over and he seemed to be doing fine. We didn't pick-up a single dolly which I found strange, as the steelhead were spawning all thru the river and we were sidedrifting throwing bait and small corkies. Letty and her brother "biggie" were working the same drift with us, saw them pick-up some fish as well. On 3/6 we did the Queets again from frist light till 1:00 p.m. I crackerd off 2 good bites during the morning, other than that we didn't touch a fish. Robin R. was on the same drift this day and had 2 to the boat when we talked to him. We pulled out after a shore lunch of pan fried elk tenderloins(Thanks Levi!!) and shot down to the Lower Quinault. Fished it hard till dark, only picked up 1 spawned-out chrome hen of maybe 14 lbs. Vis was a grayish 2' on the Queets and a pea-green 1- 1 1/2' on the Quinault. All in all a great 2 day trip, weather held out for us, mostly sunshine bolth days..... laugh laugh ..c/22
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