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Stuart Hurd of Hurd's Guide Service gets the rods set out for a day of fishing on Rufus Woods Reservoir. The temperature, with the breeze was in single digits and everything was freezing up. Hurd still put our group into a lot of fish. Well over 20 were caught and released and we took some home, too.
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Jason Gutzweiler shows of one of many triploids caught on a recent trip to Rufus Woods Reservoir. This fish was one of the bigger ones caught that day, which was the coldest day of the year on Rufus Woods so far this season. We were fishing with Stuart Hurd of Hurd's Guide Service.
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This angler is concentrating on a bite he was getting at Fish Lake. He and his partner had eight perch and three rainbow for a couple hours of fishing when I stopped by.
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These anglers chose to fish from the dock at Fish Lake, rather than walk through the layer of slush. Warm weather creates this condition, but there is 5 inches of ice under the slush on the main lake.
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Kevin van Bueren, North Cascades Fly Fishing, demonstrated his method of mending that is so critical when fishing the Methow in low, clear and cold conditions on the Methow River in the winter.
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What you're looking at in this photo is a 1/64th ounce Raven jig, tied by Keith Roe. These are deadly on steelead and triploid rainbow trout.
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Dave Murphy, of Northwest Bait and Scent, saw his product prove its worth fishing for steelhead near Pateros. Murphy was the first to limit, using his scented shrimp on Maxi Jigs.
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Keith Roe, left, shows Rollie Schmitten how to approach a hole on the Methow River. At the next hole Roe took three fish on his jigs, including a Coho salmon and two wild steelhead.
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Triploids saved the day at Wells Dam when I fished with Eric Grangstrom here recently. My wife Eileen hooked and lost one steelhead and Eric caught and released a small jack salmon. We finished the day below the dam catching and releasing a bunch of triploids.
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Tom Verschueren picked the right day to try bobber and jig fishing for the first time. We had a beautiful winter day, and although we didn't hook any steelhead, the triploids made up for it. We had a lot of action and he caught and released some dandy triploids.
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