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chris gadsden

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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #150 on: February 05, 2013, 06:33:06 PM »
No rain in the afternoon, was Spring like. ;D
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #151 on: February 05, 2013, 07:06:17 PM »
Quote from: chris gadsden on February 05, 2013, 06:33:06 PM
No rain in the afternoon, was Spring like. ;D

I know I wished I didn't wear my hoody during the hike a t shirt would have been fine lol
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chris gadsden

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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #152 on: February 05, 2013, 08:16:00 PM »
Quote from: Johnny Canuck on February 05, 2013, 05:53:28 PM
Was the rain still holding off? I left the river around noon and it was such a beautiful day considering it was supposed to be pouring all day lol
Heavy rain now.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #153 on: February 06, 2013, 11:54:22 AM »
river was higher not much vis was good 2 feet in the lower, was done bye 8 with 12 lb doe.  Windy
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #154 on: February 08, 2013, 08:08:02 PM »
River in perfect shape. Just not many fish around today.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #155 on: February 08, 2013, 10:22:50 PM »
Sure would love to land one of them steelhead everybody's talkin' about!  six trips, one hooked and lost.  Probably user error :P
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #156 on: February 09, 2013, 07:39:47 AM »
Beautiful day out there yesterday as far as conditions go. As for fish, thats another story. Didnt see or touch a fish at all. Talked to people through the upper, mid and lower river all with the same story, slow day/slow season.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #157 on: February 09, 2013, 03:52:17 PM »
The guys that ARE getting in to fish seem to be covering lots of water. I'm pretty sure this season is normal and last year's early season was a bit of an exception; usually the run doesn't pick up until mid February, at least from what I've seen.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #158 on: February 09, 2013, 08:21:30 PM »
Water was in prime condition. Yes, fishing was not prime at all, lol, actually quite dead around Lickman this morning, but quite crowded.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #159 on: February 09, 2013, 09:13:23 PM »
Quote from: Chehalis_Steel on February 09, 2013, 03:52:17 PM
The guys that ARE getting in to fish seem to be covering lots of water. I'm pretty sure this season is normal and last year's early season was a bit of an exception; usually the run doesn't pick up until mid February, at least from what I've seen.
Covering lots of water is the name of the game. The fish won't come to you.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #160 on: February 09, 2013, 09:20:50 PM »
Seen 4 landed in about 20 mins at 730 this am. All wild including the 12 doe I got.
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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #161 on: February 12, 2013, 09:50:08 AM »
Still low and clear yesterday, though around 3pm the upper river (below the slides) clouded up a little.
Lots of cars at every pullout, as expected.
I was fooled by a couple of Bull Trout in the lower river later in the day including one around 4lbs that was extremely chrome.
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chris gadsden

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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #162 on: February 12, 2013, 12:02:11 PM »
Lower very fishable today, so far.
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chris gadsden

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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #163 on: February 13, 2013, 05:23:41 PM »
What a lovely afternoon to be on the river with very few anglers in the area I fished. I guess they had all gone home with a fish or there was none around. I believe the latter as I did not have one take. :o

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Re: 2012/13 Chilliwack River steelhead fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #164 on: February 14, 2013, 02:18:16 PM »
out for around 5 hours this morning at the mid. No luck for me, one person said he got into two wild at first light. Upper had great visibility, about 1.5-2 feet visibility in the mid-lower section. Water has dropped since my last time out last week, but not significantly.
Still zero for the season, one of these days will be my lucky break!!

-Andrew
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