whats the best drift down there now?

griz,
If your talkin drift boat, BC to Mission. Spend a little time up top near the claybanks.

Tight Lines
RL

thanks rock . what are the clay banks?

I'm guessing he just means the banks that are made out of clay. They are not rock in other words.

griz,

He's talking the big clay banks just below Blue Creek. There's a large gravel bar on one side, or you can anchor up on the clay banks side and fish jigs in amongst the boulders.

Mind the sleds that will be dragging bait in that stretch......and don't anchor up in the middle of the river, pull all the way in to shore and get out of the boat to fish.

Good luck.....

griz,
Sorry bout not getting back on this last night, but Dan covered it pretty well along with some excellent advice. You'll see alot of boats anchored there and its an area of tension between the anchored boats and those who are boondoggin. Just be patient and treat others how you'd like to be treated and all should go well.

RL

thanks guys fished it today. yep jet sleds rule there. should be a no wake rule when approaching other boats. oh well.

Griz,

Well, how'd you do? Was thinking about heading down sometime this week.

Griz59,
The real rule should be put the hammer down when you approach other boats. Sleds make less wake when up on plane and rockin' then when tryin' to baby on past you if there headed up river. Goin' down river is another issue....but then again the mighty Cow is sledheadcity. Now for the fishin' report...yesterday 2 for 5 with Fish Jesus and Craven Morehead, didn't even see the claybanks and the crowds that get stuck there. As for which drift, we were between BC and the Mision Bar.
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

hey jeffhead thanks for the response. kinda funny once i called the wife at work(hairdresser) the receptionist ask who i was. i said craven moorehead. well she didnt snap she yelled across the shop it's cravem moorehead on the phone to my wife. haha.

fishmonger only caught a couple small trout. had the wife with me shes not much of a fisherwoman but she tries. hard to cast and row if you know what i mean. backtrolled sand shrimp mostly. next time i may try that egg shrimp cocktail. take more bait.

Hit two today on the pink worm... Gosh that's a kick........ A good buddy of mine purchased a drift boat and we've lived on that thing as of late... I even met Duckinthefog today. Nice guy........ and NO, I WASN'T FLOSSING

hey cutthroat how'd you rig those pink worms ? did you put em under a float?

fromcuthroattosteelies, just made it home to Yakima. I see you're trying to be civil. You seem to be
on the upand up to me for a TEACHER. Hope to see ya on the river again. The Duck

I drifted them just like you would drift bait, yarn, etc. I run my leader a little longer (a little over 4 feet) and thread it down onto the top of the hook with a worm threader/bait threader. I've had tremendous luck fishing it this way as of late. The winter runs liked it even more than the summer runs. When the waters a little murky those steelies just can't seem to resist it. The second fish had it buried so deep in it's throat that I could barely see the eye of the hook. Oh yeah, put a bead above your hook to protect the worm from sliding over the hook.
Good luck
Cuttie

Was down Sat to Tuesday. Went 9 for 15 between BC and Mission. Only did (2) early morning wake ups. Should have done more. Much more productive.