First time fishing this year. Two weeks off was hard to take, but I
spent some of the time skiing, and some building a new 10wt rod mostly
for pike and sal****er use. I had to try the new rod, so I drove up to
the Cascade river looking for steelhead or dollies. The steelhead
didn't cooperate, but a nice 21 inch Dolly did. I've posted a picture
on abpf, and on my website at:
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This fish didn't put up much fight, a fairly common result with
dollies, but the water was 35 degrees or so. I wonder if cold
temperatures are as hard on the fish as hot temperatures. Anybody know?

It turns out that the rains we had a couple months ago moved the river
north a bit, and not much water is in the section that's right in front
of the hatchery. Fishermen have kept a few hundred steelies there this
year, but the hatchery has only taken 28 fish with only 3 of those
being hens. There are 3 large plastic fish holders on the bank for
fishermen who catch hatchery hens to put their fish in and set in the
river so the game department can get their quota of hens. One of the
guys I talked to on the river said that he's seen one fish given to the
hatchery this way. I've never seen anything like this, but I hope it
works, and I'd give them my hen if I caught one.

Chas
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