Swingin' Flies in the Pacific Northwest: Meramec River

Dec 4, 2008

Meramec River

I'll post a report soon on my trip to the Meramec River outside of St. Louis. In the mean time, since I haven't said much on this blog, I'll post a couple of pictures from that trip.

Here I am swinging a soft hackle size 10 and a winged wet sized 14. As you can see, it was cold and snowy. Besides the constant icing up of the fly line and the guides, it was fun to be out in such cold conditions.

Other than this trip to the Meramec and another to the Trinity, I've been on a tying spree. I've put together a bunch of hair wing and feather winged steelhead flies (finally went out and bought some mallard flank feathers). I'll be posting some pictures soon.

1 comment:

Keith Foxe said...: catch any on the Meramac?; December 5, 2008 at 2:13 PM

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About Me

My interest in fly fishing began as a teenager in my home state of Missouri. After years of fishing rivers in and around the Ozarks, I moved to California in the early 90's. Life continued on, I happily drove hours around to various streams hunting trout. Then it happened. One rainy fall morning, I landed my first steelhead.

Game over. Buh bye trout. Hello steelhead!

Fast forward to 2011. My obsession with steelhead was out of control. I convinced my wife and family, that we needed to leave California and head to the Pacific Northwest.

Now, I'm able to happily fish for steelhead almost year around in both Washington and Oregon. My now home-water is a quick 10 minutes away. Within two hours, I can reach the Deschutes, Klickitat, Wilson, Sandy, Clackamas, Hood, Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama, and dozens of others. Many of those are within a half hour. Paradise.

Although I started out with single handed rods all those years ago, I switched almost exclusively to 2-handed rods around 2005. I find them to be more efficient and less tiring over those long days. Initially reluctant to give them a try, I've rarely looked back.

This blog is my little spot on the internet to keep record of my trips, fly tying, and thoughts on fishing. Originally conceived as a personal journal to help myself remember where I went and what flies were productive- for whatever reason, I decided to make it public. Hopefully you will get something from it.