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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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Bob Hall of Camano Island shows off one of a limit of steelhead he caught with Shane Magnuson near Pateros. The fish liked the Yakima Bait Maxi jigs. This is one of 16 hooked that day.
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Pete Fiones of Gig Harbor poses with Shane Magnuson, Upper Columbia Guide Service, with one of many steelhead he caught near Pateros recently. This one was a keeper and he got another to get his limit. The keepers caught that day ranged in size from 6 to 10 pounds.
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Brian Nielson carefully releases a wild steelhead my wife Eileen hooked on the last hole before the take out on the Grande Ronde.
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