Humptulips Salmon Derby !!!

All right here is the preliminary information for the first annual Humptulips Salmon derby.
Where: Humptulips river
When: Oct 17 &18th
Why: to Benefit the Humptulips fire dept.
Cost: Tickets will be 25.00 per person
Prizes: 500.00 for largest King, 300.00 for Largest Coho, Rod & reel combo for kid 14 years of age or younger largest fish.

There will be shirts availible for anyone to purchase at the wiegh in or before hand online.

We are looking for sponsors at this time so anyone who is interested please pm or e-mail me at superflysfishing@live.com

Thanks and see you there

Fly

Can you post an image of the shirt when they're available?

Too bad you'll be sleepin' in too late to get any fishing in on those dates.

I'll be fishing those days so i guess i might as well get a ticket

As soon as the artist is done with the shirts I will post it on here.

Peace
Fly

i'll be living 10 minutes from the lower river by then, might have to give it a shot.

Hmmm. I'll see if my crew for the day is in. Sounds fun.

Phil,
I am sure they will be in !!

Peace
Fly

Stuck this up top for you Fly since your giving me a seat in your boat that day...



...right?

Since your one of my crew I guess we're in, tell Sean to save an extra 25 cuz he's gonna be in too.

There ya go Joe...We be in!

I feel like this is going to be a sled party, but might do this in the DB anyway.

Count me in!

Whose got an open seat for a cracker with gas and beer $?

Sounds great I was taking that week off to fish the hump that week.

alright well guess that means we are in. Should be good times

DB is what ya want to do.....

Thanks for that Timber !! anyone in a sled will be disqualified !!!!

Peace
Fly

Did you say disqualified or dismembered

No entry period.Drift boat and bank anglers only?????.Should be a fun time for a good cause.My boat will be putting down $75.00 to enter.See ya there.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

See you there,

I'm in!!! I'll be in the area for 23 days that month. Maybe not all on the Hump, as I have other places around there I like to fish as well.

I haven't heard but will assume everyone in the boat must have a ticket. We don't need the fiasco that plagued that other Salmon derby!!

VGS1

It looks like everyone who's at the weigh in on Saturday will be getting either a Rvrfshr spinner and/or spoon to use on the second day...and Dave at the Humptulips Store will hopefully have a full stock of Rvrfshr lures and hooks if one isn't enough

Fish on...

Todd

Good deal Todd!

Nice to see supporters step up!

never been to the hump. can prolly put a team together. drag the Db down. how hard of row is it? and is there a shuttle there. just curious.

Hybridcx,

Easy DB float; watch someone else go thru the boat chute at Stevens Ck hatchery if you're unsure about it. There is a shuttle service. I have several phone numbers, but I'm unsure which ones will be active this season. Maybe Fly will post more about this.

Sg

Hybrix,
Its an easy row and My wife and a friend will be probably doing shuttles.

Peace
Fly

I will be posting all the details as we finish up with our meetings and finalize everything.

We will have a shuttle service, there will be food and drinks availble at the registration and wiegh in place and as Todd said there will be a full store of RVRFSHR products to be purchased along with other nessecities at the humptulips store.

Peace
Fly

sounds good i'll get a boat full together.

Fly-

Is there anyway to buy some eggs from ya?

Driftfishnw,
I am hoping to be licensed and bonded soon. the License is not a problem, its the bond, I should have it soon. If not I willput you in touch with someone who can give you some.

Thanks
Fly

Alright,
Here is a list of sponsors that have committed to the tourney so far.

1. RVRFSHR, thanks Todd for being the first
2. Lamiglas, John, you are always dependable
3. STS, not to hard to talk Nick into it, Hopefully he will make an appearance
4.driftfishnw, coffee and doughnuts to get the mornings going
5. Pautzke's, have not heard back from them yet but I am sure they are in !!!
6. Vision hooks and tackle, gotta call Randy back in the morning, but I am sur ehe is in.
7. Rainshadow, Need to talk with them in the am, always a great supporter

Anyone else wishing to step up and be a sponsor for a great cause please get a hold of me.

