we ended up staying at mooring lodge.. i liked that place and Leo was awesome. he went out of his way a few times to make sure we were taken care of. the rooms were nice, they had everything a fisherman could need staying there and we could use the facility if we needed anything there.. we saved a bunch, he gave us nice vehicles. the boats were glass but in good condition.. no anchor which kind of sucked.. him and his wife shuttled for us.. the river was favorable the first day and a half when it was raining a little. then the sun came out and only left for a few hours a day for the rest of the trip.. the sunset was long and the sky was still rosy after midnight.. it was beautiful.. the fishing was tough with spoons in low clear water.. i think i hooked a total of about 20 steelhead and landed 12 on spoons.. the last few days when the river was super clear i had to work harder.. the last day i fished with a friends extra fly rod for the first time ever and lost 4 fish on it.. my friends did well on the fly rod.. they must have hooked over 60 fish and landed 30 between the 3 of them on fly's.. i must have hooked over 50 dolly's on spoons which kind of made up for the steelhead spoon bite shutting off for me. we had a good bbq dolly dinner and leo gave us a nice slab of frozen king to bbq the next day. we all had a good time, seen some cool stuff, got lots of sun and seen lots of fish migrating up river. chromers too.. some were so close i could have reached out and touched them.. eagles eating stuff, moose walking right down on the river, no bears though.. returned home safe.. what a trip..
when the snott drips from your nose and you can't feel your fingers or toes it's dime time..
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