If I had a nickel...

If I had a nickel for every fish that I have caugt recently I would be a poor man. Have not fished much lately. My day usually goes like this school-football-dinner-homework-bed. My recent schedule has forced me to put the fish on the back burner for a while. In the last few weeks I have made a few trips to the Portneuf and I fished 8 mile creek with some boy scouts on our last campout. The Portneuf has fished great the last few times I have been there. If you can find sections were there is good moving water or a little wind it is very possible to have enough cover to be able to catch alot of fish. It is commonly believed on the Portneuf that once the water gets low and really clear that it is impossible to get close enough to a fish to catch one, but with the right conditions and knowledge of the river it is very possible to catch lots of fish. I fished a section about a week ago that had moving water and was very weedy. In the seams between the weeds was a cutthroat. I only caught one rainbow and nothing over 20 in. but if you want some tough, fun fishing find this kind of water. Stiff tippets with hoppers are a winner right now. I had to go to a 2x because of all the weeds in order to keep their heads up. I expect that with the colder temperatures at night the fishing will get even better clear up until the closer. My brother is getting married in Portland this next weekend and I get to go back to the Deshcutes. The fishing there has been good of late and the word is that this year is a record steelhead run. That would provide some real excitement.

Good fishing, don't give up. 

Kevin