Peace
Fly

Fixed #4 for ya

We're fishin with Fly on the 17th, but I've heard 2nd place in the king division is still up for grabs,

fb

damb looks like i will miss out on some fun... i would have to let a big wild one go anyway, how about a steelhead derby on the nooch this winter? that would be fun

just as well there is enough peeps on that river every day in the winter it should work...

yeah and half the time i feel like most on the nooch think theyre in a derby already. maybe the new gambling headquarters this winter. "ah, so how bigs the pot today?"

I will put a derby together for hatchery steelhead on the nooch this winter, lets get the Hump one under our belt, then I will plan the one for the nooch.

Peace
Fly

I'm in for sunday the 18th this otta be a zoo, when do we sign up ahead of time, I gotta get in the water and to my hole 4 hrs before daylight.... I gotta beat the legend to my hole...

Might have to pitch a tent in the boat

Driftfishnw, save me a seat in that new boat of yours. It will nice to be a front seater for a change.

No problem dad!

Big O, Phil, and myself will be fully representing Team Haters out there saturday. Better bring your 'A' game ladies.

Fly:
I KNOW you check this post. Call me! 206 595 6564

Dave,
I have called you several times and have left you messages, call me back !!!

Peace
Fly

Batson Enterprises Rainshadow Donated an 1025 8'6" 10-17 spin rod with Woven Carbon Handles, special run. It was given to Joe over the weekend. I will try and Make it but if not The rods in for some lucky winner.

Sonds like a great cause Super Fly!

Hopefully the river clears up for you guys, I fished today and it had 1ft vis maybe. Kinda weird since the flow was prime, I guess its because the FIRST good rain.

Yeah, probably just washing the dirt off the rocks. should clear through the weekend ( hopefully).

Did you do any good?

Ya we got a few but they were all red snapper silvers down low in the river, never saw a fresh fish today but they had to be around somewhere. Whole lot of nothin goin on upriver from what I saw.

i stoped by stevens crk yesterday and watched the snagging going on in full force... some of the things people do just blows my mind..

It will be good when it drops, until then it looks like there will be a big party somewhere.....

currently at 5260 river raised 4.5 feet since yesterday morn .

NOAA forecast on stream flows peaking today ( around 1 pm ) and then most dropping. Depending on location some really drop by Monday. Hump could bounce around a bit but flows are going down overall but this weekend it is iffy until Sunday.

NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEAH BAY...LA PUSH...FORKS...HOQUIAM...
ABERDEEN...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES
400 AM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009

TODAY
PERIODS OF RAIN. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT
RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS NEAR 50. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. LIGHT WIND.

SUNDAY NIGHT
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S TO
LOWER 50S. EAST WIND TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. EAST WIND TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S.


Wow....just got the above off the NOAA site......doesn't look like much of a "let up" until Monday......but even then the winds will be from the EAST....don't know about most fishermen but I have a tough time getting a bite in a east wind.

"When the wind is in the east, fishes bite the least."

Not sure what part of the world originated that axiom, but I'm sure it applies whenever I get skunked on a day with an easterly wind.

Sg

8060 and climbing !

9590 and 17.12 ft and still climbing
red rooster must be having a field day

A friend of mine used to complain about east wind and I used to think he was making excuses however after spending many a fruitless day on the water under this condition I'm now convinced there is something to it.

I also find this to be true most times.

Had the east wind factor explained to me by an old dory fishermen out of Pacic City years back.

He said rowing in against the east wind was 10 times harder then what it was with a west wind. So why would you fish during a east wind?

Made since to me.

To this day, I cant catch fish during a stong east wind.

That bastard put a curse on me 40 plus years ago.

Winds from the East fish bite the least, from the West is best, North dont go forth and the South blows it in their mouth...something like that I believe;)

so what happened with the derby, re scheduled, cancelled, or did some guy snag his way to victory at stevens creek.

I'm not sure what they did on Sunday ( I went to fish for cutts), but when I left there was 1 20lb King, and 1 12lb silver.

Has anyone seen or heard what the hump looks like today? Its at 1900cfs and should start turning greenish today.

so?
who won the derby?
biggest chinook?
biggest coho?
you all are being mighty quiet

Recovery.