jakerau
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1:1 in 08 Foaming at the Gills!
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Fished the S. Santiam last saturday and today. Water is running high (duh) but fishable. Visibility is about 2.5 ft, lots of folks fishing both days. Some catching fish near the hatchery, and near Wiley Creek. Jigs are the game - never done any jig fishing until now - tied plenty but am just learning how to fish them. Didn't hook anything. Water looks to drop 24 inches in the next couple of days. Numbers of fish through the traps are climbing daily. Going to be good once the water goes down a bit.
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Jake
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jakerau
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Fished again yesterday on the S. Santiam. Out of about a million guys and gals out on the river, I saw only 3 hook-ups, two fish landed, one of them was foul hooked in the tail. Talk about slooow! River looks to be in real great shape though, good color, clarity, etc. Can't figure why they were not on the bite. One lady I spoke with said it was the same story last weekend as well. Maybe too warm?
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Jake
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hollywood10s
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Probably not many fish! The counts over the dam haven't been to good. Now days it seems like you have to become an incredible fisherman to catch fish, I wish I was able to fish back when the runs were strong. Once I got into steelhead and salmon fishing it was way down. If the runs ever go back up fishing might be to easy  I'm going to try to get out there soon. My brother in law hooked a nice steelhead about a quarter mile below Dexter last weekend and it was the only fish he saw hooked or landed! Very slow.
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Hollywood
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jakerau
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Yeah, the total run size is about 4,000 fish. I figured that with 3/4 of the fishin the river and re-cycling downstream in full swing that the chances would be good. Yes, fishing 100, even 50 years ago would phenomenal. Deschutes summers are looking strong this year though. It's about time to go skate dry flies for chrmoers at the mouth.
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Jake
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