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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:37 am

a bunch of guys I know have been getting sick, it's that time of year. I know what you mean about the cold air though. I had a cold a while back and it was bad. I ended up getting one of those mountain climber facemask scraves from REI. It worked great warming up the air I breathed and whatnot. Heheh, makes you looks like a bank robber, but I kept my throat from feeling like I was swallowing glass.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:06 pm

natetreat wrote:
curado wrote:sucks for me i have no ride up to the river.
I'm in Lynnwood, if you need a lift someday.
Hey if you want some one to tag along with you im on break with curado so im free to fish, i would be more then willing to pitch in a few bucks for gas money too.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by curado » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:52 pm

wind and rain and snow
If it looks fishy, Then fish it, If it dont look fishy, fish it anyways. <')}}}}><

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:17 pm

"Hey if you want some one to tag along with you im on break with curado so im free to fish, i would be more then willing to pitch in a few bucks for gas money too."
yeah i just got out of school for break. its soooooo nice. 2 weeks off of school to fish for steelhead. ahhhh yeahhh.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:18 pm

akochman09 wrote:"Hey if you want some one to tag along with you im on break with curado so im free to fish, i would be more then willing to pitch in a few bucks for gas money too."
yeah i just got out of school for break. its soooooo nice. 2 weeks off of school to fish for steelhead. ahhhh yeahhh.
I love it!, what school do you go too?
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:23 pm

Sehome high school in bellingham. they closed the north fork nooksack, samish river, as well as whatcom creek. I do most of my steelhead fishing across the border in canada at the vedder. Its like a 1 hour drive. i also fish the skagit in my boat occasionally.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:32 pm

Look again bud, they just reopened NF Nutsack.
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:29 pm

Oh thats pretty sweet. I was born in bellingham. I live down by everett now, hitting the sky mostly
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:29 pm

cool. ive never fished any of the rivers down south as its a long drive for me. ive heard reiter is a pretty good steelhead fishery though???

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by akochman09 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:35 pm

hahaha, "nutsack", ive called that river that a few times. thanks for the info though, looks like they re opened whatcom creek too. Ill probably fish the north fork more for dollies than steelies as it isn't the best steelhead fishery.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by curado » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:44 pm

i hear that
If it looks fishy, Then fish it, If it dont look fishy, fish it anyways. <')}}}}><

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:53 pm

its pretty hit or miss but theres normally a couple fish a day plucked out of there
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by fear_no_fish » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:13 pm

sorry to jack the tread, lets seem some fish porn people! the rivers dropped! :bounce:
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Jhuynh2 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:19 pm

If you guys are all sick, start taking some Vitamin D, I take it in my office up to 4 IE units a day, keeps the cold away, no sun during winter months so we are all sidk

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by mallard83 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:40 pm

Jhuynh2 wrote:If you guys are all sick, start taking some Vitamin D, I take it in my office up to 4 IE units a day, keeps the cold away, no sun during winter months so we are all sidk
No, if you are all sick, stay sick so there is more shoulder room on the river. LOL.[flapper]
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by scott080379 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:48 pm

mallard83 wrote:
Jhuynh2 wrote:If you guys are all sick, start taking some Vitamin D, I take it in my office up to 4 IE units a day, keeps the cold away, no sun during winter months so we are all sidk
No, if you are all sick, stay sick so there is more shoulder room on the river. LOL.[flapper]
Well said

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by curado » Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:24 pm

i agree haha
If it looks fishy, Then fish it, If it dont look fishy, fish it anyways. <')}}}}><

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by natetreat » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:26 pm

I lost another at the bank today at the snoqualmie, I'm getting rid of these hooks.

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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Matt » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:48 pm

Owner cutting point or Gama for the win! I never buy anything else. I am really falling in love with Owner hooks though...
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RE:Winter Steel

Post by Ocktane » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:51 pm

Time for more fish porn! Cowlitz, 12/19/10
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First steelies of this winter for me, keep em comin!
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