The Dark Seam......
Options for Steelhead have been limited with all the weather. Had a couple guys from the Orvis store in San Francisco on the the boat last week. I made the call to float the Lower Sac. This time of year there are typically some large bows hanging around the Sundial bridge. Jared and Heinz were psyched for a day on the water. The skies had cleared up and the sun was shining. What a beautiful day...We lucked out as the forecast called for overcast conditions with 
possible showers. First thing was to row these guys up river to fish right below the dam. We were fishing under indicators... stones, caddis and mayflies were on the menu. Within a few minutes of floating we had our first hook-up. Jared pulled in a nice fat 18" on a size 16 s&m. For the next hour or so we continued to fish this area with lots of action. There was an insane caddis hatch that blanketed the water with casings...it lasted about 30 minutes and slowed the bite considerably. We headed down river to hit the water by the bridge. The guys got out of the boat to fish the main riffle.. It wasn't a minute later that I looked up t o see Jared hook up on what looked to be a pig. Moments later the fish had Jared into his backing. We needed to get control of this fight if he was going to land this fish. I got Heinz back in the boat quick...pulled the anchor and carefully got Jared back in the boat. We chased the fish down and posted up in some slower deeper water. By this time a small crowd had formed on the bridge. We had an audience and the show was on. The is fish was feisty..Jared did a great job keeping the pressure on as he made a run every time he saw the net, Finally we got his head up and got him in the net. Nice Buck 24" and Fat, He ate a poopah. things slowed down for a while after that. We picked up a few more fish later in the day
. The wind picked up quite a bit so I rowed us out. All in all an action packed day with many fish to hand and many more hooked. This week we had even more weather. The Coast is Toast... I have a friend who headed there anyway thinking he could find some water worth fishing...He fished three days..reported high water and only one hook up..with all the rivers blowing on him by the middle of the third day.... Word has it there are still a few late winter fish showing up on the Trinity....Guess we will see....
possible showers. First thing was to row these guys up river to fish right below the dam. We were fishing under indicators... stones, caddis and mayflies were on the menu. Within a few minutes of floating we had our first hook-up. Jared pulled in a nice fat 18" on a size 16 s&m. For the next hour or so we continued to fish this area with lots of action. There was an insane caddis hatch that blanketed the water with casings...it lasted about 30 minutes and slowed the bite considerably. We headed down river to hit the water by the bridge. The guys got out of the boat to fish the main riffle.. It wasn't a minute later that I looked up t o see Jared hook up on what looked to be a pig. Moments later the fish had Jared into his backing. We needed to get control of this fight if he was going to land this fish. I got Heinz back in the boat quick...pulled the anchor and carefully got Jared back in the boat. We chased the fish down and posted up in some slower deeper water. By this time a small crowd had formed on the bridge. We had an audience and the show was on. The is fish was feisty..Jared did a great job keeping the pressure on as he made a run every time he saw the net, Finally we got his head up and got him in the net. Nice Buck 24" and Fat, He ate a poopah. things slowed down for a while after that. We picked up a few more fish later in the day
. The wind picked up quite a bit so I rowed us out. All in all an action packed day with many fish to hand and many more hooked. This week we had even more weather. The Coast is Toast... I have a friend who headed there anyway thinking he could find some water worth fishing...He fished three days..reported high water and only one hook up..with all the rivers blowing on him by the middle of the third day.... Word has it there are still a few late winter fish showing up on the Trinity....Guess we will see....Every Day is a new cast..........
