Vedder River Dec16.06

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ELVISDOGBREATH

Discussion Starter · Dec 17, 2006

Fished the cheddar today.water was running quick due to high level but it was tottally fishable on the top end. clarity 18" -2.5'. I didn`t catch a cromer but heard of one caught yesterday at the ranger run. talked to a few fellows who fish the river alot and they said that it is tottally changed. Saw a couple of beat up dogs caught. anyways should be alright on sunday.

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Bent Rod

· #2 · Dec 17, 2006

Thanks for the report.
My friend fished it as well, he found the upper quite fishable also, didn't touch squat.
With the cold snap were having, should be some fish getting found soon.
A couple of us are continuing our mental mapping of the river tomorrow, perhaps we'll have chrome to share.

I'm working on a bunch of experimental jig patterns for the NEW Vedder, loud and obnoxious is the style.

Rib

· #3 · Dec 17, 2006

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Well...went and checked out the vedder for the first time since the flood. There were a few guys out there, but not many. Fished on the run most of the day trying to get a good look at as much water as possible, didn't get into any fish today, nor did we see any caught by anyone else, but there is some nice water to be found. We started up top by the cement block and worked our way down from there...

Visibility was pretty good through the top section, somewhere around 2 1/2 - 3 feet, and the water was definitely fishable. There is a new slide the river has to contend with this year in the upper section, the river divides in the top end and a side channel splits off and comes down along the east side of the river bringing in some sediment...as this is mixed in with the mainstem, the clarity quickly dropped to about 2 feet.

A little ways downstream from there, another slide comes into play...this one a little more significant, visibility dropped past this point to about 1-1.5 feet...you can see here the runoff from the first smaller slide have not yet mixed in fully...water clarity gets progressively worse as you look from one side of the river to the other...then it is added to by this bank shown here ...

We fished much of the river downstream from there to the next slide below Allison pool...

then headed downstream below tamihi to see how visibility had changed after the slides blow allison, and found visibility had detioriorated quite a bit more to less than a foot...

But still there is some nice water to be found, and lots to explore in the trips to come...

Should make for an interesting season, there's a lot of new water to scope out, a lot of changes to take note of, but the slides are of concern for me, as they obviously will affect conditions throughout the season. That's not to say there won't be good fishing to be had, even below the slides, but there will be some ever changing water clarity as we fish our way down river this year...

All in all, a good day to be out there, weather was perfect, water levels were really good and it looks like we all have another great steelhead season to look forward to.

rib

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HOOK

· #4 · Dec 17, 2006

good looking water i hope the colour settles for my first day out on Boxing day

hey Rib you wanna meet up that day and hit some spots ?

let me know bud and hey is Trav going to be out with ya that day to ?

tight lines

HOOK

Steelie Trav

· #5 · Dec 18, 2006

Ya I'll be ou there with rib and probably CK.

fishey

· #6 · Dec 18, 2006

is the water in ribs first pic, near the tailout good for steelhead? 3rd one good too?

-fishey

HOOK

· #7 · Dec 19, 2006

hey does anyone know why my Avatar keeps disappearing ???

starting to pi** me off cause i had it up for a long time just fine but now it doesnt want to stay for some reason

i hope my dad and i see you guys out there Boxing day

we are hitting the sale first :wink: :wink: :wink: if you know which one LOL

tight lines

HOOK

young gun

· #8 · Dec 19, 2006

all those pics have pockets that will hold steelies, nice pics! Cant go, grades were bad! Thought to much about fishing and hunting and now i pay the price!

fishey

· #9 · Dec 19, 2006

where abouts are those pockets you should look for in those pics?

-fishey

Birdman

· #10 · Dec 19, 2006

A pocket is a current break in the water where there is a slow moving piece of water when often everything around is much faster then it. Pockets are usually caused by revieled boulders but can also be caused by a dropoff, underwater log or root or a underwster boulder. Like i believe i said to you before. go to a tackle shop! or take a course! ask them. They will tell you everything you need. P.S. check out www.Bentrods.ca they have an insane new article. I learned some new things from it and many new fisherman can really benifit. Good luck.

nocoho

· #11 · Dec 19, 2006

first steelhead jaunt of the season for me today......nice cold day, light snow falling for much of the day.........fished from tamahi to just above bordon creek.....big changes to the river....will take a while to scope the river out properly....right now the slides are making the river very milky, visability not great and water still fairly high.....too cloudy to get a good feel for these runs right now.....hope there are no large amounts of rain before the derby......if there isn't the water should be a lot better by then.......saw maybe 6 other guys fishing today.......no steel for me today

Mike D.

· #12 · Dec 19, 2006

HOOK said:
hey does anyone know why my Avatar keeps disappearing ???

starting to pi** me off cause i had it up for a long time just fine but now it doesnt want to stay for some reason

i hope my dad and i see you guys out there Boxing day

we are hitting the sale first :wink: :wink: :wink: if you know which one LOL

tight lines

HOOK

Bright & Early! :wink:

coho_killer

· #13 · Dec 19, 2006

Awesome looking pic's rib! Lets pray to the fish gods first thing in the morrning it should help u for tomorrows trip :lol: ! By the looks of things you covered alot of water on sunday and thats a good thing for you will probably be the one who knows where the fishy looking water is! I picked up my new baitcaster reels from abbyfireguy and there loaded with 15 ultragreen all i need is a few of those stealth floats from freds and i'm set!

C.K.

G

· #14 · Dec 19, 2006

cant wait for boxing day im hoping this year ill finally catch a damb steelhead .this will be my 3rd year with no steely wish me luck and tell me the hot spots :?

young gun

· #15 · Dec 19, 2006

its ok, i hooked 1 in my first year and now i'm on a 4 year landslide! no fish, make it 5 cus i'm grounded from fishing! Good luck everyone!

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