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The scenery on the Grande Ronde River is spectacular. This just one bend that is a popular camping spot for anglers that are spending multiple days on the river. Fall colors are blazing!
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Guide Aaron O’Leary is about to release a wild steelhead that I caught while fly fishing on the Methow River. I got two on my fly rod and three more fishing with a Pin Reel and Rod.
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Jim Passage poses with guide Aaron O’Leary with a dandy Methow River steelhead. Passage caught the fish while trying Pin Reel fishing for the very first time. Not bad Jim!
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I wanted to see if the rainbow fishing at Lake Chelan was as good I was hearing about, so my biddies and I gave it a try. Jim Passage is holding the biggest of many we caught.
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Karen Heim was visiting from Anaconda, Montana and my wife Eileen and I took her steelhead fishing. She landed this hatchery fish while bobber and jig fishing near Bridgeport.
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This Vernita king gave me a good battle, as I hooked it in very fast water just below Priest Rapids Dam. This was one of three that day.
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Here is my fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten with his first steelhead of the season. Fishing was tough but we each got a fish on the opener.
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This is the group that was fishing with Shane Magnuson. We had a hard time holding these up for the photo. We were pretty tired after battling all of these fish!
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Here I am with Shane Magnuson, Upper Columbia Guide Service, with a king taken below the Vernita Bridge. Our party took 13 adults and 3 jacks by 1 o'clock. What a blast!
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There are some bright fish in the fall run at Vernita. Rick Graybill holds up one that took his cured eggs back trolled behind a jet diver.
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